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What Are Your Most Anticipated Crowdfunded Horror Games?

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There’s only a few days left in the Kickstarter for Night Dive Studios’ remake of the 1994 cyberpunk horror game System Shock, which has until Thursday to reach its second stretch goal of $1.2M and unlock localization support for French, Italian, German and Spanish. Last week, it bested the $1.04M raised by Friday the 13th: The Game to become the horror genre’s top earner, and while that’s certainly impressive, it’s hardly going to be the end of it.

Like so many other crowdfunding projects — including the Friday the 13th game that got its impressive total after two campaigns — I suspect the fundraising will continue beyond this week. I hope it does, anyway. It’d be a shame if Night Dive left those remaining stretch goals untouched.

Another $100k would be enough to get System Shock some additional locations and an expanded narrative, and that’s absolutely doable when the game is still more than a year out. $1.5M would unlock a full orchestral score, or $1.7M for more brutal death cinematics. You don’t need to be an audiophile or a bloodthirsty gorehound to appreciate these things, and they’re all within reach.

Thanks to platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, we’ve amassed a fairly substantial collection of horror games to look forward to between now and 2017, and System Shock is only one of them. A guide to all the rest can be found among our most anticipated crowdfunded horror games. Ranking the 15 titles on that list is asking too much of me, so I’m going to leave it to you. You can choose up to five games from the poll below to lend your support. Let the games begin.


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AreYouWatching.com: ‘The Watchers’ Interactive Website Is Full of Creepy Easter Eggs

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Are you watching? Ishana Night Shyamalan has clearly been paying attention to her father, M. Night Shyamalan. Not only is she following in his footsteps as a filmmaker, but she’s also embracing a similar mystique surrounding her work.

The new trailer for her feature directorial debut, The Watchers, gives viewers a taste of what’s in store. AreYouWatching.com has launched with even more clues.

Visit the site to join the mysterious creatures that lurk in the Irish forest as you observe a shelter. From the time the sun sets at 7:30 PM until it rises at 5:55 AM, four strangers played by Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan, and Olwen Fouere can be seen trapped inside.

You’ll find several interactive items. Click on the gramophone to set the mood with some spooky music. Tap on the birdcage to hear an ominous message from the parrot inside: “I’m going out, try not to die.” Press on the TV to watch clips from a fake reality show called Lair of Love. And if you tap on the window during the daytime … they’ll tap back.

There are also Easter eggs hidden at specific times. We’ve discovered three: a disorienting shot of Fanning’s character’s car at 5:52 PM, a closer view of the captives at 11:11 PM, and a glimpse of monitors at 12:46 AM. Let us know if you find any more in the comments…

The Watchers opens in theaters on June 14 via New Line Cinema. Ishana Night Shyamalan writes and directs, based on the 2022 novel of the same name by A.M. Shine. M. Night Shyamalan produces.

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