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Indie Horror ‘Devotion’, From the Developer of ‘Detention’, Releases Next Month on Steam
Detention is one of the most underrated horror games of this decade, and we’ve been eagerly awaiting developer Red Candle Games’s follow up Devotion. Now we have a release date for the Taiwanese indie horror.
The developer today announced Devotion will arrive on Steam from February 19 and released a new trailer to coincide with the news.
Devotion is a first-person atmospheric horror game depicting the life of a family shadowed by religious belief. You’ll explore a 1980s Taiwan apartment-complex that is somehow lost in time, and witness it gradually shift into a hellish nightmare. It concerns the stories of a family living there and follows their various forms of ‘devotion’.
Detention was a splendid mix of survival horror and historical fact, and there seems to be a slightly different blend to Devotion, but if Red Candle can get it right, we could be looking at one of the best horror games of the year.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that The Blob director Chuck Russell has passed away at 74 years old.
Russell’s career began with his directorial debut, 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
The multihyphenate film director, screenwriter, and producer is best known for helming 1994 comedy The Mask starring Jim Carrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner Eraser, and adventure spinoff The Scorpion King. The latter served as the first leading role for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The filmmaker left an indelible mark on horror with his ANOES sequel, 1988’s The Blob, and 2000’s Bless the Child.
Russell’s final film credit is 2024’s Witchboard remake starring Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), and Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”).
It marked Russell’s return to horror after a lengthy hiatus, and he shared sequel hopes to Bloody Disgusting in an interview ahead of the remake’s release: “I got to design the board with real mystical symbols and things that I know represent good and evil, and where that board takes us if the audiences respond to the film, and I hope they will; I know it’s out there for you guys, but the sequel is a world we’ll get to go a little further. That’s sure the intention.”
He also recently expressed interest in returning to the franchise that began his career.
TMZ notes that Russell passed away at his San Diego-area home.
We send our deepest condolences to Chuck Russell’s family, friends, and fans.
Director, Co-Writer & Producer Chuck Russell behind the scenes of the horror film, WITCHBOARD. Photo courtesy of The Avenue and Atlas Distribution
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