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New GVMERS Doc Looks Back at ‘Dead Space’
I hate bringing up old wounds, but one year on, and Dead Space developer Visceral Games’ demise is still a bit raw. And with the original game turning a decade old last month, it’s still sad to look back and see what the franchise was, and what it could’ve been.
Documentarians GVMERS certainly thought so, and after their awesome documentary on The Rise And Fall of Silent Hill, the group is back with a new documentary on (what else?) the Dead Space series. Covering the entire series (including its spinoffs and animated adaptation), the documentary is another solid half hour look at a series that deserved better than what it eventually got.
The inevitable question of whether we’ll see Isaac and company again remains to be seen, as that’s all up to what EA decides to do with a franchise that horror gamers loved until death.
Well, maybe not so much Dead Space 3, but you get what I’m saying.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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