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‘3rd Eye’: Creepy Horror Short Made in Quarantine Plays Out Like Vintage True Crime Footage

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Filmmakers have no choice right now but to make films in their own homes, and we’ve seen a handful of really creative shorts come out of these strange and scary times already. The latest made-in-quarantine horror short to catch our attention is a creepy little found footage-style chiller titled 3rd Eye, directed by Todd Spence and co-written by Spence and Zak White.

Featuring special makeup FX from Kate Klein, the 3-minute (how fitting!) short is presented as old school crime scene footage, documenting an investigator walking through a grisly murder scene in the summer of 1975. The murders were carried out by the “3rd Eye” cult, billed in the short’s plot synopsis as “one of the most heinous cult families on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.”

“This newly released police video shows you why.”

We love to see filmmakers getting creative and continuing to make films even at a time when they can hardly leave the house, and 3rd Eye is a great example of what you can do at home with little more than a cell phone and some fake blood. With grainy footage adding to the creepiness, Spence manages to create a suspenseful little short with an effective payoff.

Check out 3rd Eye down below…

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Dark Fantasy Grindhouse FPS ‘Unbroken’ Fills the Tarantino Quotient [Video]

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Developer MGP Studios (creators of the Hotline Miami-esque Project Downfall) has dipped their toes into Tarantino territory with their upcoming grindhouse FPS game, Unbroken. That means over the top “visceral bursts of violence” with a kick that turns inanimate objects into projectiles, coupled with the always-welcome Bullet Time mechanics.

Unbroken takes place in the realm of Crests Edge. You are a nameless stranger on a quest for revenge against a man known as Nielsen. You’ve tracked him to Crests Edge, and now you must bring him to justice, dead or alive. Unfortunately for you, Crests Edge is filled with all sorts of monsters and other denizens that don’t take too kindly to outsiders. Making matters worse is the fact that you have 5 full moons to complete your quest.

Along with the varied environments of Crests Edge, Unbroken obviously features gloriously gory effects. Along with the aforementioned Bullet Time and over-the-top use of anything that’s not nailed down, you have volumetric blood splashing in all directions, as well as being able to see your projectiles ripping holes through your enemies from the point of projectile entry. But if you haven’t got something to kick into your enemies, you can always choose to kick them yourself, launching them up for a wicked combo.

You can check out the demo for Unbroken as part of Steam’s FPS Fest, which wraps up later today. Look out for Unbroken later this year.

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