A while back, when we had celebrated the 30th anniversary of Trilobyte’s The 7th Guest, a few of you got nostalgic for the heyday of Full Motion Video (Fmv) horror games. So, what better way to scratch that itch than with a selection of titles from the genre’s peak?
Now obviously, there’s more to the genre than the usual culprits of Phantasmagoria, Harvester, Night Trap and so on. And yeah, the quality of Fmv titles is all over the place, even when you don’t factor in the age of the games. But darn it, there’s always room for varying types of cheese.
And for some of you, there are very likely some games you’ve either never heard of, or haven’t seen since the 90s…
Phantasmagoria – Windows, Ms-dos, Sega Saturn (1995)
Really, you can’t talk about Fmv horror without mentioning Phantasmagoria. It’s like...
Now obviously, there’s more to the genre than the usual culprits of Phantasmagoria, Harvester, Night Trap and so on. And yeah, the quality of Fmv titles is all over the place, even when you don’t factor in the age of the games. But darn it, there’s always room for varying types of cheese.
And for some of you, there are very likely some games you’ve either never heard of, or haven’t seen since the 90s…
Phantasmagoria – Windows, Ms-dos, Sega Saturn (1995)
Really, you can’t talk about Fmv horror without mentioning Phantasmagoria. It’s like...
- 7/3/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Earlier this year, actor Paul Morgan Stetler of Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh fame revealed that a fan had acquired VHS tapes containing all of the movie scenes (with dialogue) from the game, and was in the process of digitizing them. Stetler has now posted some of the digitized footage to his YouTube channel, Conversations With Curtis.
The resulting VHS transfer is of much better quality than the compressed interlaced FMVs that are currently in A Puzzle of Flesh, which in reality, shouldn’t be a surprise. You can actually see texture in clothing, and the framerate is obviously improved. It still feels like a cheesy B-movie, but that’s all part of the charm.
The original idea of digitizing this footage (other than for preservation purposes) was in hopes that somewhere down the line, we’d see a remaster of A Puzzle of Flesh. That in itself might be the tricky part.
The resulting VHS transfer is of much better quality than the compressed interlaced FMVs that are currently in A Puzzle of Flesh, which in reality, shouldn’t be a surprise. You can actually see texture in clothing, and the framerate is obviously improved. It still feels like a cheesy B-movie, but that’s all part of the charm.
The original idea of digitizing this footage (other than for preservation purposes) was in hopes that somewhere down the line, we’d see a remaster of A Puzzle of Flesh. That in itself might be the tricky part.
- 10/20/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh fans during the pandemic have had the pleasure of reliving the cult classic with Paul Morgan Stetler (the actor who played Curtis Craig in Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh). Stetler has been doing interviews with the cast and crew, revealing trivia about the game, and even delving into the original […]
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- 4/4/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
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