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Alien: Covenant Will Be Coming to Your Home as a VR Experience

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Game over, man. Game over. Fox Innovation Lab has just announced that Alien: Covenant will be coming to your home as a virtual reality experience.

Variety has reported that Fox Innovation Lab will team up with Ridley Scott, serving as executive producer, and David Karlak, who will direct. I should note that this isn’t Ridley Scott’s first foray into the world of gaming; he previously worked on Call of Duty and The Martian VR experience in 2015. That being said, it’s wonderful to hear that he’ll have a hand in making this. Obviously, as a fan, you’d want the man behind the madness to be involved.

We don’t have a lot of details at this time, but we do know that it will be released as a paid title on most VR platforms. There’s no exact date for the release, but with the film coming out on May 19, it’s possible that the VR experience will try to sync up. Right to your home and ready to scare your pants off.

Considering how ultra-immersive and hyper-realistic the virtual reality system can be, you can bet this is going to be terrifying. It’s been described by the studio as a “dread-inducing” experience. Players will “navigate through horrifying alien environments and a story where every decision could mean the difference between life and death”. Spooky.

From the sounds of it, Fox wants to embrace the future of the VR experience, using it for more than just advertising their movies. In an interview with Variety, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Fox Innovation Lab President Mike Dunn stated “We see VR as a new media opportunity… Our intention from the moment we developed our business plan was to be in the commercial VR business”. We hope that means that they’ll be bringing that enthusiasm to the Alien: Covenant VR project.

Following the success of 2014’s Alien: Isolation, we can imagine this will be the same type of survival horror gameplay. If Alien: Covenant can move beyond the movie-as-a-game curse, this has a lot of potential. The tension and terror of the survival horror genre is palpable even when playing on a console, so hopefully, bringing the Alien experience to VR is going to be insane.

Be wary though, because in a VR headset, everyone can hear you scream.

Want more gaming? Check out this list of 5 Must-Play Horror Games Releasing in 2017.

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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed

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Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.

This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.

The Burning

The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.

The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.

Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.

Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.

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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram

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Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.

The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.

Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.

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Exclusive Sneak Peek: Eli Roth and Crypt TV’s VR Series ‘The Faceless Lady’ Episode Five

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Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) and Crypt TV are knocking it out of the park with their new VR show, The Faceless Lady. For those unaware, this is the first fully scripted VR horror show on the market.

Even for masters of horror like Eli Roth and Crypt TV, this is a monumental undertaking. However, if I trust anyone to change the way that we experience horror, it would be these two legends.

The Faceless Lady

Ripped from the pages of Irish folklore, The Faceless Lady tells the story of a tragic spirit cursed to wander the halls of her castle for all of eternity. However, when three young couples are invited to the castle for a series of games, their fates may soon change.

So far, the story has provided horror fans with a gripping game of life or death that doesn’t look as if it will slow down in episode five. Luckily, we have an exclusive clip that may be able to satiate your appetites until the new premiere.

Airing on 4/25 at 5pmPT/8pmET, episode five follows our final three contestants in this wicked game. As the stakes are raised ever higher, will Ella be able to fully awaken her connection with Lady Margaret?

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The newest episode can be found on Meta Quest TV. If you haven’t already, follow this link to subscribe to the series. Make sure to check out the new clip below.

Eli Roth Present’s THE FACELESS LADY S1E5 Clip: THE DUEL – YouTube

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