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Aug 15, 2017

Watch out behind you...NIGHT TRAP is back!


I've got a wee retrospective and review of Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition up over at Kotaku today, huzzah! It was sure fun to dig into the history of this controversial horror-flavored game and play through the updated version. Spoiler alert: I LOVE IT. It's like playing through the absolute corniest B-grade horror movie you never knew was missing from your life.

Here's a real bummer, though: when watching a few circa-1995 video clips about the hubbub surrounding the game, I came across this quote from the late Dana Plato:
I had some controversy in my life and I just found it interesting that there was some controversy behind this also. It's like this dark cloud, you know? It just kind of follows me.
Plato would go on to overdose on prescription pills four years later. But her work as undercover S.C.A.T. agent Kelli in Night Trap and her performance in Exorcist II: The Heretic will not be forgotten! Not around these parts anyway. Plato always has a home where Final Girl's heart should be.

And yes, I know..."S.C.A.T." A most unfortunate acronym for sure.

2 comments:

CashBailey said...

Even when it came out this was regarded as pretty dubious.

FMV games never really took off. I remember a pretty cool X-FILES one that came out for the Playstation. It came on many discs that you had to change frequently.

Stacie Ponder said...

It was such a weird little trend. Really supposed to be a glimpse of the "future" with the "realism"! But very few managed to tie in compelling gameplay...although to be honest I think Night Trap has aged about the best. It's short, it's repetitive, but it's also cheesy fun and a real time capsule.