Much of the book takes place either in a boarded-up house or on a boat, with limited sensory input. Bird Box also employs one of the most crucial rules of horror: claustrophobia and isolation are key.
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He knows how to build tension and suspense. The only catch? They must stay blindfolded. Running low on supplies and protection, Malorie and the children must venture outside to find safety. Malorie is in a tight situation: the world has suffered a global disaster, and she’s trapped inside a house along with two small children, and the monsters are circling outside. Malerman’s 2014 debut thriller (and soon-to-be film) is a deviation on the road-trip storyline, swapping the open highway for a river. So why take the chance? To answer, let’s look at some of the best in horror road trips. I wanted to know what would push someone to go down a dark highway, knowing they might meet an unsavory end.Īfter all, the open road holds terrors, monsters, and all kinds of evil. Meeting the potential monster is what drove me as I wrote my short story, “Swamp Dog” (in Crystal Lake’s Lost Highways).
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Pee-Wee Herman taught me any truck driver could turn out to be a Large Marge. Uninteresting life? Thelma-and-Louise it, and get a car. I’d seen enough movies in my short life to know that a road trip meant freedom. I was in high school in 1996, the year my father handed me the keys. Dead Ends: The Five Best Horror Road Tripsīy Lisa Kröger, Contributing Author to Lost Highways Anthology Maybe, if I am very motivated, I will go to my attic after I file this article, dust off my mortar and pestle, and whisper magical whooshing noises as I grind my roots into dust.ĭeirdre Coyle is a goth living in the woods. Even if I can’t become her right this minute, I could surely channel her energy some of the time. The cauldron-hatted crone is part of me, as she is part of many (all?) of us.
The ending of Wytchwood was interesting in a way I don’t feel right about spoiling, although it also feels relevant to my life.
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So, in my real-life attic, full of real-life herbs, why is it so hard for me to move the orris root from its bag to its jar? If I had satisfying sound effects, would I have completed that mission by now? Thus, in the way of finite narratives, the game ended. I wanted to inhabit the world longer, to continue collecting Pumpkinjack Bones and Jars of Milk, but I also didn’t want to stop playing.
I wish I had played this game more slowly. The accompanying sound is, again, very satisfying – sort of a magical swish. But once you have gathered ingredients, you need only select the recipe you have in mind and, with a whoosh of light, your potion is made. You certainly can’t order orris root in bulk from Amazon. You might have to craft Spirit Salts to defeat a ghost to acquire its mummified head, or use homemade Dreadful Dolls to distract goblins long enough to steal their snot. Granted, you have to go through ordeals to gather ingredients. In Wytchwood, potion prep happens almost instantaneously. There is a bag of orris root sitting in my attic that I’ve been meaning to grind up and put in an empty jar labeled “orris root.” I’ve been meaning to do this for about a year. The main logistical problem with making my real life into a Wytchwood life is that I am – and I cannot emphasize this enough – very lazy. The main question I have while considering Wytchwood is, why isn’t this my life? Should I move to a woodland cottage? Should I start wearing a cauldron for a hat? Should I acquire a goat companion? Should I age myself up by several centuries? Follow-up questions: Would the woodland cottage have indoor plumbing? Would the cauldron hat be breathable? Would the goat get along with my cat? Collecting ingredients makes little popping noises, which are also pretty satisfying. The bad guys tend to be capitalists and bullies, so defeating them is pretty satisfying. You gather ingredients to make potions to solve problems by solving other people’s problems, you defeat bad guys and snag their souls. You wander over hill, over dale, through swampland, through cemetery on your quest for ingredients and souls. This sounds a bit sinister, but the gameplay is very soothing. I spent the past several weeks binging Wytchwood, a crafting adventure game in which you – an elderly witch wearing a cauldron on her head – collect souls to bring to a goat with whom you made a bargain in a past you can’t remember. I assume that I manifested them, and I intend to play them all.
Several years ago, I went looking for witch games whose primary gameplay involved potion-making and found the market severely lacking.
If you like what you see, grab the magazine for less than ten dollars, or subscribe and get all future magazines for half price. This column is a reprint from Unwinnable Monthly #148.
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