Netflix’s Horror Game ‘Unhinged’ Is Funny, Scary and Points to a Future Without Second Screens

By William Earl

William Earl

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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains mild spoilers from the video game “Unhinged,” which is now available to play on Netflix.

When it comes to horror movies, I am a wimp. A coward, a chicken, a scaredy-cat. It’s my favorite genre, but without fail, you can find me jumping and whimpering, even at buttoned-up film festivals and press screenings.

When I heard that David Fincher and Zach Cregger collaborated to help develop the interactive Netflix game “Unhinged,” I was so excited to give it a test drive. Not only does it come from the minds of two of the best directors working today, but unlike horror games that devolve into mowing down hordes of zombies with machine guns, this project promised more of a “you’re living in a horror movie” premise.

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