Player Beware: Looking Back At ESCAPE FROM HORRORLAND.
For many kids born and raised in the 1990’s, GOOSEBUMPS was their first taste of the horror genre. R.L. Stine’s successful book series spawned an equally beloved TV series, and led to a merchandising empire that wouldn’t be challenged until a certain scarred wizard came onto the scene. One of the inevitable multimedia avenues that Stine’s world of monster blood and killer dummies traversed through was the world of video games. The first title is a true gem and an undeniable oddity; a time capsule of the 90’s FMV fad that managed to transcend the medium’s limitations. Now twenty years old, it has achieved a bona fide cult-classic status: the 1996 PC game ESCAPE FROM HORRORLAND, one of the earliest titles developed and released by the now-defunct Dreamworks Interactive, co-directed by none other than Steven Spielberg himself. A vintage ad for the game, most likely from a subpar 90's Image comic ESCAPE FROM HORRORLAND functions as a sequel to one of the best ...