RE: Other games/movies like this?
that's one of the reasons I like those films, and this game Penumbra. It doesn't seem cheerful. don't get me wrong. I'm usually happy, and funny, light hearted (to a certain degree), but some of the films with the happy ending (warm hearted), etc, are not real. and i like real. Reality isn't about a guy that always gets the girl, but maybe instead, a so called good marriage gone wrong (Scenes from a Marriage).
One thing I hate, like in the movie Sniper, is in the beginning, something goes wrong, and in the end, it's like that "second chance" that always ends up good. Example, person A does something, and dies from it. Person B finds him/herself in the same situation, and ends up doing it, all dramatic and "saved the day" sort of feel. don't like it.
I wonder how Penumbra will end. Morbid like Bergmans work, or actually cheerful?
More so on topic, the old movie "The Haunting" (1963 B&W version) is sort of like this, in ways. but maybe not. It's where she wants to get away, have some vacation, and gets the chance at this house that turns out to be haunted, and instead, she dies and is part of the house/haunting. sort of like Red, but sort of, maybe not. maybe way off.
I KNOW! Sound of Music, both gives us the feeling of horror, and total isolation, pure depression, insanity, and the overwhelming urge to scream!
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