you may have seen previews for yet another your-entertainment-media-can-kill-you movie. we've had killer VHS tapes (so much creepier than DVDs), homicidal websites, and now Stay Alive addresses video games.
a group of teenagers finds a survival horror video game, a la Silent Hill and whatnot, and decides to play it. i have no idea who might have published this title or whether Jack Thompson has anything to say about it, but a copy exists nonetheless.
the game is also somehow connected to the death of the kids' friend. okay. so they stick the game into their XBOX (i'm assuming due to the context... it could very well be an Atari Lynx for all i know) and off they go. at first i thought the kids went INTO the video game, but thankfully it isn't quite that stupid. you're only allowed to do that crap if you're Freddy Krueger equipped with a Power Glove. yes, he killed someone that way. instead, if their character in the video game is killed, a kid dies in the same way. hopefully the game isn't Mortal Kombat... i don't know if i could handle seeing a B-movie computer-generated version of a Spin Rip.
ah, based on the graphics, it's a PS1 at best. the PS1 IS known as the scariest system ever (didn't you know that?) so perhaps that's a good sign.
i am actually glad the cheesey horror genre has survived, but this is one flick i think i'll miss for a while. reviews encouraged.
i bet next time you play Mario, you'll be more careful about jumping over those piranha plants.
