Weird Fiction Research Group kindly invites you to the fourth Weird TV meeting in spring semester. We’re continuing the subject of the game/TV relationship with Dominik Kędzierawski’s lecture about (among others) Until Dawn and Bandersnatch – “Becoming the Horror – Interactive Movies as the Perfect Horror Medium”!

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
4:45 pm

*3 OZN*

Where?

Dobra 55, room: 2.118
(the building features some mobility accommodations: ramp and lift)

What?

Faced by the mysterious killer, would you try to run away or confront them? Often, decisions made by the on-screen characters in horror movies are head-scratching, leading to conclusions that in their place we would do completely opposite. Typical horror tropes lead to conviction that viewers are simply smarter and in “life or die” situations, we would make correct decisions. Some games, however, offer the opportunity to test this conviction out. Titles such as Until Dawn or The Quarry give players a chance to play as the characters in a slasher movie, writing their own story and deciding everyone’s fate. Will everyone survive in your own story? During the meeting, we will take a closer look into genre of interactive horror movies Supermassive Games. How do they connect successfully two clashing types of media? How do they turn the horror experience directly into player’s hands? And what do they tell about us?

Who?

Dominik Kędzierawski: sophomore at ASC’s MA programme and BA graduate. Current academic interests revolve around game studies and moral philosophy, with MA research focusing on procedural rhetoric of American colonialism in videogames.

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