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Lars Von Trier's Antichrist getting the game treatment photo

Antichrist, Danish director Lars Von Trier's newest film, hit Cannes this year and divided critics more than two rival console fanboys arguing over which system should be able to use the only outlet left in the house. Some thought it was a stroke of disturbing genius and others just found it disturbing. I'll toss out a few key words for those you haven't seen it: torture, sexual abuse, demented talking animals, depression and self inflicted genital mutilation. If that doesn't sound the like the subject of a great videogame... wait, genital mutilation on one's own genitals?

If you're, uhhh, still interested then developer Zentropa is the place to be. They've acquired the gaming rights to the film and are in the process of developing a game based on it. Eden, which the game will be called after the cabin in the film that a couple retreats to after the death of their son makes the husband attempt to treat his own wife's serious depression, will be a first-person thriller/adventure game for the PC that is attempting to be a "nightmare version of Myst." Players will have to confront their darkest fears in the game, and even though the game will not follow the film's plot it appears that leading man Willem DaFoe will be lending his voice. 

If you haven't seen the film yet, it is seriously messed up. Like "self-inflicted genital mutilation seems like a good idea" messed up. One can only imagine the game that will come out of it. One thing is for sure; it won't be showing up in Germany.

[Via That VideoGame Blog]


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lawlflip's Avatar
lawlflip at 06/20/2009 10:39
This movie looks to be disturbingly beautiful, but fuck this game. Who the fuck is Zentopia? I WOKE UP TO THIS ARTICLE, IT RUINED MY DAY.
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lawlflip at 06/20/2009 10:41
Nightmare version of Myst sounds alright though.
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SnakeDude4Life at 06/20/2009 10:41
"Players will have to confront their darkest fears in the game"

Good lord! Jack Thompson is Pres? Internet capped and regulated?
Dr Milkdad's Avatar
Dr Milkdad at 06/20/2009 11:07
Pissed off Willem Dafoe painting.
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bunnymud at 06/20/2009 11:35
FAVORITE DAFOE LINE, QUICK!!!!!

"It's full of dummies.....dummy."
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whormongr at 06/20/2009 11:37
there isn't enough genital mutilation in games nowadays- I am gunning for an imagine:genital mutilation or mysims:genital mutilation myself - possibly a dogz: genital mutilation, but I have never really been into those pet sims
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Kris S at 06/20/2009 11:42
I just read this on Dtoid twitter. Are you fucking joking me? How can this possibly be a game?

Not long before I got the tweet I was looking at my newly delivered issue of Total Film where they interview Lars and review the film, it is barely a film never mind a game! Are you going to see the DIY female castration in the game? Or drill through your husbands leg after you let a baby die whilst having sex? Thank christ it won't follow the films plot as it's sketchy at best.

Lars pretty much implied that the film is taking the piss, and Total Film summed it up as:
"Catcalled at Cannes, this thoroughly pretentious offering is more childish and terrible than enfant terrible. The most startling - and boring - film you'll see this year."
1 star

I've seen previews and that was enough for me. What a bizarre license for a game.
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Kris S at 06/20/2009 11:52
@Bunnymud
One of mine, I just like the menace

"You spun your last web, Spider-Man. If you have not been so selfish your little girlfriend’s death would have been quick and painless - but now you really pissed me off, so I’m gonna finish her, nice… and slow.”
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travolta at 06/20/2009 11:57
THERE WAS A FIRE FIGHT.

Willem Dafoe is a shithead.
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ghets at 06/20/2009 12:13
Next thing you know theyll be making Dancer in the Dark now with more Bjork hanging, or maybe The Idiots game featuring scary bikers that hold your penis while you use the urinal.
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GoldenGamerXero at 06/20/2009 12:18
Wow I think that the first ever time I've seen something on the internet make me want to grab my crotch out of FEAR!
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peachboy at 06/20/2009 15:35
eww willem dafoe...nobody needs that.
but if this is really an 'adventure' adventure game, then i'll be forced to buy it.
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Mighty Pinto at 06/20/2009 15:48
I'm simply amazed at that picture. Whoever drew it managed to make Willem DaFoe look twice as sinister as normal. Shit, even in PLATOON he was sinister, and he was one of the NICE guys! *shudder*
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shinryu108 at 06/20/2009 19:49
the movie was beyond disturbing. but seriously, a game?
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