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The Quarry (video Game)
''The Quarry'' is a 2022 interactive drama horror game developed by Supermassive Games and published by 2K. Players assume control of nine teenage counselors who must survive their last night at Hackett's Quarry summer camp amongst supernatural creatures and violent locals. Players make many choices throughout the game which may significantly affect character development, relationships, the story's plot, and its ending. All nine playable characters may survive or die, depending on the player's decisions. Envisioned as the spiritual successor to ''Until Dawn'' (2015) and inspired by teen slasher and monster films such as ''Friday the 13th'' and '' The Thing'', ''The Quarry'' features a large ensemble cast including Miles Robbins, Ariel Winter, Brenda Song, Skyler Gisondo, David Arquette, Halston Sage, Ted Raimi, Ethan Suplee, Lance Henriksen, Lin Shaye, Justice Smith, and Grace Zabriskie. ''The Quarry'' was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supermassive Games
Supermassive Games Limited is a British video game developer based in Guildford, Surrey. The studio is best known for developing horror games such as ''Until Dawn'' for Sony Interactive Entertainment, ''The Dark Pictures Anthology'' for Bandai Namco Entertainment, ''The Quarry (video game), The Quarry'' for 2K (company), 2K Games, and ''The Casting of Frank Stone'' for Behaviour Interactive. History Supermassive Games was founded by Pete Samuels in 2008, who had previously worked at Psygnosis and Electronic Arts. The company signed a contract to serve as Sony's second-party developer. The studio first worked on downloadable content for Media Molecule's ''LittleBigPlanet'', and games utilizing the PlayStation Move motion controller including ''Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves'' and ''Start the Party!''. The strategy was a success initially, as the studio posted full-year sales of £5.7 million in 2011. In 2012, the studio partnered with BBC and released ''Doctor Who: The Eternity Cloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Camp
A summer camp, also known as a sleepaway camp or residential camp, is a supervised overnight program for children conducted during the summer vacation from school in many countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer residential camps are known as . They are generally offered overnight accommodations for one or two weeks out in an outdoor natural campsite setting. Day camps, by contrast, offer the same types of experience in the outdoors but children return home each evening. Summer school is a different experience that is usually offered by local schools for their students focused on remedial education to ensure students are prepared for the upcoming academic year or in the case of high school students, to retake failed state comprehensive exams necessary for graduation. Summer residential and day camps may include an academic component but it is not a requirement. The traditional view of a summer camp as a woodland, wooded place with hiking, canoeing, campfires, et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halston Sage
Halston Sage (born May 10, 1993) is an American actress. She is best known for her television roles, such as Grace on the Nickelodeon series '' How to Rock'' (2012), Amber on the NBC series ''Crisis'' (2014), Alara Kitan on the Fox series '' The Orville'' (2017–2019), and Ainsley Whitly on the Fox television series '' Prodigal Son'' (2019–2021). Sage has also appeared in films, playing Lacey in '' Paper Towns'' and Kendall in ''Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse'', both from 2015, and Lindsay in the 2017 film '' Before I Fall''. Early life Sage was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She has a younger brother and a younger sister. Sage is Jewish. She rode horses competitively, and was the editor of her high school's newspaper. Career Television Sage's career was launched in 2011, when she was cast in the role of Grace on the Nickelodeon series '' How to Rock'', which first aired on February 4, 2012, and ran for a single 25-episode season. She has also guest sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Arquette
David Arquette (; born September 8, 1971) is an American actor, producer, and retired professional wrestler. Arquette's breakout came with his starring role as Dewey Riley in the slasher film '' Scream'' (1996), a role which he later reprised in four sequels from 1997 to 2022. On TV, he had main roles as Tod Hawks on the NBC sitcom '' Parenthood'' (1990–1991) and Hunter on the CBS sitcom '' Double Rush'' (1995). He made his directorial debut with '' The Tripper'' (2006). He was the subject of the documentary film '' You Cannot Kill David Arquette'' (2020). As a professional wrestler, Arquette is best known for his panned 2000 stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where he won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Early life Arquette was born in a Subud commune in Bentonville, Virginia. He is the youngest child of Brenda "Mardi" Olivia (née Nowak), an actress, burlesque dancer, poet, theater operator, activist, acting-teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyler Gisondo
Skyler Augustus Gisondo (born July 22, 1996) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films ''Licorice Pizza'', ''Booksmart'', and ''Vacation'', as well as the television programs ''Psych'', '' The Righteous Gemstones'', and ''Santa Clarita Diet''. Early life and education Gisondo was born on July 22, 1996, in Palm Beach County, Florida. His parents, Stacey (née Berke) and Ron, are ocean engineers. His last name comes from his paternal grandfather, who was Italian-American. His other three grandparents were Jewish. After he began working frequently, he was homeschooled for several years. ''(Interview begins at 19:20)'' He spent a number of years in high school heavily involved in the Jewish community, including participating in USY, and attending Camp Alonim in Simi Valley. Gisondo also attended USY Israel Pilgrimage. He attended Milken Community High School in Los Angeles, graduating in 2014. Gisondo grew up in Florida, and later moved to South Bay, Los Angele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Song
Brenda Song (born March 27, 1988) is an American actress of Hmong and Thai descent. Born in Sacramento, California, Song began her career at the age of six, working as a child model. She made her screen debut with a guest appearance on the sitcom '' Thunder Alley'' (1995), and went on to roles such as the children's television series '' Fudge'' (1995) and the Nickelodeon series '' 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd'' (1999). She starred in the Disney Channel original film '' The Ultimate Christmas Present'' (2000), which won her a Young Artist Award. She subsequently signed a contract with Disney Channel and earned widespread recognition for playing the titular character in the action film '' Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior'' (2006), and London Tipton in '' The Suite Life'' franchise (2005–2011), earning her acclaim and two Young Hollywood Awards. She additionally played the recurring role of Tia in ''Phil of the Future'' (2004–2005), and had starring roles in the television fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Winter
Ariel Winter Workman (born January 28, 1998) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Alex Dunphy in the ABC sitcom '' Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which she and her several costars won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series four consecutive times from 2010 to 2013. Early life Ariel Winter Workman was born on January 28, 1998, in Fairfax, Virginia. She is the daughter of Chrisoula (''née'' Batistas) and Glenn Workman. Through her mother, she is of Greek descent, and through her father, of German descent. She is the younger sister of actors Shanelle Workman and Jimmy Workman. Career Winter obtained her first entertainment industry job in a Cool Whip commercial advertisement in 2002 when she was four years old. She had her first television role in an episode of '' Listen Up'', and followed it with appearances in a variety of television shows such as '' Freddie'', ''Monk'', '' Bones'', and '' ER''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Robbins
Miles Guthrie Tomalin Robbins (born May 4, 1992) is an American actor. Personal life Miles Guthrie Tomalin Robbins was born on May 4, 1992, in New York City. He is a son of the actors Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon. His half-sister is the actress Eva Amurri, and his older brother is director Jack Henry Robbins. Career In ''The X-Files'', Robbins played William, the teenage son of Dana Scully and Fox Mulder. Robbins had small roles in ''My Friend Dahmer'', and ''Mozart in the Jungle'', and as Dee Dee Ramone in ''The Get Down''. In the Kay Cannon directed '' Blockers'', Robbins played Connor, also known as 'The Chef', the prom date of Geraldine Viswanathan who played the daughter of John Cena. Robbins appeared in ''Halloween'' (2018), a sequel to the 1978 film of the same name. He also had roles in a film adaptation of ''Taipei'' by Tao Lin, and the Chris Morris production '' The Day Shall Come'', filmed in the Dominican Republic with Anna Kendrick. Robbins has also w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thing (1982 Film)
''The Thing'' is a 1982 American Science fiction film, science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell Jr. novella ''Who Goes There?'', it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "The Thing (character), Thing", an extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any of them could be the Thing. The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady, with Wilford Brimley, A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney (actor), Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles. Production began in the mid-1970s as a faithful adaptation of the novella, following 1951's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday The 13th (franchise)
''Friday the 13th'' is an American Horror fiction, horror media franchise, franchise that comprises twelve slasher films, a television series, novels, comic books, video games, and tie‑in merchandise. The franchise primarily focuses on the fictional character Jason Voorhees, who was thought to have drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake due to the negligence of the camp staff. Decades later, the lake is rumored to be "cursed" and is the setting for a series of mass murders. Jason is featured in all of the films, as either the killer or the motivation for the killings. The Friday the 13th (1980 film), original film was written by Victor Miller (writer), Victor Miller, produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, and released by Paramount Pictures. The films have grossed over $468 million at the box-office. Although the films were not popular with critics, ''Friday the 13th'' is considered one of the most successful media franchises in America—not only for the success of the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monster Movie
A monster movie, monster film, creature feature or giant monster film is a film that focuses on one or more characters struggling to survive attacks by one or more antagonistic monsters, often abnormally megafauna, large ones. The film may also fall under the horror film, horror, comedy film, comedy, fantasy film, fantasy, or science fiction film, science fiction genres. Monster movies originated with film adaptation, adaptations of horror folklore and literature. Traditional concepts The most common aspect of a monster movie is the struggle between a human collective of protagonists against one or more monsters, who often serve as the antagonistic force. In Japanese cinema, giant monsters known as ''kaiju'' often take up this role. The monster is often created by a folly of mankind – an experiment gone wrong, the effects of radiation or the destruction of habitat. Or the monster is from outer space, has been on Earth for a long time with no one ever seeing it, or released (o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slasher Film
A slasher film is a subgenre of horror films involving a killer or a group of killers stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools. Although the term "slasher" may occasionally be used informally as a generic term for any horror film involving murder, film analysts cite an established set of characteristics which set slasher films apart from other horror subgenres, such as monster movies, splatter films, Supernatural horror film, supernatural and psychological horror films.Petridis, Sotiris (2014).A Historical Approach to the Slasher Film. Film International 12 (1): 76–84. Critics cite psychological horror films such as ''Peeping Tom (1960 film), Peeping Tom'' (1960) and ''Psycho (1960 film), Psycho'' (1960) and the Italian ''giallo'' films as early influences.Mark D. Eckel (2014). "When the Lights Go Down". p. 167. WestBow Press. The genre hit its peak between 1978 and 1984 in an era referred to as the "Golden Age" of slasher films. Notable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
