Horror Meets Comedy on Xbox

Posted by bob in Games, News on July 23rd, 2008

Variety reports that a six-pack of horror folk have been contracted to produce laughs not chills for Microsoft’s Xbox 360.  As part Microsoft’s Xbox Live initiative, producer and Peter Safran has brought on board James Wan (Saw), David Slade (30 Days of Night), Lucky McKee (The Woods), Andrew Douglas (The Amityville Horror), Marcus Nispel (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and James Gunn (Slither), billing them as “Masters of Horror Take on Comedy.”

The shorts will be previewed Friday at Comic-Con International before they can be streamed via the video game console now used by some 10 million subscribers. They are said to mix comedy and horror elements and will either be live action or animated.