BBFC rating confirms Alone in the Dark's spookiness

by Ludwig Kietzmann { May 7th 2008 at 5:00PM }

The British Board of Film Classification has posted details on the '15' rating pegged on Atari's upcoming survival-horror shriekfest, Alone in the Dark. The extended classification information on the BBFC website notes the game's "frequent use of strong language," but cuts it some some slack since, unlike Uwe Boll's ill-fated film adaptation, it "does not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury." The text reminds us that while there's "plenty of violence," it's all "mitigated by the fantasy context." Thank goodness!

Aside from the aggressive use of "guns, posts, spades, flamethrowers and other items," the BBFC also warns that we'd best watch out for "moments of horror, with some of the supernatural beasts that attack the protagonist arriving in fairly unexpected - and shocking - fashion." So ... zombies wearing ponchos, then.

Gallery: Alone in the Dark (2008)

Tags: Alone-in-the-Dark, Atari, BBFC, Survival-Horror

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

syrik zero @ May 7th 2008 5:12PM

"zombies wearing ponchos" that sure would be that sure would be something to arrive unexpected and wearing a poncho haha. You guys are great! I hope this game turns out to be scary! Like I said earlier today, nothing has scared me as much as Silent Hill 2. I want some next gen game to beat that. Seems like all "scary" games these days just focus on lots of blood and gore and big unnatural, really fake looking, monsters.

Buckshot @ May 7th 2008 5:13PM

Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?

Ranus Studios @ May 7th 2008 5:15PM

I thought I was the only one who had nightmares about poncho-touting zombies. This game will surely scare the crap out of me.

antsmarching @ May 7th 2008 5:30PM

those are some sexy textures

...if only they could love me back

noskillbassist @ May 7th 2008 5:32PM

Scary game is scary.

Bellerophon @ May 7th 2008 5:46PM

I would laugh if the devs stuck Uwe Boll as an easter egg in the game.

ViagraFiend @ May 7th 2008 5:49PM

Is he catching ghosts?

Haggard @ May 7th 2008 6:06PM

I'm a little worried that it's being released on all formats known to man - Atari only released Enter The Matrix on a couple of platforms and the PC version was still horrific.

Ranko @ May 7th 2008 6:15PM

Zombie's Wearing Goofy Hats 2: The Hilarious Terror.

ugg.tryptophan @ May 7th 2008 6:22PM

needs more stickytape

Matt @ May 8th 2008 11:32AM

Well, the one good thing is that it sounds like the BBFC is actually PLAYING these games. Otherwise how could it have judged that the violence seemed at least contextually appropriate? On this side of the atlantic the ESRB doesn't even bother to play the games it's rating. Kind of ridiculous.