The modern horror game is one that sticks pretty close to the blueprint laid out by Capcom's 1996 release Resident Evil. Slow pacing, methodical puzzles, and scares centered around things that jumped out of the darkness were the order of the day then, and since that time, games have roughly based themselves on this concept. Surreal's new game, The Suffering, goes for the horror thing with creepy monster design and startling visual trickery, but it also ditches most of the ammo-conservation and slow pacing found in a majority of horror-themed games. The end result is a much more action-packed experience that might be a little too straightforward in spots, but it does make for a solid action game.

 

Larva (2005)
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Casanova (2005)
Casanova is love with Francesca, who thinks he is a friend of himself even though he is engaged Victoria, who is the love of Giovanni, Francessca’s brother. Francessca is betrothed to Paprizzio who thinks Casanova is the feminist writer Guardi, who is really Francessca’s nomme de plume. Amidst all these secret identities and misunderstandings, the Catholic Church sends Pucci to bring Casanova and Guardi to trial for heresy.

 

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of eighteenth century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world’s finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

 

Broken (2006)
Deep in the LA night, HOPE confronts all the wrong turns she’s made since leaving Ohio and ultimately meets the biggest wrong turn of all in her ex-boyfriend WILL, who’s determined to win back her love or die trying.

 

Copying Beethoven (2006)
A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven’s life.

 

Sex, drugs and violence–they’re all part of the job when you’re protecting The King of Rock & Roll. And when you’re only 16, the on-the-job training comes in ways that can’t be taught in school. Prepare to be all shook up by the shocking true story of David Stanley, stepbrother and bodyguard of The King. Through the dizzying highs and lows of life on the road with unlimited excess, he experienced it all…and barely survived. The director, D. Edward Stanley, was the stepbrother of Elvis Presley.

 

Northanger Abbey (2007)
Catherine Morland is taken to Bath, England by the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Allen and introduces her to Georgian society. There she meets the social-climbing Isabella and John Thorpe, the handsome Henry Tilney and elegant Eleanor Tilney.

First Born (2007)
Laura’s expecting. Her husband, Steven’s a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dreams, she’s always been a bit edgy. A C-section drives her over the edge, making her see things in a different light. A creepy babysitter doesn’t make things any better. She begins seeing things, trusts no one, as she goes into self-destruct mode.

Interview (2007)
After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist (Buscemi) is forced to interview America’s most popular soap actress (Miller).