Review: Night at the Gates of Hell
Like any genre, lo-fi horror carries with it the possibility of growing stale. You can only be locked in a house with a killer so many times before it’s routine. It’s not always that way, however. There are lots of alternatives. Night at the Gates of Hell makes a big detour for the genre by empowering you with a gun. The zombies are slow, and ammo is limited. Aim for the head.
It certainly helps that it marks the return of the duo that created Bloodwash, which still stands as one of my favorite examples of the genre. Jordan King and Henry Hoare have returned with some extra ammunition, this time giving us all the zombies we can handle. It’s a rather stark departure from Bloodwash’s thick and heavy suspense, but it’s substantial proof that these two know the recipe to the secret sauce.
Night at the Gates of Hell (PC)Developer: Black Eyed Priest, Henry HoarePublisher: Torture Star VideoReleased: September 15, 2022MSRP: $11.99
Night at the Gates of Hell is so turgid with sleaze that someone gets their low-poly tits out within the first five minutes. They get bitten off shortly after that. It’s hard to miss the B movie goofiness that pervades the game; it certainly embraces it. You play as David, who has found himself in a bit of a zombie outbreak. It sure seems like the end of times, but David isn’t going to get dragged to hell without a fight.
The zombies are typically slow and rarely attack in groups, which is somewhat rare for horror in general. What’s more, they’re grotesquely rendered. I’m not just talking about the necrotic details like peeled-back lips and sunken eyes. Their low-poly exterior and unnatural movements give them an extremely unsettling quality. They also tend to be strangely proportioned, giving the
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