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Remothered: Tormented Fathers

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Remothered: Tormented Fathers is a 2018 horror game built around tense chase sequences and a cramped setting with scarce hiding spots.

8 Interesting Facts About Remothered: Tormented Fathers

Interesting Facts (5)

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    For Rosemary Reed's look, the designers drew partly on Jodie Foster's portrayal of Clarice Starling in the 1991 film of 'The Silence of the Lambs'.

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    Remothered: Tormented Fathers pits the player against a main antagonist who appears to be an elderly man, chasing them dressed in nothing but a butcher's apron and rain boots.

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    The chase is where the game's horror really centers; the review describes it as an even more unsettling spin on the fear of being caught.

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    With few places to hide in such a cramped setting, players keep doubling back while pursued, which the review says makes the game feel extremely repetitive before long.

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    Contains a major spoiler — show

    Even Rosemary, the protagonist, carries a secret that shapes her true motive for tracking down the Felton family.

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Production Story (1)

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    The project began as a remake of the 1995 SNES title Clock Tower, called "Clock Tower: Remothered", and stayed in development from 2007 until its cancellation in 2012.

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Easter Eggs & References (1)

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    On the first encounter with the game's main antagonist, the Red Nun, she introduces herself with the line "you want to kill me?", a nod to Dario Argento's Suspiria, in which Jessica Harper's protagonist must fight Helena Markos, the dance academy matriarch who delivers the same sentence with a similar inflection.

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Deeper Meaning (1)

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    The title "Remothered" is a puzzle by design. It might read as "mothered again" or "born again", but it actually blends REM (rapid eye movement), moth, mother, other and red, each pointing to the game's story and symbolism.

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