Remember back during the first Scream movie when the killer called Drew Barrymore while she was in the house alone? She was pretty helpless and ended up left for dead. But what if YOU could have helped her escape. I am serious, think about it, you’re watching it all unfold, it seems you could have been more valuable to the situation then when she wasted her final call on her parents for help. So she calls you while you are sitting and watching the film in the theater. Sounds like a lot of pressure. That’s the thought behind Last Call, an interactive horror film made by 13th Floor, in which the main character calls a random audience member for help.
Even though they know their efforts are useless, moviegoers have long tried to help the ill-fated protagonists of horror movies. “Run!” “Hide!” “Don’t go down there!” In Last Call, a new German movie, the characters are finally willing to listen.
It works like this. When you buy a ticket to see the movie, you also have to hand over your cell phone number. During the movie, a character will run into some trouble and will call an audience member. Then using language recognition software, the viewer’s answers will help guide the character out of a rundown sanatorium. From the looks of things it seems like it’s a “left” or “right,” “stay” or “flee” type of thing, so your exhortations for the main character to take off her clothes will likely go unfulfilled.
Since the audience member decides what will happen, the movie is different for each group of people that watches it (similar to those choose your own adventure comic books that have been doing this for years). Still confused? Check out the video after the jump for a better explanation and let us know if you think this is an interesting concept.
