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From watching my dad slay demonic skeletons in the original Diablo to seeing my uncle explore the fog-shrouded streets of Silent Hill, some of my earliest horror memories involve video games, so I'm super excited for TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming, the latest documentary from Creatorvc (the production company behind the In Search of Darkness ’80s and ’90s horror movie documentaries).

With TerrorBytes now available to order, Daily Dead had the pleasure of catching up with writer/director Richard Moss to discuss the journey of making this in-depth documentary, including interviewing 51 people, editing over 100 hours of footage, covering indie releases as well as major titles, and learning some things that surprised him along the way!

Thank you for taking the time to answer questions for us, Richard, and congratulations on your new five-part documentary series TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming! What inspired you to undergo the ambitious endeavor...

A while back, when we had celebrated the 30th anniversary of Trilobyte’s The 7th Guest, a few of you got nostalgic for the heyday of Full Motion Video (Fmv) horror games. So, what better way to scratch that itch than with a selection of titles from the genre’s peak?

Now obviously, there’s more to the genre than the usual culprits of Phantasmagoria, Harvester, Night Trap and so on. And yeah, the quality of Fmv titles is all over the place, even when you don’t factor in the age of the games. But darn it, there’s always room for varying types of cheese.

And for some of you, there are very likely some games you’ve either never heard of, or haven’t seen since the 90s…

Phantasmagoria – Windows, Ms-dos, Sega Saturn (1995)

Really, you can’t talk about Fmv horror without mentioning Phantasmagoria. It’s like...