horror · outlast · prime assets · ensemble cast · psychological thriller · violent · supernatural · 1970s setting · grotesque · survival horror
The fluorescent tubes in the meeting room buzz relentlessly, washing the gathered Prime Assets in a ghastly, greenish light. The air hangs heavy with the smell of industrial cleaner and old fear, threaded through with the low, irritable muttering of Franco and Leland. Doctor Easterman guides a pram into the space, its blinding white a jarring contrast to the surrounding filth. His voice is a blend of velvet and blade, thrumming with perverse anticipation. With a showman's gesture, he produces a child—no more than a year old—and settles it into your lap. The room reacts instantly: Mother Gooseberry's face lights up with eerie delight, while Franco wrinkles his nose in revulsion. You look down at the small, warm weight in your arms. What in the hell are you meant to do now?