B Movies Blog

Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping P.T. into the ol’ VCR.

I was trying to figure out how we should celebrate the beginning of fall/the unofficial start of spooky season, and it finally clicked with me—we should revisit an old horror favorite. 

We all know I don’t like playing video games, but I love to watch other people play them. 

Fortunately, I got to see P.T. be played, in its entirety, IRL. 

To set the scene, it was my 22nd birthday, and I had a bit of a stomach bug. 

So, some friends decided to host a little movie/game night for me because I didn’t really feel like doing anything major. 

And, friends, that just so happened to be right around the time P.T. was released. 

Now, this group of friends really wasn’t into horror like I was/am, but they took one for the team and decided to play through P.T. 

And, boy howdy, what a delight it was. 

“Mom, I threw up” 

For those unfamiliar, P.T. (short for Playable Teaser) was the backdoor teaser for a new Silent Hill game from Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro called Silent Hills. 

P.T. was dropped into the PlayStation store on August 12, 2014 with no explanation, leaving players to uncover the mystery for themselves. 

To give you a brief recap of the plot, your character wanders aimlessly through a haunted-as-hell house as you try to hide from Lisa, your friendly neighborhood murderous spirit, and repeats the same loop over and over as you solve various puzzles. 

However, the loop gets scarier and scarier, and you purposely get got at times. 

There’s also a creepy, monologuing fetus monster that hangs out in the bathroom sink, and you may not know this about me, but I have a weird thing about creepy voices. 

As in, the creepy fetus monologues in P.T. are the parts that bothered me the most. In fact, the whole “Dad was such a drag” bit STILL makes my skin crawl. 

Don’t try to figure out why; it’ll break your brain. 

Moving on. 

Don’t let the Windows background scenery fool you; this game was scary as hell 

P.T. was masterfully executed, and it successfully gained a lot of hype for Kojima’s new game (if you didn’t get jazzed when Norman Reedus walked out of the shadows at the end, I don’t know what to tell you). 

Unfortunately, the road to the creation/development of Silent Hills was wrought with obstacles, leading to its cancellation. 

I believe that P.T. is one of the best horror games, and I’m bummed that it’s no longer available to download. 

So, um, if you have a PS4 that has P.T. downloaded, you should hit a girl up.