What do they have in common "Saw, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees of" Friday the 13th "as well as the serial murders? Video games, if one is to believe the latest developments of the stars of the horror genre.
Horror video games are experiencing a record year, because the battles against zombies, monsters, demons and psychos with chainsaws consoles have made for some games to be the new home of terror.
Michael Pachter, videogame analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities said in horror video games have sold nearly 147 million U.S. dollars in 2009 up to September, compared with $ 131 million throughout 2008.
The actor Kane Hodder, best known as the man behind the mask of Jason in the series "Friday the 13th", believes the games have an advantage over horror films at a time when disillusionment is growing by the recent wave of new versions of classics and the recycling of old issues of gender.
"Whenever a successful horror movie, Hollywood is quick to send a lot more to the halls and people just running out of them," says Hodder, who has worked in the videogame industry.
"But with the games, there are fewer choices in the genre and these tend to be better distributed in time," he added.
With the celebration of Halloween this weekend, films like "Saw VI", "Paranormal State" and "Zombieland" are attracting audiences looking for a good scare in the cinemas.
But the actor Robert Englund, who played Freddy Krueger in the films "Nightmare on Elm Street", said video games offer a different experience to fans of horror.
"Halloween offers fans the opportunity to wear costumes and celebrate the horror, but video games are the best way for fans to actually participate in those worlds," he told Reuters.
The most successful horror game of the year remains "Resident Evil 5" from Capcom, which went on sale Friday 13 March this year.
The game tracking firm NPD Group said that Capcom has sold 1.94 million copies of "Resident Evil 5" to date.
"Resident Evil 5" is a horror game where participants must face and survive the onslaught of zombie-like enemies.
"Single player games like" Devil May Cry "by Capcom and" Alone in the Dark "from Atari have been very successful, and there are a few new games related to gender:" Dead Space "from Electronic Arts and" Dante's Inferno "will have good results, but to date, the franchise "Resident Evil" represents half of all sales, "said Pachter.
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