8 Video Games From The 2000s That Deserve A Film Adaptation

Good horror properties can quickly diverge into something dull and derivative. Just take a look at the recent The Grudge sidequel.

If Hollywood is in need of a new, scary IP to psychologically terrorize audiences with, perhaps they should look to the innovative (and often overlooked) Fatal Frame. The first game was released in 2001, and quickly received recognition because of its genuinely frightening presentation and story. Most of the games in the series features a central female protagonist, who wields the Camera Obscura - a camera that can capture hostile ghosts.

Although a Japanese film adaptation was released back in 2014, a Hollywood adaptation has yet to begin production. If produced in the same vein as the original Paranormal Activity, a Fatal Frame movie could receive the same amount of famed recognition, the same way The Grudge remake did back in 2004. Confining an audience to an enclosed area, not knowing where the next supernatural threat will come from, would inflict more genuine terror on audiences than Hollywood's current reliance on jump scares.

Japanese horror is unique for its focus on psychological terror, and a Fatal Frame movie, faithful to the series, can and should keep audiences up at night, for all the good reasons.