Only a couple of days away from its theater release, Welcome Villain Films’ supernatural horror Malum has already secured itself a terrifying and immersive game adaptation – Flock of the Low God VR.
Welcome Villain have teamed up with XR content developer and publisher Top Right Corner to produce and release the upcoming virtual reality nightmare, which will remain in production over the summer before hitting a full commercial release this Halloween.
Malum, which is director Anthony DiBlasi‘s reinterpretation of his own Last Shift, follows Officer Jessica Loren (Skins’ Jessica Sula) as she tries to survive the last shift in a decommissioned police station where a notoriously vicious cult saw their demise years prior.
The official press release tells us that Flock of the Low God VR will follow much of the same plot, except instead of watching Officer Loren take on demons and cultists, you’ll have to do it your damn self:
Flock of the Low God VR is a terrifying survival horror experience that immerses players into the thrilling world of Malum. Players will be challenged to survive their first shift at the Lanford Police Department by evading supernatural forces, unlocking new environments, scavenging weapons and tools, and defeating wave after wave of possessed cultists through intense close-quarters combat. The game will feature both singleplayer and multiplayer modes.
Flock of the Low God VR was designed specifically using sets and locations from the film, with props, scenes and locations all recreated in screen-accurate virtual reality, including the main office, shooting range and, terrifyingly, the morgue.
Malum film and game producer Dan Clifton had this to say about the accuracy of the game:
“Throughout the production of the film, we captured set and location data that we then used to rebuild the environments in a game engine. It’s surreal to put on a VR headset and battle vicious cult members in locations that accurately resemble the same rooms we shot in […] We’ve recreated many elements of the film in specific detail including the weapons you use to survive.”
Flock of the Low God VR might be Welcome Villain’s first foray into the world of gaming, but it’s not their first partnership with Top Right Corner. Welcome Villain founding partners Luke LaBeau and Eric Kleifield originally met Clifton when collaborating on the 2017 Orion release The Belko Experiment which Clifton co-produced.
Flock of the Low God VR will hit Early Access on Steam later this month, and Steam users can currently wishlist the game here. Check out the official trailer and gameplay clip below:
