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Hell Dive — 2025 winner of Best Video Game of the Year and the Grim Reaper Award at Haunted House FearFest — is a claustrophobic deep-sea horror experience from developer Thomas-Bo Huusmann of Teacup Games. In this episode, host Renee Huff steps into the depths with Thomas-Bo to explore how the game was created, the emotional cost of game development, and the lessons learned from high-stakes industry challenges.

Hell Dive places players aboard an abandoned deep-sea colony where oxygen is scarce, horrors lurk in the dark, and every corridor holds a secret. Thomas-Bo shares the inspirations behind the game’s atmosphere, the complexities of underwater horror, and a deeply personal story about a past contractual mistake that led to a devastating financial loss — and ultimately reshaped his career.

A conversation about fear, failure, and resilience beneath the surface.

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In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast, host Renee welcomes filmmakers Jessica and Barrett Burgin, the creative duo behind the folk-horror short The Angel, featured at the 2025 Haunted House FearFest and now winners of Best Cinematography and Best Paranormal Short for The Angel

Set against the blood-red stone of Southern Utah, The Angel follows two plural wives who receive a mysterious and unsettling visitation — blurring the boundaries between faith, folklore, and fear. With haunting performances and an otherworldly atmosphere, the film taps into ancestral belief systems, buried history, and the terror of being chosen.

Jessica and Barrett discuss the film’s inspiration, the storytelling power of place, the challenges and joys of co-directing as a married couple, and the unforgettable experience of working with iconic actor Doug Jones (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy).

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In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast, host Renee sits down with Finnish game developer Uki Eiri (CoAction) to explore her atmospheric vampire story Sucks To Be In The Sticks, featured in this year’s Creepy Cool Showcase at the 2025 Haunted House FearFest Film & Video Game Festival

In the game, you play as 19-year-old Ilo, whose life is thrown into chaos after becoming a vampire. While others survive on human energy, Ilo can only live on blood — and drinking it pulls you into strangers’ deepest grief, memories, and hidden fears through emotional, story-rich mini-games. It’s a dark fantasy where the supernatural bleeds into the personal, set against a small-town, post-Soviet backdrop full of loss, identity, and eerie beauty.

Uki and Renee wander room by room through the Haunted House to uncover the inspirations, themes, and emotional truths behind this haunting demo.

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