There is a verisimilitude to the items in the Hunt A Killer kit. (There is also an out-of-world site where hints, recaps, and solutions can be accessed if a detective gets stumped). In addition to the artifacts and documents mailed to me for the first episode, I also discover an in-world website where I gather more evidence, interact with characters, and access digital files. As for Liam himself, some of his belongings included in the packet give me a sense of who the missing boy is. Before I get to know Liam, I want to learn about the town, and what others might have to say about the Kent family. My approach is to read and absorb everything before trying to piece it together. Everything looks and feels legit, like what a Sheriff might say during a press conference or witness interview, or how a magazine or teenager’s journal might read (down to the chicken scratch handwriting). The words sound like a concerned mother, and she draws me in as she breaks down what she knows. “It’s been weeks since I’ve felt any sliver of hope, and frankly, I was starting to lose my mind a little before I found you.” The first thing I read is a letter from Rosemary, which begins with: Well, there is a map, but that’s a literal map of Burkittsville. Players are dropped in the middle of this narrative-driven drama, and everything is a clue, but there is no map of where to begin. But if you look at the main image on the Hunt A Killer website for this series, you’ll get a sense of what to expect. To preserve the mystery, I don’t want to reveal every item in that Episode One manila envelope. The Hunt a Killer: Horror – Blair Witch experience intrigues me straightaway. However, to do so, as the story’s logline challenges, I must be willing to “face down the wrath of the Blair Witch and those loyal to her.” To reunite the Kent family I will need to explore the mysterious forest, uncover the truth about recent disappearances, and learn about the supernatural forces behind them. Rosemary has asked me (and all players) to investigate the events of the day Liam went missing, as well as Liam’s connection to the legend of the Blair Witch, to move the case forward. Her son Liam has gone missing under mysterious circumstances, and the Burkittsville Sheriff’s Office has failed to turn up any information.
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And while observing guidelines and rules to the universe, she said she and the team viewed Blair Witch as a “perfect metaphor of just walking into a dark wood,” with all the fears and mystery humans carry about wild, unknown reaches of nature.īut ultimately LaMartina said this Hunt a Killer series is about plucking out a single person, or single family, and exploring how they might fit within this established mythology.Īs the detective on this first installment, I learn about Rosemary Kent, a woman who lives on the edge of the infamous Black Hills Forest. Kellum – revisited the franchise installments and identified commonalities within the universe.
When developing the Hunt A Killer: Horror – Blair Witch story, LaMartina says showrunner Elinor Haney – along with writers Travis Madden, Tatiana Nya Ford, and Will Rogers, and designer Alaska S. “And there is this sense of mystery and exploration and discovery sort of inherent in the world of Blair Witch.” “Blair Witch has a rich playground of storytelling,” says Melissa LaMartina, Hunt A Killer’s Director of Production, and someone who grew up in Maryland close to the real-world Burkittsville.
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Speaking of yarns, whether you choose to crack open the case each month on your own (as I did with this episode) or with a group of friends, you don’t need a corkboard with red yarn to connect the dots in this story - but it might be fun to have nonetheless. And with the first of six monthly “episodes” of Hunt A Killer: Horror – Blair Witch available now, a yarn is unfolding in real time that references the Blair Witch movies – and shares several characters with the Blair Witch video game - while still remaining accessible to the uninitiated. This is the Blair Witch tabletop experience by Hunt A Killer in partnership with Lionsgate and marks the first time the interactive murder mystery subscription box company has invited players into a story tied into an existing franchise. And it looks like I’m delving into the dark history, and ongoing mystery, of Burkittsville, Maryland, the home of the Blair Witch.
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