Point-and-click horror adventure from 1995 using full-motion video with live actors. You play Adrienne, a writer who moves into a remote mansion with her husband. The house holds a dark history involving a magician who once lived there, and exploring its rooms gradually reveals what happened. Gameplay involves examining objects, solving inventory puzzles, and triggering story scenes as you uncover the building's secrets. The FMV presentation was ambitious for its time, blending filmed performances with pre-rendered backgrounds. Features multiple gruesome death sequences and psychological horror elements that unfold across seven chapters. Designed by Roberta Williams, known for adventure games emphasizing narrative over complex puzzles. If you're curious about '90s CD-ROM era storytelling experiments or want a slower-paced horror game built around atmosphere and plot rather than action, this defined that approach.
