Blumhouse Is Turning Creepy Horror Game AMANDA THE ADVENTURER Into a Live-Action Movie

Blumhouse is getting back into the video game horror business, and this time, a seemingly innocent children's cartoon is about to become nightmare fuel. The studio has announced that it's developing a live-action movie adaptation of the creepy indie horror game Amanda the Adventurer.

The project was officially revealed during Blumhouse's Blumfest panel at New York Comic Con, where the studio confirmed that it's bringing the popular horror game to the big screen. No writer or director has been announced yet, but Matthew “MatPat” Patrick, the popular YouTuber known for his Game Theory videos, is attached to produce.

Blumhouse has already found success adapting horror games with Five Nights at Freddy's and Five Nights at Freddy's 2. Now the studio is looking to bring another video game nightmare to theaters, and Amanda the Adventurer has plenty of disturbing material to work with.

The game follows Riley Park, who inherits a house from their reclusive Aunt Kate. While exploring the property, Riley discovers a collection of old VHS tapes in the attic, along with a television and VCR.

The tapes contain episodes of what appears to be a cheaply produced children's cartoon from the early 2000s. The show stars a cheerful little girl named Amanda and her timid sheep companion, Wooly.

At first, everything looks like a harmless educational program for kids, complete with colorful characters and simple adventures. Of course, things get seriously creepy when Amanda and Wooly begin interacting directly with Riley through the television.

DreadXP's official description of the game explains: “Having inherited their Aunt Kate’s house, Riley Park starts exploring what the reclusive woman left behind. In the attic, Riley is surprised to find a stack of VHS tapes next to an old TV set. The tapes seem to be episodes of an early 2000s era children’s cartoon they have never seen before. Intrigued, Riley pops the first tape into the VCR.

“Not the highest budget production from the looks of it. It appears to have been made locally and features a little girl named Amanda and her loyal yet shy best friend, Wooly the Sheep.

“While the episode appears charming and simple on the surface, an uneasiness starts to settle in as Riley realizes that Amanda and Wooly seem to be communicating directly through the television set.

“A gnawing feeling in the back of their mind presses them to stop, but Riley is compelled to continue watching the tapes. It’s almost as if Amanda needs something, and Riley becomes fascinated with finding out what that something may be.”

What makes Amanda the Adventurer such an interesting choice for a horror movie is how it takes something familiar and comforting, like an old children's television show, and turns it into something incredibly unsettling.

The combination of outdated animation, mysterious VHS recordings, and characters who seem to know they're being watched makes the game a great example of analog horror. It's a different kind of experience from the possessed animatronics of Five Nights at Freddy's, but there's similar potential for some memorable scares.

The concept also fits nicely alongside the growing popularity of creepy children's entertainment being twisted into horror, including the recent movie Buddy.

I'm curious to see how Blumhouse approaches this adaptation, especially when it comes to bringing Amanda and Wooly into live-action. The game's unsettling cartoon aesthetic is a huge part of what makes it work, so capturing that same atmosphere will be important.

There's currently no release date for the Amanda the Adventurer movie, but it'll be interesting to see how much of the game's strange mythology makes its way into the film.

For horror fans who enjoy creepy VHS tapes, cursed children's shows, and characters who really shouldn't be talking to you through the television, this could be a fun one to keep an eye on.