so you've decided to come back
who are you?
answer the question truthfully
your choice would determine the rest of your journey
the fool
the protagonist, the explorer, the commoner, the teenager, the ingénue, the jester, the rebel, the bold one
the magician
the heir, the saint, the misfit, the visionary, the mad woman, the deranged man, the guardian
HAUNTED
this route leads to the old family house
One for sorrow, Two for joy,
Three for a girl, Four for a boy,
Five for silver, Six for gold,
Seven for a secret, Never to be told.
Eight for a wish, Nine for a kiss,
Ten for a bird, You must not miss
HIDE AND SEEK
this route leads into the forest
There was an old woman who lived in the woods, weile weile waile.
There was an old woman who lived in the woods, down by the river Saile.
She had a baby three months old, weile weile waile.
She had a baby three months old, down by the river Saile.
She had a penknife, long and sharp, weile weile waile.
She had a penknife, long and sharp, down by the river Saile.
THE HOUSE
this is the place you used to live in.
it is empty now, you think, and within, walls continue upright, bricks meet neatly, floors are firm, and doors are sensibly shut; silence lays steadily against the wood and stone of your old family home.
a set of keys rests heavily on your pocket.
turn the key to continue
THE FOREST
this is the place where you went missing.
maybe it wasn't you, in the end, but some other fool who couldn't remember the way back home. you know the story well enough to know the ending.
you wonder, however, how is it that no one remembers to burn the forest to the ground?
jump the stream to continue
CREDITS
HAUNTED video credits
clips extracted from:
los otros, dir. alejandro amenábar (2001)i am the pretty thing that lives in the house, dir. oz perkins (2016)the haunting of hill house, netflix series by mike flanagan (2018)the haunting of bly manor, netflix series by mike flanagan (2020)the hole in the ground, dir. lee cronin (2019)the babadook, dir. jennifer kent (2016)the conjuring, dir. james wan (2013)malevolent, dir. olaf de fleur (2018)the haunting of helena, dir. Ascanio Malgarini and Christian Bisceglia (2013)the turning, dir. Floria Sigismondi (2020)
music by lucas king
HIDE & SEEK video credits
clips extracted from:
un monstruo viene a verme, dir. juan antonio bayona (2016)DARK, netflix series by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese (2017-2020)STRANGER THINGS, netflix series by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer and Shawn Levy (2016- )the hole in the ground, dir. lee cronin (2019)how i live now, dir. kevin macdonald (2014)my friend dahmer, dir. marc meyers (2016)as you are, dir. Miles Joris-Peyrafitte (2016)it chapter one, dir. Andrés Muschietti (2017)sharp objects, hbo series by Marti Noxon (2018)the spiderwick chronicles, dir. mark waters (2008)the village, dr. m. night shyamalan (2004)el laberinto del fauno, dir. guillermo del toro (2006)scary stories to tell in the dark, dir. guillermo del toro (2019)
music by mark korven, for the vvitch, dir. Robert Eggers (2015)
1977 artist collective
prompts and videos edited by neil hazard