Netflix has finally figured out how to get viewers off their phones with its newest horror game, but it doesn't quite stick the landing

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Point and click horror can be really tricky to pull off, it can lack a sense of agency over your own actions as characters are funneled into certain choices. But it's even harder to do well when the thing you're using to point and click with is your own temperamental phone.

Instead of using a mouse and keyboard or a controller, Unhinged—Netflix's latest horror game from Zach Cregger and David Fincher—requires players to connect their phone and use that instead. It functions as Ava, the protagonist's phone as she calls her friend Claire throughout the game for help, all while running away from some creep covered in blood.

Unhinged screenshots

(Image credit: Netflix Games)

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