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The Catherine Tate Show debuted in 2004, a year of Tony Blair, George Bush and Travis, of the Iraq War and Jack Wills. Even the far superior Absolutely Fabulous’ big-screen outing only just managed to achieve a modicum of success after a similarly extended hiatus.
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Sitcom to movie adaptations are rocky roads at best, let alone adaptations from a single sketch character only somewhat popular more than 15 years ago. The same thought occurs to me every time I see Tate’s gurning visage: “Why? Why now? Why ever? What were they thinking?” It’s as though the cheaply-made and somewhat obnoxious posters desperately imploring me to spend £8 of my hard-earned cash on a film that wouldn’t have made sense 15 years ago, let alone in 2022, are in some way goading me via their mere presence. The more I think about Tate’s latest release, the more confused and angry I become. Baldi’s Basics and In Silence also share this quality of sound, but In Silence is different in that it's multiplayer-based.You could have been a newborn nematode worm living in the far reaches of some distant nebula, deaf, sightless and utterly ignorant of the world beyond your toxic gas cloud, let alone the intricacies of mid-2000s character-based sketch comedy, and you still could have predicted with some certainty that Catherine Tate’s The Nan Movie was going to be a resounding flop.įor the uninitiated, The Nan Movie follows the adventures foul-mouthed pensioner Joan ‘Nan’ Taylor, a character originally conceived on Tate’s eponymous sketch show, as she tracks down her dying step-sister with the help of her ever-disapproving son, Jaime (Matthew Horne). FNAF features enemies attracted to sound and relentless pursuit. Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF), Baldi’s Basics, and In Silence all share plenty of ideas similar to Granny.
CompetitionĪs an indie horror game, Granny has a great deal of competition with other indie horror games. Whether or not this was a deliberate choice by the developer is unclear.
What may be creepy at the first appearance, becomes comical with repeat encounters due to the low resolution of textures and blocky character models. While it’s an indie title, the game has an overall dated and unpolished style. Granny’s largest deterrence is the graphics of the game. The player can escape the house by unlocking the front door or leaving through a car in the garage. However, these can be used to permanently dispatch other hazards such as her pets. This includes hitting her with a tranquilizer dart fired from the crossbow or shooting her with a shotgun. Granny can’t be defeated with weaponry, as anything you attack her with will only stuns her temporarily. If you’re caught by Granny, you’ll be knocked unconscious and wake up back in the starting room the next day. When Granny is alerted, she will sprint to the source of the sound that alerted her, which can be used for distractions. Granny is attracted to noises, meaning that moving too quickly or recklessly risks alerting her of your presence. You have a total of five days to escape, after which it’s ‘game over.’ You, as the player, are trapped inside of a house and pursued by a mysterious old woman who seeks to keep you there forever. Granny’s primary draw is the titular antagonist, Granny.