About this episode

Kahlief Adams interviews Sean Krankel about Netflix's immersive horror experience Unhinged and its unique storytelling approach.

I got to sit down with Sean Krankel — GM of Narrative Games at Netflix and the co-founder of Night School Studio — to talk about *Unhinged*, the new immersive horror experience that drops June 30 and uses your actual phone as the controller. This one hit me hard as a horror fan, and after playing it, I had questions — and Sean had all the answers.We go deep on how Night School made the move to Netflix, why Unhinged was designed to feel more like living inside a thriller than playing a video game, and how they assembled one of the most stacked casts in gaming: Zoë Kravitz, Sadie Sink, and Troy Baker.In this episode:- The story of how Night School Studio became a Netflix studio — and what that call really sounded like- How Unhinged turns your phone into a flashlight, a receiver, and your only link to survival- Why the team called it an "immersive thriller" rather than a game — and what that creative decision unlocked- The dream cast: how Zoë Kravitz, Sadie Sink, and Troy Baker all came together- What it means to build experiences that anyone — gamer or not — can jump into— FIND US EVERYWHERE —YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/SPAWNONMETwitch (Live Wed 6PM…

People in this episode

Host: Kahlief Adams

Guest: Sean Krankel

Topics covered

• immersive horror experience
• storytelling in video games
• Night School Studio
• Netflix gaming
• Unhinged
• cast in gaming
• horror genre

Keywords

• Netflix
• Unhinged
• immersive experience
• horror games
• Night School Studio
• Zoë Kravitz
• Sadie Sink
• Troy Baker

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix, Night School Studio

Products: Unhinged

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