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Is Dark Dungeons serious? Yes, and no. The filmmakers set out to present an on-the-nose interpretation of Chick’s perspective on gaming, and that’s exactly what they did. Save for a few gamer-friendly easter eggs for gamers and cameos by ZOE regulars, the movie is carefully faithful to Chick’s world.
The thing is, Chick’s world is insane. Gaming is a seedy, bacchanalian underworld one step short of an orgy, where players learn to cast spells alongside their characters. The movie, like the tract, ends with a book burning (“Luckily, because of our relationships with some gaming companies, we were able to get the rights to burn certain gaming books,” says Dobyns). If Ralls had set out to parody Dark Dungeons, he almost certainly would have failed, because it is made by people who believe that Cthulhu is real and coming for your soul. You can’t satirize something so far out of touch with reality.
In fact, the resulting movie is entertaining precisely because it’s not a parody. In staying true to the spirit of the original, Ralls, Gonda, and company have captured its bizarre, campy charm. And it may not have convinced me to start a bonfire with my sourcebooks—those things are expensive—but as far as Dark Dungeons: The Movie? I’m definitely a convert.
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Offiziell lizensiert von Jack Chick. Und es sieht GUT aus. x'D
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