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I guess I’ve been looking at too many hidden object scenes lately, but I can’t unsee the face now.

I’m guessing that the significance of the final shot is that Robin can move around the property now.

I confess to not watching the credits all the way through.   As a result I’m not sure I caught the face in the window. And I’m absolutely sure I didn’t catch Michael not latching the cellar door. (I could swear I saw him latch it. Otherwise how could the chase end?) But it won’t be the first time I have been proven wrong. And it certainly won’t be the last.

Heya folks! Just a quick reminder to let you know that I’m going to be addressing the remaining questions about the ending when everybody’s done playing. I may not give you all the answers, of course, because then there would be no mystery left

I’m also saving the last juicy trivia facts for the conclusion of the playthrough!

tegendemuur - 07 June 2015 05:58 AM

For the nod towards Fucli, it has been too long that I played this game.

The Fulci nod: [spoiler]It’s actually the Zombie film, plus he’s in the Thanks section in the final credits. We used the zombie appearing in the movie poster as the texture for the corpse of Catherine Blackwood http://www.sourpussclothing.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/z/o/zombie_poster.jpg[/spoiler]

But The Beyond happens to be one of my favorite horror movies as well. It’s the second Fulci movie I saw after House by the Cemetery. I love its surreal atmosphere and offbeat ending. In spite of all his excesses, Fulci was hands one one of the best horror movie directors.

I’m sure that the attitude of the maincharacter in The Changeling is a role that perfectly fits the player in a horrorgame.

Agreed, and George Scott’s performance only makes it better. Surely many of its nuances in storytelling served as a sort of template for Scratches, especially that stubborn reliance on rationale.

I’m also saving the last juicy trivia facts for the conclusion of the playthrough!

Oh, yea! can’t wait - please still my beating heart!

I’m counting the days, I loved playing this game and will play it again soon!

I’m hoping that Agustin will post more of his secrets. But there is always the possibility that he may be otherwise occupied. So, maybe it’s time to close the conversation. If he is able to contribute later thoughts we’ll all see them, assuming we subscribe to the thread.

I’m here, I’m here! My days have been truly busy, I could barely sit in front of the computer just yesterday. But I didn’t forget about the things I promised you—I was definitely planning to post more things this morning.

Such an unfortunate timing. I was devastated to hear the news about the passing of Sir Christopher Lee. To say that I highly appreciated this gentleman would be an understatement. Along with Peter Cushing, Vincent Price, and John Carradine, the Master of Horrors are major reason why Scratches (and this playthrough!) exists. An era has come to an end.

One of my dreams was to have Sir Christopher Lee voicing Michael Arthate in Scratches. I even got in touch with his manager some months ago for an eventual re-release of the game somewhere down the road. Alas, nothing ever came of it. Nothing ever will. This brings to mind some other interesting factoids that I wanted to share with you:

- Originally Matt Clark of Barrow Hill fame was going to provide the voice for ex-police chief Bailey. Unfortunately, the casting didn’t work out and to this day Matt is still bugging me about it.

- Sue Anderson who performed Michael’s assistant Barbara was a singer in the legendary UK band Bark Psychosis (as Sue Page then). The overused term “post rock” was first used to describe the unique music of BP, which was highly influenced by Talk Talk’s final albums of jazz fusion. I casually met Sue on Napster (blast from the past!) while looking for BP’s then upcoming album leaks. Thanks to this relationship, I got to meet the leader of the band (Graham Sutton) and we became friends over the years. Now THAT is trivia!

- I was once offered a real possibility to use the trademark “Sanitarium” for Scratches. Turns out a publisher (XS Games, maybe?) owned its rights and wanted to exploit the title. They seriously proposed me to do a “Sanitarium 2: Scratches”. Suffice to say, I declined.

- The final piano theme was written by my father Daniel Cordes especially for the game. It’s actually a much longer piece.

More soon…

I know, I know, I said “soon”. Well, my “soons” are different from normal people’s “soons”

But I’ll definitely post my analysis of the Scratches ending tomorrow, which will hopefully shed light on some of the mysteries discussed here. It’s drafted and quite long, so I’ll revise it in the morning with a clear head.

Thank you for your patience!

- Sue Anderson who performed Michael’s assistant Barbara was a singer in the legendary UK band Bark Psychosis (as Sue Page then). The overused term “post rock” was first used to describe the unique music of BP, which was highly influenced by Talk Talk’s final albums of jazz fusion. I casually met Sue on Napster (blast from the past!) while looking for BP’s then upcoming album leaks. Thanks to this relationship, I got to meet the leader of the band (Graham Sutton) and we became friends over the years. Now THAT is trivia!

- I was once offered a real possibility to use the trademark “Sanitarium” for Scratches. Turns out a publisher (XS Games, maybe?) owned its rights and wanted to exploit the title. They seriously proposed me to do a “Sanitarium 2: Scratches”. Suffice to say, I declined.

- The final piano theme was written by my father Daniel Cordes especially for the game. It’s actually a much longer piece.

This is very interesting information - thank you so much for sharing!

I just love Barbara’s voice - good voice acting like this adds to a game.

Also, the music in this game is top notch, so - this information on the music is much appreciated too!