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Horror Cinema Classics RPG

Created by Wayward Studios

Step into the chilling world of Horror Cinema Classics, a role-playing game that plunges players into the eerie, neon-lit nightmares of 1980s horror movies. Will you be the one to rewrite the script or fall victim to the horrors waiting in the shadows?

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Holiday adventure almost ready!
6 months ago – Sun, Dec 07, 2025 at 05:46:55 PM

Our New Year's themed adventure, Legion on the Lakefront, is almost ready for release. We are putting a few finishing touches on it and collecting some additional art and then we'll be sending it out to those who sent us pictures of you and your group playing Do You Know Where Your Children Are? We'll be making it available for purchase on DriveThru RPG sometime afterwards. 

In the meantime, the Dark Council continues to plug away at making the core rulebook a reality. We'll be doing another update soon to showcase an artist, new to Wayward Studios, who will be breathing life into our character classes. 

As always, thank you so very much for your continued support. None of this would be happening without you!

Cheers,
Mark, Eric, Andy, Randy

Pre-order store open! plus update on character sheets
8 months ago – Sat, Nov 01, 2025 at 03:33:42 PM

The pre-order store is now open. If you missed the crowdfunding, you can still order all that HCC goodness. Here's the link for the store 

We also have the character sheet/pregens issue sorted out. You should have received an email with the new sheets.  We also have character sheets available for download on our website here. Please keep us posted if you discover any other issues. 

And don't forget to send us pics of your HCC games. Eric is already working on the holiday adventure.

As always, thank you for your continued support!

The Dark Council

Oops, slight technical difficulty fixed
8 months ago – Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 06:45:13 PM

By now our backers should have received the pdf copies of the quick start rules and the adventure, Do You Know Where Your Children Are?. It was brought to our attention by one of our sharp-eyed backers that we sent six sets of pregenerated character sheets that was actually six sets of the same 4 characters. That has been fixed and you should now have the proper array of pregens to play with. 

Please don't hesitate to reach out with anything else that seems wrong. Please note that the character sheets are a work in progress and we will be sending updated ones as we create them. For example, the 0 level sheets have a stat called Resolve. That mechanic was abandoned, but didn't get removed from the sheet. Also, the 0 level sheets have a spot for Gloaming. Gloaming and tapping into the Darkness is generally reserved for leveled characters, so can be ignored for 0 level play. 

In addition, we will be opening our Pre-order store shortly here on Backerkit. More about that in a future update.

Thanks again for your support and don't forget to send us pics of you playing the adventure so we can send you our holiday adventure in December!

Cheers,
The Dark Council

That's a wrap! or is it?
8 months ago – Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 01:50:07 PM

Wow! you really stepped up and showed your support for our game of horror and mayhem. Thanks to you, we are able to not only put together a great book, we will be bringing in some amazing authors. Tim Snider, Stephen Newton, Bob Brinkman, and Jon Hook Will all be adding their own brand of horror to the game. A sincere thank you from all of us for getting behind our project!

So, what's next? First and foremost, the Dark Council will be writing and playtesting. We have reached out to several artists to start working towards bringing our vision to life. We've been in contact with printers to find the best fit for our needs. We are also working on putting the final touches on the quick start reference and the adventure, Do You Know Where Your Children Are? Remember, Play the game, take pictures and send them to us so that we can post them on our social media and we'll send you another adventure to play in December. We will continue to keep you all posted on the progress and show off some of the great art as it starts to come in. 

Oh, you missed the crowdfunding and are now suffering from a little FOMO? We got you covered. We will be opening a Late Backer/Pre-Order store right here on Backerkit. More on that once we get it up and running.

For now, we're taking the weekend to celebrate the success of this project. I hope you'll take the time to celebrate with us!

Thanks from the Dark Council,
Mark, Randy, Andy, and Eric

Stretch goal #6 unlocked!
8 months ago – Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 09:15:42 AM

Just a quick update as we recover from a fantastic time at Gamehole Con. We had the opportunity to playtest several adventures and roll dice with friends, old and new. While at the con we hit another stretch goal! Backers will now receive a map of Tangled Root Valley, the sight for some current and future adventures. In addition, backers will receive a pad of character sheets for both 0 level (Extras) and leveled characters.

We are less than 48 hours from the end of this campaign. If you haven't backed it yet, now is the time!
A huge thank you to those who have already backed us! We still have a couple stretch goals to reach, so let's keep going!