Corpse Killer(JP)

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Overview

  • Full Name: Corpse Killer
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  • Type: Rail shooter
  • Developer: Digital Pictures
  • Publisher: Acclaim Distribution
  • Language: Japanese
  • Release Date: 1994
  • Region: JP
  • Barcode: 7 82346 02327 0
  • Local Title: コープス・キラー
  • Rarity: 1
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Overview

Corpse Killer is a horror-themed FMV rail shooter developed and published by Digital Pictures released for the 3DO that features live-action full motion video in a format similar to other games developed by the company.

Footage from the game was later recycled for the 2003 film Game Over.

Story

An unnamed United States Marine is airdropped onto a tropical island on a top secret mission to stop the evil Dr. Hellman, who plans to release his army of zombies on the world. He is bitten by a zombie and also meets an attractive female reporter and a Rastafarian male driver. Four of the marine lieutenant's comrades are captured by Hellman and turned into zombies. To rescue them, the lieutenant infiltrates Hellman's compound and shoots each of them with bullets coated with extract from Datura plants, which can turn freshly-created zombies back into humans.

Game Play

Most of the gameplay is similar to other shooting full motion video games such as Lethal Enforcers. The player moves through the jungle shooting various zombies, collecting better ammunition (to prepare for a raid on Hellman's compound) and medicine to recover health.

Development

John Lafia directed the live-action footage, which was filmed on location in the Caribbean, with most scenes being shot in Puerto Rico. The actors portraying the zombies wore latex masks.

Other Versions

The original game was also released for the Sega CD, Sega CD 32X (Of which it was the first CD game for the 32X), Sega Saturn, Windows 95 and Macintosh.

The Sega Saturn version of the title was released with the subtitle of "Graveyard Edition". This version features a few exclusives such as a full-screen video (other versions have the FMV boxed in), improved video quality, a difficulty selection (ranging from normal to bloodthirsty to cannibal), items and power-ups that drop down from the top of the screen and can be shot and collected, and "in your face" zombie attacks. These attacks involve a zombie that pops up immediately in front of the "camera" and attacks the player. They can only be killed with armor-piercing rounds or Datura rounds. The Saturn version is also the only version of the game to lack light gun support (though there is no mention of light guns in the manual or packaging for the 3DO version, it does in fact include light gun support).

It was later remastered for Steam, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

William Mesa, Flash Film Works and Screaming Villains remastered the game from the original source material in 2019 and re-released it as a "25th Anniversary Edition" for Steam, and PlayStation 4. It was also released in physical PS4 media by Limited Run Games. The new version contained several hours' worth of behind-the-scenes video from the original production as well as hundreds of still images, the original production script and other assorted documents.

Credits

A Digital Pictures Production / A U-Direct® Interactive Film

  • Executive Producers Tom Zito, Tyler Johnson
  • Interactive Design Ken Soohoo, Kenneth Melville
  • Music Bradley Smith
  • Production Design Anthony Tremblay
  • Director of Photography Anthony Palmieri
  • Screenplay Kenneth Melville
  • Computer Programming Jason Anniballi
  • Produced by Charles Ogden, Wolfgang Marum
  • Directed by John Lafia

Cast

  • Winston Jeremiah Birkett
  • Julie Brigett Butler
  • Hellman Vincent Schiavelli
  • Magliano John Cassini
  • Fleming Gary Anthony Sturgis
  • Duffy Erin Bobo
  • Captain Bill Mosley
  • General Charles Kahlenberg

Credits

  • Production Supervisor Ellen Gordon
  • Production Coordinator Thérese Cathcart
  • Assistant Production Co-ordinator Candace Modrell
  • Production Secretary Ruth de Thomas
  • Senior Associate Producer Shari Little
  • Associate Producer Carina Chocano
  • Additional Game Design Noah Falstein
  • Computer Graphics Lode Coen, Cuyler Gee, Joshua Solomon, Jarmila Seflova, Brian Andersen, Christina Carvalho
  • First Assistant Director Patrick Duffy
  • Second Assistant Director Bob Acosta
  • Script Supervisor Patricia Kangrga
  • First Assistant Camera Paddy Kean
  • Second Assistant Camera Arianne Peckham
  • Film Loader Julie Silver
  • Steadicam Operator Dave Chameides
  • Art Director Oana Bogdan
  • Swing Angel Pastrana
  • Property Master Randall Earnest
  • Property Assistant David Fitzpatrick
  • Miniature Effects Supervisor Dave Sharp
  • Construction Supervisor Clive Brown
  • Set Decorator Bonita Huffman
  • Costume Design Yana Syrkin
  • Wardrobe Supervisor Bo Slavin
  • Set Costumer Andrea Federman
  • Key Make-Up Artist Diana Thomas
  • Make-Up Assistant Marta Callender
  • Prosthetic Make-Up Artist Bart Mixon
  • Prosthetic Make-Up Assistant Earl Ellis
  • Hair Dresser Timothy Lasquade
  • Stunt Coordinator Keith Woulard
  • Gaffer Jim Gilson
  • Best Boy Electric Scott Young
  • Electricians Jose Hernandez, Raymond Orraca, Pedro Juan Lopez
  • Key Grip Terry Wimmer
  • Best Boy Grip Ramón Cuadrado
  • Grips Raul Rosado, Anibal Pabón
  • Sound Mixer Mary Jo Devenney
  • Boom Operator Peter Jones
  • Production Accountants Donna Cipriani, Tad Driscoll
  • Assistant Accountant Richard Fleming
  • Location Manager Ana Rica Groennou
  • Casting Director Zoraida Sanjurjo
  • Still Photographer Jose Cuevas
  • Storyboard Artist Robert Camargo
  • Transportation Coordinator Jose Luis Fuentes
  • Drivers Otni Vargas, Maniel Negrón, Felix Osorio, Luis Medina, Felix Juan Padua, Hector Lopez, Hector Chaparro, Ivan Lopez
  • Technical Dance Consultant Lisa Boiko
  • Office Production Assistants Karen Uphoff, Malen Folch
  • Key Set Production Assistant Juan Esteban Suarez
  • Set Production Assistants Francisco Torres, Gilbert Medina
  • Craft Service Felix Perez

Los Angeles Unit

  • Electricians Steve Stelig, Shawn Blakeman
  • Grip Rafael Molinary
  • Boom Operator Kevin Kubota
  • Casting Director Valerie Massalas
  • Extras Casting Tom Thacker
  • Still Photographer Carol Westwood
  • Transportation Co-ordinator Paul Kowalczyk
  • Office Production Assistant Erika Schleich
  • Set Production Assistants Remo Packer, Basti Van Der Woude, Navid Sheydaei
  • Caterer Gourmet Chabar
  • Craft Service Stacy Briskman

Credits

  • Post Production Supervisor Eric Valente
  • Editor Peter Bazinski
  • Assistant Editor David Karson
  • Post Production Assistant Thérese Cathcart
  • Percussion Louis Conte
  • Guitar Marty Walsh
  • Additional Music Joel Goldsmith
  • Additional Music Editor Don Sanders
  • Sound Effects Supervisor Mace Matiosian
  • Sound Effects Editor David Beatle
  • Additional Sound Effects Albert Ibbotsen
  • ADR Mixer Alfred T. Ferrante (C.A.S.)
  • ADR Recordist Daryl Lathrop
  • Dialog Mixer Chris Haire (C.A.S.)
  • Sound Effects Mixer Doug Davey
  • Music Mixer Richard L. Morrison (C.A.S.)
  • Additional Mixing Tim Claman
  • Recordist Chris Elam
  • Foley Mixer Marty Church
  • Post Production Coordinator Dan MacDonald
  • Effects Compositing Mark Intravotolo
  • Color Timer Ed Rowin
  • On Line Editor Roger Berger
  • Digital Artists Robert McInnis, Marla Carter, Brian Conlon
  • Head Tester David Popovich
  • Lead Game Tester Benjamin DeGuzman (as Benjamin-Lee DeGuzman)
  • Assistant Lead Randall K. Hughes
  • Game Testers Bill Bound, Ken Brink, Harry Chavez, Anthony Constantino, Paul Franco, Paul Gluck, Rob Macy
  • Package & Manual The Design Office of Wong & Yeo
  • Filmed on location in Puerto Rico and at Praxis Film Works in Los Angeles California.
  • Created, Produced and Published by Digital Pictures Inc.

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