Polybius

Episode aired Apr 11, 2017
TV-14TV-14
45m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

339

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Comedy

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A young arcade junkie attempts to master POLYBIUS, a sinister new game of unknown origin that induces nightmarish visions, but when kids start dying, he must beat the game to unlock its dead... Read allA young arcade junkie attempts to master POLYBIUS, a sinister new game of unknown origin that induces nightmarish visions, but when kids start dying, he must beat the game to unlock its deadly secrets.A young arcade junkie attempts to master POLYBIUS, a sinister new game of unknown origin that induces nightmarish visions, but when kids start dying, he must beat the game to unlock its deadly secrets.

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

339

YOUR RATING

Director
- Desmond Dolly
Writers
- Will Campos(screenplay by)
- Desmond Dolly(screenplay by)
- Daniel Johnson
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Trivia
The story is based on an urban legend about Polybius, a fictitious 1981 arcade game secretly created for a government-run crowdsourced psychology experiment, with gameplay producing intense psychoactive and addictive effects in the player. Supposedly, the Men in Black visited the arcades to data-mine the machines and analyze the effects.

Connections
Referenced in James & Mike Mondays: Polybius (2018)

Soundtracks
Fight Like Hell
Written, Performed and Produced by Maxton Waller

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Review

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6/10

Disappointed

When I first saw this I thought 'Cool, a big budget take on the Arcade Machine Spooky Story' but then I saw it and it was a letdown. Low budget stuff on youtube like Ahoy's actual documentary on the game or Cinemassacre's mock review of it blew this actual professionally made one out of the water. The acting, the direction, the mood, all kind of slapped together to create a goofy premise. It seems the team was kind of stumped at how to show a Arcade Game as a creepy thing without throwing a monster into the mix.

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