The game draws heavily from the myth of H.H. Holmes' trap-laden hotel and slasher films like Saw , Psycho , and The Shining . Gameplay Mechanics

The crew includes director Charlie Lonnit, host Kate Wilder (played by Jessie Buckley), cameraman Mark Nestor, grip Jamie Tiergan, and sound engineer Erin Keenan.

The plot follows a five-person documentary film crew lured to a remote modern-day replica of H.H. Holmes' "Murder Castle".

They are hunted by a serial killer named Hector Munday (alias Grantham Du'Met), a former FBI agent inspired by America's first serial killer, H.H. Holmes.