Name: Nightmare Creatures (1997) - Retrogaming made in France (9/10)
Uploaded: 2019-11-21T00:00:00.000+01:00
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Description: Frédéric Motte has been an advocate for heavy metal in video games for 30 years. In 1997 he developed Nightmare Creatures , a film of satanic monsters in a dark 19th century London, complete with heavy metal music.

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"Nightmare Creatures" (1997)

Nightmare Creatures: il metal nel XIX secolo

Nightmare Creatures (1997)

Frédéric Motte has been an advocate for heavy metal in video games for 30 years. In 1997 he developed Nightmare Creatures, a film of satanic monsters in a dark 19th century London, complete with heavy metal music.

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French Videogame Classics

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<p>Frédéric Motte has been an advocate for heavy metal in video games for 30 years. In 1997 he developed <i>Nightmare Creatures</i>, a film of satanic monsters in a dark 19th century London, complete with heavy metal music.</p>

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