Unhinged delivers a reasonable dose of horror alongside some fun, experimental ideas

Since creating Netflix Games, the subscription giant has seemed unsure of what it's trying to do. At first, we got a string of stellar indies like Into the Breach and Oxenfree. Happy days, right? Well, it was, until they changed tack, binning some great stuff and instead focusing on games based on their existing shows, which included the slapdash Stumble Guys-like: Squid Game Unleashed. It's been a confusing journey, only made more baffling by the recent release of Unhinged. However, in this case, it's baffling in a promising way.  You play as Ava (Zoe Kravitz), who has decided to stay in her apartment during a pretty nasty hurricane. She lives opposite her pal Claire (Sadie Sink) and the pair are a little spooked when the power goes out in the middle of the night. Evidently, the inclement weather didn't serve as an appropriately strong warning that things might go awry. So, they decide to get out of there, a decision that likely should have been made a long time ago.  ... [MORE]