Playtest
An American traveller tests a horror game that reads his fears straight from his brain.
"Playtest" is the second episode of Black Mirror's third series. Charlie Brooker wrote it, Dan Trachtenberg directed, and it premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016 alongside the rest of series three.
Quick Facts
- Series
- Black Mirror
- Episode
- 2
- Director
- Dan Trachtenberg
- Writer
- Charlie Brooker
- Photographer
- Aaron Morton
- Editor
- Matthew Cannings
- Released
- 21 October 2016
- Length
- 57 minutes
Lore & Background
Cooper (Wyatt Russell), an American travelling through London, signs up to playtest an unreleased augmented-reality horror game that plugs into his brain and builds its scares from his own fears. Hannah John-Kamen plays a games journalist he meets. Brooker's starting point was an augmented-reality Whac-A-Mole that sped up until the player cracked; the crew considered Tokyo before settling on London.
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