Twin Swans has announced the voice cast for first-person historical narrative folk-horror game Hunter’s Moon.
The game features a fully-voiced narrative, following the story of Lilith Thorne, an accused “witch” on the run for her life, as she’s pursued by the Witchfinder General over the course of the night of the Hunter’s Moon.
“The witch is an eternally popular mythical figure, and in our contemporary media landscape, we often forget where these stories come from,” said writer and director Alicia Contestabile in a press release “I wanted to create an interactive theatre, set in this era of magical thinking, and immerse the player in the perspective of an accused woman. Exploring how these beliefs could drive a community to enact such cruelty, the player can experience what it might feel like to face these accusations, from family, friends, and neighbors, and know that your life is at risk.”
Here is an overview of the game, via Twin Swans:
Hunter’s Moon offers a window into an era that contrasts our modern world, yet remains timely and relevant. This compact, deeply immersive experience is brought to life by this incredible cast of voice talent and a haunting original score by Resina. We’re hopeful people will resonate with this new form of immersive-theatre.
Inspired by the true history of English witch hunts and the tradition of folk-horror, Hunter’s Moon asks you to consider: what if the most terrifying thing in our world is not monsters or magic, but other people? What if our own fears and beliefs are the true sources of horror?
From writer-director Alicia Contestabile, producer of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, new independent studio Twin Swans, featuring artists and developers whose credits include The Stanley Parable, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and Signalis, and with an original score composed by Resina, discover the secrets of a dysfunctional village on the brink as you embody an accused “witch” on the run for her life.
Evade capture by the witch hunters and eavesdrop on a characterful cast of folk to aid your escape, in a novel immersive-theatre-inspired folk-horror that invites you to explore an Early Modern village and its stories. Can you survive the night of the Hunter’s Moon?
And here is the full cast list:
- Hannah Morley – Lilith Thorne
- Gregg Lowe – Witchfinder General
- Anthony Howell – Anthony Talbot
- Joe Pitts – John Purdy
- Laurence Bouvard – Mother Sontheil
- Kingsley Judd – Singing Mummer
- Kymberley Cochrane – Mum Mummer
- Siu-See Hung – Little One
- Gabriel Paul – Pedlar Mummer (and additional)
- Sophie McShera – Maggie Kindreth, Isobel Blacke
- Kristin Atherton – Miriam Kindreth, Thomasin Device
- Matt Stokoe – Abel Towers (and additional)
- Fenella Norman – Ma Mallory (and additional)
- Michelle Fox – Alice o’ the Woods (and additional)
- Lyn Paul – Nell Harsnep, Beatrix Knipe (and additional)
- Martine Brown – Nan Harsnep (and additional)
- Sarah Earnshaw – Katherine Crosthwaite, Dorothy Allerton
- Eleanor Kirby – Mary Crosthwaite, Annie Hawker
- Ewan Bailey – Parson Benedict Whittaker, Ambrose Wiseman (and additional)
- Dan Parr – Henry Ashburn, Silas Creary (and additional)
- Luci Fish – Ellen Ashburn (and additional)
- Mark Stanley – Thomas Carpenter, Victor Goodale (and additional)
- Claire Cooper – Janie Goodale (and additional)
- Danielle Phillips – Sissy Miller, Jannette Rutter (and additional)
- Neil Bell – Jacob Crosthwaite, Robert Carpenter (and additional)
- Alastair Parker – Richard Allerton, Edward Blacke (and additional)
- Ben Hunter – Jack Marsh, James Hale (and additional)
- Amy Forrest – Margery Towers (and additional)
- Isobel Steele – Cicely Glover (and additional)
- Frazer Hadfield – Billy Allerton (and additional)
- Christopher York – Eddie Sadler, Bryan Goodale (and additional)
- Danielle Steers – Madam Whittle (and additional)
- Jennifer Daley – Grace Kirkby, Jellian Hodges (and additional)
- Emily-Mae – Bess Hodges, Nessie Lambe
- Leah Brotherhead – Peggy Purdy (and additional)
- Iona Champain – Mary Phillips (and additional)
- Alasdair Linn – George Towers, Edmund Glover (and additional)
- Harriet Carmichael – Jeremiah Allerton, Maude Blacke, Rachel Towers
- Claire Morgan – Samson Allerton, Isaac Towers (and additional)
- Clare Louise Connolly – Mercy Towers, Amy Blacke
- Eleanor Bennett – Jane Blacke (and additional)
- Shannon Rewcroft – Patience Towers (and additional)
- Samuel Barnett – Roland Glover (and additional)
- Jacob Dudman – Christopher Talbot (and additional)
- Charlotte Bellamy – Margaret Carpenter (and additional)
- Sarah Belcher – Ailis Sinclair (and additional)
- Laura Elsworthy – Frances Miller (and additional)
- Natalie Anderson – Elisabeth Glover (and additional)
Hunter’s Moon is due out for PlayStation 5 on October 26.