About 2 years ago I posted a short list of various Lovecraft-inspired games that I've come across on the IF archive, over
HERE.
The big ones have already been brought up --
Hound of Shadow,
Lurking Horror, and
Anchorhead. Some of the others on the list are well worth checking out, though. To that list I would also add
The King of Shreds and Patches.
Now, if it's any horror game that you're interested in, rather than just Lovecraft, I would give strong recommendations to
The Abbey and
Hampton Manor. Both of these are "modern", though about 15 years old now. They're easy to find on the IF archive.
As far as old-school, former commercial releases go, there were not a whole lot of horror/supernatural-themed adventure games. The CRL games have already been mentioned. One of my personal favorites is
Transylvania, which I regard as one of the first ever "horror" games ever made.
The Curse of Crowley Manor was also not bad. There is
Ooze - Creepy Nites, which you can find on the IF archive (although it's a version without graphics; the ST and Amiga versions have graphics I believe). I haven't played much of this one, but from what I saw it was more of a spoof than a true horror-themed game. Another formerly commercial game that is now freeware is Angelsoft's
The Mist, which is based on a Stephen King novel. I'm pretty sure I downloaded my copy from the IF archive.
You can also check
Personal Nightmare by Horrorsoft. I have not tried this one, but I believe it plays like one of the later-generation IF games, where you could either type or select words with the mouse pointer (kind of like Legend Entertainment's IF games -- the
Spellcasting series,
Eric the Unready, and so on).
Now, if you willing to play a game that is actually a hybrid between interactive fiction and a point-and-click adventure, you should definitely check out Icom's
Uninvited. This remains one of my top 10 favorite horror games of all time. Finding it will be tricky, though, since Infinite Ventures, which had been re-releasing "remastered" versions of all the old Icom games, appears to be defunct. Whatever you do, though, stay away from the Nintendo versions of these games.
By the way, I once read somewhere that CRL's
Dracula was the first computer game ever to be censored (in England). Anyone else heard about this?
Marco.