History VideoGame / BarrowHill

* DisgustingPublicToilet: Well, not all ''that'' disgusting, but certainly unpleasant.

** One of the stones from the Circle is called "Cailleach", which was the folkloric alias of the villain from the classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E3TheStonesOfBlood The Stones Of Blood]]". [[spoiler: The game's Sentry Stone is virtually identical to that episode's silicon-based alien menace, the Ogri. The game's lone death scene is even virtually identical to a camper getting skeletonized by touching the Ogri.]]

** One of the stones from the Circle is called "Cailleach", which was the folkloric alias of the villain from the classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E3TheStonesOfBlood The Stones Of Blood]]". [[spoiler: The game's Sentry Stone is virtually identical to that episode's silicon-based alien menace, the Ogri.]]

''Barrow Hill'' is a [[PointAndClickGame horror adventure game]] created in 2006 by independent developers Matt Clark & Shadow Tor Studios.

* ShoutOut: Emma's monologue after the climax is a clear reference to John Carpenter's ''Film/TheFog''.

* FeaturelessProtagonist: We know nothing about the player's character besides they were driving around rural England on the night of the equinox. We do see a caucasoid arm if they make the mistake of touching the sentry stone.

The game is set in the site of Barrow Hill, which is based on real geographical locations in Cornwall, England. Forced to spend a sinister night there, you will investigate what is happening to the local people and why an archaeological dig, led by professor Conrad Morse, has created so much unrest and hostility among the local community. During your exploration you will discover the local legends and superstitions, while using modern electronic devices like [=PDAs=], GPS and metal detectors to unfold the mystery.

!!Provides The Following Tropes:

* PlotDrivenBreakdown: Near the middle of the game you have to call the radio DJ you were listening to in the opening cutscene to trigger the next plot event. Because of all the mystical power in the air or something, she keeps getting cut off until you tune into her show on the [[spoiler:third]] radio you find.

'''Barrow Hill''' is a [[PointAndClickGame horror adventure game]] created in 2006 by independent developers Matt Clark & Shadow Tor Studios.

* WavingSignsAround: The anti-dig protesters leave a lot of signs suitable for this trope lying around. [[spoiler: Too bad for them that the Sentinel Stone didn't care that they were on ''its'' side about stopping the dig...]]

** One of the stones from the Circle is called "Cailleach", which was the folkloric alias of the villain from the classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Recap/DoctorWhoS16E3TheStonesOfBlood". [[spoiler: The game's Sentry Stone is virtually identical to that episode's silicon-based alien menace, the Ogri.]]

** One of the stones from the Circle is called "Cailleach", which was the folkloric alias of the villain from the classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E3TheStonesOfBlood]]". [[spoiler: The game's Sentry Stone is virtually identical to that episode's silicon-based alien menace, the Ogri.]]

** One of the stones from the Circle is called "Cailleach", which was the folkloric alias of the villain from the classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E3TheStonesOfBlood The Stones of Blood]]". [[spoiler: The game's Sentry Stone is virtually identical to that episode's silicon-based alien menace, the Ogri.]]

* SanitySlippage: Ben, the poor attendant who locked himself inside the motel office trying to hide from the Sentry Stone. You can knock on the door and get him to talk to you for a little bit, but as you get deeper into the game he starts getting more unhinged from fear, until he accuses ''you'' of somehow being the mobile rock that fried those poor motorists to ash out in the forecourt.

** One of the stones from the Circle is called "Cailleach", which was the folkloric alias of the villain from the classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Stones of Blood". [[spoiler: The game's Sentry Stone is virtually identical to that episode's silicon-based alien menace, the Ogri.]]

* DarknessEqualsDeath: Subverted, just because its dark and you can't see doesn't mean instant death here...it just means it's creepier.

** One of the stones from the Circle is called "Cailleach", which was the folkloric alias of the villain from the classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Stones of Blood". [[spoiler: The game's Sentinel Stone is virtually identical to that episode's silicon-based alien menace, the Ogri.]]

* StoppedClock: ''All'' the clocks and watches you find have stopped at the same instant, and Emma comments that her clock has, too, during one of her live on-air radio bits.

* TheEyesHaveIt: The stalking menace in ''Barrow Hill'' turns out to be [[spoiler:a mobile stone from an ancient ring of Celtic monoliths]]

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: A sequel game, ''Barrow Hill: The Dark Path'', was '''finally''' released in October 2016. Its title and theme have nothing to do with the previously-proposed sequel (''Bracken Tor''), which may ''still'' be languishing somewhere between DevelopmentHell and {{Vaporware}}.

* DevelopmentHell: Barrow Hill 2 is still pending...