[STEAM] Intercession or The Craven Man?: Directive 8020 teaser for next Dark Pictures, analyzed

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With every Dark Picture, we cannot help but wonder, what's on the horizon, and what story does The Curator want to tell next?

The first season of Dark Pictures Anthology concluded in winter 2022. Season two saw its first entry with

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on May 12. Its marketing dropped the Anthology branding and doubled down on it when The Curator was nowhere to be seen. It isn't until you find the Obol Coin that The Curator makes his presence known, photobombing cutscenes, and offering up the next Dark Picture.

Season one teaser trailers always announced the title of what's to come to get fans excited, but Directive 8020 was different. There was no title card. Just an ominous message delivered in the style of analog horror. I strongly believe this was on purpose. And I'm confident I've cracked the case.

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Directive 8020: Next Dark Pictures teaser trailer theory

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[/url] [/url] [/url] There are many references in this trailer to the

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. What's curious is how it implements all symbols tied to both Anthology seasons. Everything in the trailer is shown in fours, where flashes of Little Hope, House of Ashes, and ****** in Me appear throughout; alongside upcoming titles of The Craven Man's figure, Intercession's upside-down cross, and Winterfold's handprint.

Here's my thinking:

Each tape may represent one of the upcoming Dark Pictures titles, where season two will conclude with O Death. As all symbols appear multiple times throughout the teaser, I don't think we can use them to determine which title releases next.

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[/url] [/url] [/url] I spotted a particularly creepy image before tape four plays. You have to search frame by frame to spot it. Though it's somewhat illegible, the image seems to show a woman looking at a man who has his hands up—just like The Craven Man logo and...

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. This image appears to be taken inside a European town, and it looks like there's a photograph of the woods in the room where the recordings are being played.

Based on everything I've mentioned, I'm sure the next Dark Picture will be The Craven Man. If correct, this title should investigate animal and human sacrifices and pagan ritualism.

Whatever comes next, we theorize the next Dark Picture will release in 2027 (based on season one's schedule), the following in 2028, and so on. Season two may be the conclusion to the franchise, as The Curator mentioned, revealing his true identity after we have "finished." That we will know him "by a different name." Could O Death be the finale?

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