New Poster 'OD - KNOCK' Teases Witchcraft Connections

Kojima Productions has released a striking new visual for its enigmatic Xbox-published horror title, OD - KNOCK.

Unveiled at the studio's "Beyond the Strand: The Odyssey of Creation and Endeavor" 10th-anniversary exhibition at Azabudai Hills Gallery in Tokyo, the photorealistic poster gives fans another haunting look at the character played by Sophia Lillis (IT, Dungeons & Dragons).

In the poster, Lillis’s character is shown staring blankly upward to an object. The visual maintains the high-fidelity rendering enabled by Unreal Engine, MetaHuman, and 3Lateral technologies credited at the bottom of the poster. Above her head, framed across the top edge of the image, sits a long, mysterious carved red wooden object ending in bound bristles.

Alongside the poster reveal, attendees visiting the exhibition can experience the world of OD in real life. Kojima Productions has physically recreated the iconic red door featured prominently in the game's initial teaser trailer inside the event space, offering visitors an up-close, immersive encounter with the upcoming horror project.

OD (subtitle KNOCK) is being developed by Kojima Productions in collaboration with Xbox Game Studios. Directed by Hideo Kojima alongside high-profile creative partners - including filmmaker Jordan Peele - the game explores "the concept of testing your fear threshold, and what it means to OD on fear" using cloud-gaming tech. The game boasts a star-studded cast including Sophia Lillis, Hunter Schafer, and Udo Kier.

What Does the Red Broomstick Mean for 'OD - KNOCK'?

Hideo Kojima is notorious for packing cryptic clues, anagrams, and surreal symbolism into every piece of key art. Community consensus around the new visual focuses heavily on the red wooden shaft framing the top of the poster—which appears to be a carved red broomstick.

With OD - KNOCK co-created alongside Jordan Peele, the inclusion of a broomstick introduces several compelling theories regarding the game's horror themes:

• Folk Horror & Witchcraft: A crimson broomstick hanging over a subject in institutional clothing points toward coven, ritualistic, or folkloric horror. The character may be a modern-day "witch" or sensitive being held in a research facility to study her unnatural abilities.
• Symbolic Warding: In European and Japanese folklore, mounting a broom horizontally above a doorway or ceiling acts as a protective ward - either to seal an evil entity inside or prevent spirits from crossing over.
• Tie-In to Hunter Schafer's Character: Fans have drawn a link between the red broomstick and Hunter Schafer's character, who was previously teased as a tall, horned figure dressed entirely in red. The broom could act as an emblem, weapon, or boundary marker tied directly to Schafer's mysterious entity.
• Connection to the Red Door: The bright red paint on the broom handle matches the exact hue of the iconic red door recreated at the exhibition. It suggests that red objects across OD serve as anchors or keys to navigating the game's nightmare realm.