Cosmic Horror

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A community to discuss Cosmic Horror in it's many forms; books, films, comics, art, TV, music, RPGs, video games etc.

"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."

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This Horror Remake Boldly Reimagines a Lovecraftian Nightmare Gem (collider.com)

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"What happens when a director mixes a classic Lovecraft novella with the genre’s gothic predecessor? Tate Steinseik’s 2020, Castle Freak, starring Clair Catherine is what! Based on one of H.P. Lovecraft’s most iconic tales, “The Dunwich Horror,” and an adaptation of Stuart Gordon’s 1995 film of the same name, Castle Freak is an ambitious attempt at portraying incomprehensible cosmic horror on the big screen..."

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

But god forbid the headline name the remake or the gem.