The phrase “cosmic horror” conjures up images of massive tentacled beasts that defy all aspects of human understanding. Monsters created by author H.P....
The internet is a spawning pool for eldritch horror and I love the energy this generation has put into crafting whole universes with their collective creativity. It's not just one author anymore. Like ants collaborating on a massive colony structure for them to inhabit.
SCP is a wing of cosmic horror unto itself, with entries ranging from the merely odd to the truly mind-bending. Some of my favorites are the locations like 087. A lot of the monsters are goofy but show their modern origins and I'm here for it. It shows that urban legends will never leave us.
Speaking of, a lot of modern monsters and cryptids have disturbing and insightful morphologies. The origins are always indistinct or non-existent but the real horror is in their tangibility. They've strayed into our universe by means of the mundane and thus bastardized the ordinary. A man in a suit becomes Slender Man. An electronic warning system becomes Siren Head.
Sometimes it is we who stray from our universe and end up in the Backrooms. What was once the exclusive domain of dreams is now possible in waking reality. Dreamlike logic and distortions blend with nostalgia and memory to create a collective nightmare realm. What dwells there, if anything, is usually a product of our neglect and guilty conscience.
Corruption of nostalgia yields seemingly endless variety when a ubiquitous pop culture icon becomes a unkillable eldritch abomination. Garfield has never been as voracious. "I'm sorry, Jon," he repeats, with unceasing malevolence and unending hunger. He must consume all, become all.
I imagine that what we create collectively here in the rich, swirling energy of the still developing internet will fascinate future generations as they trace the evolution of their own cosmic horrors back to this cesspit of cultural DNA. Oh, what otherworldly and unfathomable horrors shall crawl forth to devour the minds of their forebears!
In honor of the holiday, take a tour through Lovecraftian Americana. Eight locations within the United States that influenced Lovecraft's writing. Lovecraft was famously moored to New England, specifically Providence, RI. But locations both close and wildly distant did draw his attention and became the source for some of his...
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Cthulhu Explained: After a Long Slumber, Cosmic Terror Rises From the Sea (www.belloflostsouls.net)
Created in 1928, the mythos of Cthulhu is still a relevant and wildly popular part of pop culture and horror to this day.
Tim White (1952 – 2020) - Cover for ‘The Mask of Cthulhu’, 1987
Shub-Niggurath by JasonEngle on @DeviantArt
The Emotional Rise of Cosmic Horror (bloody-disgusting.com)
The phrase “cosmic horror” conjures up images of massive tentacled beasts that defy all aspects of human understanding. Monsters created by author H.P....
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The Colour Out Of Space by Ihor Vitkovskyi
The Colour Out Of Space by Ihor Vitkovskyi (lemmy.world)
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Older Gods: A Faithful Lovecraftian Horror Tale (horrorobsessive.com)
Older Gods understands Lovecraftian terror, when an Eldrich god's cult targets a man searching for answers about his friend's death.
5 Never-Adapted Lovecraft Stories That Are Perfect For TV Anthology (startefacts.com)
While some of the author's works have been adapted more than once, these five remain relatively unknown and beg for a faithful adaptation.
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023) | PG-13 | 86 min | max streaming
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Cosmic Horror and the Philosophical Origins of Science Fiction (lemmy.world)
ARTICLE Published online by Cambridge University Press...
"Dagon" - Andrey Fetisov
YSK that Kbin can subscribe not only to magazines and communities, but entire instances.
This may be useful for folks looking to expand their feed. I discovered this on accident and it completely revolutionized my experience on Kbin....
Soundgarden - 4th of July (youtu.be)
Obligatory post for today - Soundgarden’s doomiest song
Living Lovecraft: 10 Real World Locations Behind the Horror (www.atlasobscura.com)
In honor of the holiday, take a tour through Lovecraftian Americana. Eight locations within the United States that influenced Lovecraft's writing. Lovecraft was famously moored to New England, specifically Providence, RI. But locations both close and wildly distant did draw his attention and became the source for some of his...
Why Movies Need more Lovecraft (movieweb.com)
Few things have been as influential to modern storytelling as the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Here's why we need more.
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by far my favorite console of all time since i first got it, i love pretty much everything on it. someone actually ported a game to the gamecube in the modern day (albeit it needs Swiss, a homebrew app to run) and it’s just so cool to see that it refuses to die
Showing off some of the themes for Artemis (coming soon) (tech.lgbt)
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Junji Ito's Cosmic Apocalypse — Hellstar Remina (lemmy.world)
Junji Ito is one of the best contemporary manga horror artist around....
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