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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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In this video we will be exploring cosmic horror through several movies, a TV show, two tales and a manga!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is there a list of the media he talks about? I've been meaning to watch the lighthouse forever and he mentioned that he spoils everything in the video.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

also Uzumaki and Hellstar Remina comics by Junji Ito

... and ofk. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Awesome, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought you were the video OP for a second.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nice. I subscribed just a few days ago I think.