Cosmic Horror

841 readers

4 users here now

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..."

Wikipedia

For more Lovecraft & Mythos-inspired Cosmic Horror:-!lovecraft_mythos@lemmy.world

founded 7 months ago

MODERATORS

New Me (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Dav09@mander.xyz to c/cosmichorror@lemm.ee

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 7 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not as attractive as either of them (three?), I can only wish for their attitude.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can you melt flesh with your vomit?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Idk, I cook by food, and eat it off a plate (onto which I vomit & then slurp it up). Line a normal person.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Well i ate a steak sandwich today so i guess so???

[–] alehc@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

One of the best horror movies I've seen. The ending is truly something else...

[–] eldoom@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What's the name of the movie??

[–] jsunnyd@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

The Fly