There’s one thing that has stuck with me for more than a decade (probably). It was a very short youtube video. It was just a man and women in bed back to back. After a second it pans to the woman’s side of the bed and shes a scary looking monster demon lady. I think about it once or twice a week. Specifically when laying in bed with my lady and shes not facing me.I have no idea what its from. Youtube used to have alot of randomly terrifying content.
my own life
Honestly, at the time, The Blair Witch Project.
I still think it’s a great horror movie.
Pretty sure you’re trying to forget Bedfellows
Dread, by Clive Barker.
A short story. Ain’t telling you anything about it.
I do very much like Clive Barker.
For the horror readers, it’s in “Books of Blood, Volume 2.”
Honestly, Sphere (the book). On the surface it really appears to be standard Michael Crichton sci-fi/monster stuff, but when you realize what’s going on, the deeper the horror gets because it’s so much harder to face your fears when they physically manifest, especially in an already difficult environment.
There’s only one film that has ever really given me the creeps and that’s The Descent. I think it’s the combination of the creatures and being stuck underground in those cave systems (plus the claustrophobic nature of it all). Plenty of times it gave me full on spine tingling shivers.
Also I will also say watch the full version with the extended (proper) ending.
Very scary movie
Lights Out is an oldie but a goodie horror short. Could do without
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the goofy creature reveal
at the end though.
Curve is another really good short that builds a sense dread and hopelessness. No cheap jumpscares, overused tropes (looking at you overly exaggerated smiles), or complicated lore. Just good old fashion universal horror.
Wonderful
Do you happen to be frequently. On the edge of sleep deprivation? Either by continually running short on total hours and/or by ignoring the first wave of sleepiness? In my experience, such habits bring upon The Horrors. I’ve recently been honing in on those as random bouts of artistic endeavor. If I’m gonna dream it up, I may as well put it to paper
Anyway, my suggestion is The Jaunt by Stephen King. I think it’s only about 20 pages, part of a collection of other short stories. I have yet to read it myself
Anyway, my suggestion is The Jaunt by Stephen King. I think it’s only about 20 pages, part of a collection of other short stories. I have yet to read it myself
It’s longer than you think!
SOMA continues to bother me. Much more about the ideas than the actual gameplay. It’s relevant. It feels more possible every year.
It’s either that or Stingers from Satisfactory, which are zero percent philosophical nightmare and just pure AAAAAA SHITSHITSHIT
The scariest aspects of SOMA apply to everyone regardless of scifi brain transfer/copy technology if you think about it. In the years immediately following the release of the game I followed discussions about it which largely converged on the comforting explanation that the idea of a transfer is a delusion, and continuity of consciousness must be always tied to the original body. But unless you somehow rule out the idea that it is an emergent property of the information being processed in our heads, there isn’t a lot of reason to think that would be the case. A copy of you with all your memories and brain patterns has equal claim as an original. But we don’t even have quite the same pattern as a moment ago, so maybe our own claims to continuity or self aren’t as strong as we rely on them being.
It calls into question basic intuitions about the nature of our existence that people have a very difficult time bringing themselves to question, something the game pretty brilliantly depicts with its robots that are deeply offended, hostile and defensive about the suggestion that they are robots.
SOMA was amazing. It’s in my top 3 greatest games I have ever played. The ending broke me.
The Enigma of Amigara Fault aka the holes comic is pretty high up there.
The author is super famous but I’m not sure I’ve ever actually read any of his works.
I own a couple of Junji Ito’s works and I love them. His art style and timing really lends itself to the horror genre
I’ve heard hes excellent and I’m positive I’ve consumed some media directly from him or directly influenced by him. I’ve never read a Manga though.
The Babadook
Phenomenal movie
SHin godzilla, they were suppose to continue the horror aspect, after it was scene godzilla tale was sprouting humanoid godzillas at the end scenes. im guessing they trying to pay amends by having singular point godzilla, which most of the scenes resemble(what if series). which is the same person who did evangelion, hence why its so different from all other godizilla media.
Resident evil 1, had a spooky cliffhanger, the sequels basically retconned it.
Event Horizon.
I saw that movie as a teenager and I thought it was stupid. I really think I’d enjoy it more as an adult. I don’t remember much of what happened. I remember it being disturbing as hell. I have the DVD, might be time to re-watch it.
There is a small amount of dodgy CGI due to the time it was released, but the ship designs, the character behavior, and the horror elements all hold up.
Plus, a biblically accurate warp engine!
The unofficial Warhammer origin movie of the unofficial trilogy, followed by Sunshine (2007) and Pandorum (2009)
Edit: optional 4th: The Black Hole (1979). Disney’s original take on the space opera is actually just a worse version of Event Horizon
I absolutely loved Sunshine - until the last part where the nemesis isn’t the sun anymore, but just a generic crazy dude.
But is he generic? He’s survived without enough supplies and in intense heat. I also loved Sunshine up until then, as I wasn’t a fan of the supernatural ending. But same with Event Horizon. And Pandorum… Maybe it’s my mistake for falling for it 3, no, 4 times. I forgot The Black Hole (1979) is Event Horizon
But is he generic? He’s survived without enough supplies and in intense heat.
The heat shield on Icarus 1 is intact.
When Icarus 2 receives the distress signal, the crew mention that Icarus 1 is self-sufficient for water and oxygen, has all the solar power it needs, and food for a full crew for 3 years, so there’s plenty for one guy for 8 years.
“This ship… is fucked”.
Cool movie for sure
haha
I watched it only once, in the 90s, and I’ve never been able to watch it again since. At the same time, I think it’s an excellent film.
The seemingly light and even humorous beginning of the film is bit by bit replaced by the sheer horror of the gradual loss of humanity and the final transformation into a monster. Simultaneously, in my perception, a glimmer of hope for a good ending is created, only to be ruthlessly destroyed at the very end. Even the music from this film feels overwhelming to me.
I highly recommend it, but you should never watch it ;)
The really unsettling one for me was Beyond the Aquila Rift
I saw it on Love, Death, and Robots and it really creeped me out.
Ooh yeah, that was a fantastic one.
