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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‘The Dæmon’ review: Dirs. Matt Devino & David Michael Yohe [FrightFest 2024] (www.thehollywoodnews.com)

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"The literature of author H. P. Lovecraft has inspired wave after wave of horror directors. From all out body horror such as Joe Lynch’s Suitable Flesh, to more subtle affairs like the works of Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson, the Cthulhu loving writer’s work has been adapted, interpreted, and used as a sounding board for years. Lovecraft’s popularity shows no signs of waning, with Matt Devino and David Michael Yohe’s The Dæmon the latest film to utilise the late author’s work as a starting point..."

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 3 points 3 months ago

Normal people: demon
Linux users: daemon
Germans: Dämon (or Daemon in ASCII)
Matt Devino: Dæmon