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 Scariest Depiction of Cosmic Horror (Bloodborne) (www.youtube.com)

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An in-depth analysis of the cosmic horror elements of Bloodborne. H.P. Lovecraft’s influence is abundantly apparent throughout the world of Bloodborne, in this video I will examine those aspects and provide a rationale as to why I consider Bloodborne to be a true masterpiece of eldritch horror.

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[–] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Cosmic horror and Lovecraftian writing is just fear edging. Change my mind.