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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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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odUOQFtAkPk&t=6s

Venture into a realm where cosmic horror meets visionary storytelling as acclaimed writer/director Anthony Ferraro pays homage to the enigmatic world of H.P. Lovecraft with his latest sci-fi short film: "Wakener."

"BEWARE WHAT CASTS THE SHADOW CALLED OUTER SPACE"

Wakener is a Sci-Fi Horror film that follows a broken and haunted ship technician and a young, honorable military officer. Their paths collide when a ghost ship powered by tech outlawed centuries ago mysteriously appears at Point Station. The station's chief officer orders the ship secretly investigated for nefarious reasons. As a result, the Technician and Officer are compelled to fulfill an ancient and catastrophic destiny.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ANTHONY FERRARO

STARRING RHOMEYN JOHNSON NIMO PURCELL

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21807010/

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