Cosmic Horror

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"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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Quiet Apocalypse - a cosmic horror short film (youtu.be)

submitted 5 months ago by Dav09@mander.xyz to c/cosmichorror@lemm.ee

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This science fiction short film from insolitum. envisions a dark future where our planet is invaded by gigantic creatures. But unlike some bombastic Marvel blockbuster, the aliens of Quiet Apocalypse are taking over slowly and doing what they need to do to survive. It packs a punch in just two short minutes.

https://theawesomer.com/quiet-apocalypse-short-film/762724/

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[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I quite liked this, and almost felt like sort of an analogy of the US imposing themselves on the world, until the last parts about no nukes and the subsequent statements.

Very well done though. I especially liked the part where it states that the aliens don't want to be there (at least some from what was shown).

Thanks for posting. Sadly there isn't anything else from the account posted.