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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Lovecraftian Horror Perfected: The Subtle Genius of The Void (horrorobsessive.com)

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"Some films are based on a book’s concept rather than the actual events, while others are based entirely on a writer’s design. At first glance, Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie’s The Void is your mere low-budget sci-fi horror. However, fans of cosmic and Lovecraftian horror will quickly recognise that The Void is much more than it appears on the surface. It’s arguably one of the best on-screen tributes to H.P. Lovecraft..."

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