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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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"Directive 8020 is the next game in line to continue the Dark Pictures anthology series. As the first game to kickstart Season 2 of the ongoing anthology, Directive 8020 is taking its setting to the dark and unforgiving world of space. This is the first time that the series is leaving Earth, and early footage promises plenty of cosmic body horror on the horizon.

This is an exciting change of pace for the series, as Directive 8020 is Dark Pictures' first major venture into the sci-fi horror sphere. House of Ashes dabbled with some sci-fi elements with its vampiric monsters from outer space, but Directive 8020 aims to bring humans into the furthest reaches of the unknown. Directive 8020 is a grotesque chapter in the anthology, which is a staple in sci-fi horror. The sci-fi horror subgenre is having a huge renaissance period, and if Directive 8020 wants to be as successful as possible, it needs to announce its release date sooner than later..."

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