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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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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I love how frequently “cosmic horror” includes “put a pussy on it”. It uh says something

[–] ekZepp 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Cmon, i'm sure you're exaggerating...

[–] NoSpiritAnimal 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I tried to search the xenomorph head and how it's shaped like a dick but it's almost all Rule 34.

[–] ekZepp 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The making of Alien: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_DBbJJO2USI ( basically H.R. Giger's style)

[–] gibmiser 8 points 2 weeks ago

Biology is terrifying. Our existence is disgusting

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yo higher power you got a b-friend?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Deny it your essence, mandrake

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh that's vl'haa'j. Cool diety. Don't ask him anything about that which lies beyond though.