Cosmic Horror
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..."
- Wikipedia
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Sunshine is (almost) Cosmic Horror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gaj5T6Q6UM
[Edit] I forgot the best one. SCP 001 When Day Breaks: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/shaggydredlocks-proposal
https://youtu.be/T5jQcDZnrVo?si=1om58_W59jRUOgpp
I've always loved this movie even if the "science" behind restarting fusion in the sun was nonsense
Really great movie.