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gameofthunder66 · 7 months

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The Haunting of Hill House (2018) miniseries

-(finished) watchin' Season 1 (miniseries)- 9/21/2023- 4 [1/2] stars- on Netflix

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athousandhorrors · 2 years

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Excision (2012)

Dir. by Richard Bates Jr.

Scaryness: 1/10 - It’s somber, if you get into it, but not scary. It’s tense though.

Coolness: 9/10 - It’s so fucking weird in all the best ways. Made me go ‘omg she’s literally me’ all the time, concerning. It’s sorta depressing.

Dopeness: 10/10 - There’s blood, it’s nice.

Wokeness: 1/10

Smart-brained: 7/10 - It lingers.

General rating: 7.5/8

Movie count: 227

#excision (2012)#movies #horror #horror/drama #horror/comedy #ratings #above average ratings #female leads #personal favorite

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bloodngames · 4 months

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#cat person #sundance #horror/drama

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mydirtyvalentine · 7 days

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pretty normal podcast listening experience i think,

#the magnus archives #jonathan sims #the archivist #tma podcast #the magnus protocol #rusty quill #horror podcast #tma jon #library science #audio drama enjoyer/deragatory

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thestuffedalligator · 6 months

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I read Fat Face by Michael Shea last month and it was. Fine? It was a Cthulhu Mythos story written in the 80s, it was very edgy and it had a lot of tropes I’m not a fan of, I don’t really recommend it, but I have to talk about one detail I have not stopped thinking about since I read it.

So. I knew Fat Face through reputation because it was the story that inspired Shoggoth Lords from the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG, shoggoths that can control their cellular makeup to look like humans. And the twist in Fat Face is that shoggoths have been hiding amongst humans in Los Angeles, and at the end of the story one of them eats the protagonist.

The tone of the story is grit. It’s grime. It’s sleaze and sexual violence and drug abuse on top of cosmic horror. It wants to be taken seriously so bad.

But here’s the thing about the shoggoths: they have a business.

They have two businesses they run out of an office building in downtown Los Angeles. A shoggoth is a primordial blob of eyes and mouths and flesh and hunger, and the idea of one of them at the LA Office of Finance registering an LLC is already. Great. Perfect. No notes.

The business is a front — and again, that’s great, a shoggoth went, “I want to do some nefarious deeds and not get caught by humans; I know, I’ll register a fake business that’ll be a front, and no human will ever suspect” — because the actual interior of this office is a room of pools of water made from black and ancient Antarctic rocks so that shoggoths can relax in their original blobby forms and eat stray animals that they’ve caught.

So it’s basically just. A place for shoggoths to unwind after a long day of pretending to be human. It’s portrayed as cosmic horror, but it’s shoggoth Cheers. Sometimes you wanna go where nobody knows your shape.

Here’s the kicker. The front of the business is a hydrotherapy clinic and stray pet rescue.

When they decided to make a front for their secret lair in an LA office building where they hang out in pools of water and eat stray animals — the front they prominently display and advertise — they decided to go with a hydrotherapy clinic and stray pet rescue.

That is Goosebumps shit. The rest of the story reads like a tone poem about the sleaze and violence of Los Angeles, and the main twist of the story reads like R.L. Stine.

But that’s not even the detail I can’t stop thinking about. Because the story reveals that this business — which again, is a front made by alien blobs to eat stray animals like an ALF-themed buffet and hang out in jacuzzi tubs of Antarctic rocks in an LA office — has a flyer.

Which means there’s a shoggoth with a passion for graphic design

#lovecraft #shoggoth #horror #and this isn’t me demanding realism in my cthulhu mythos #but i think it proves that at a certain point grim and gritty storytelling becomes absurdist comedy #the rest of the story is a gritty crime drama about being a sex worker who breasts boobily under the pitiless california sun #and the twist which is supposed to be cosmic horror elevates it into zany cartoonishness

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candycassowary · 2 months

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It has come to my attention that people have been using my mspaint doodle as a reaction image- and I'm flattered however I realized I didn't sign it so I made a signed version. Use this one instead please and thank you!!

Drawn while listening to Malevolent, but can apply to a wide variety of horror podcasts or listening experiences. I'll tag a few for safe measure

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valerieandherweekofwonderz · 1 year

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Morgiana (1972) dir. by Juraj Herz.

#Morgiana #Juraj Herz #Czechoslovak #Czech #Czechoslovak Cinema #Czech Cinema #Horror #Drama #My Screenshots #GD

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waterghostype · 4 months

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crusty kid

#baby lloyd would totally be all over capitalistic free to play hiearchal roleplay simulation websites #ninjago #lloyd garmadon #ninjago lloyd #dude i LOVED animal jam it was my life #i rmb the day i got membership the world was revolutionary… then i stopped playing #now im old enough to pay for my own membership #but being a senior high student also means i cant play animal jam #it’s so weird to think im now the age of all the ytbers i used to watch #animal jam drama was truly something else #anyways i love this little shitbaby lloyd #hes so stupid i love him #cant wait for him to experience the horrors #when i first watched ninjago i was confused why lloyd was a baby bc i thought that lloyd was everyone’s fav prettyboy #i initially thought lloyd was totally loyal to evilman garmadon and started off as an actual formidable enemy #though now i want to make an au like that #aphid’s ninjashits

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gameofthunder66 · 5 months

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True Blood (2008-2014) tv series

-(started) over watchin' Season 1 (only watched 2 Seasons)- 11/27/2023- on Max (or Hulu)

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athousandhorrors · 1 year

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They Look Like People (2015)

Dir. by Perry Blackshear

Scaryness: 3.5/10 - I rarely give it anything other than a 1 but this was chilly.

Coolness: 7/10 - The idea is okay, but I think it’s generally difficult to execute. Wasn’t very good but I can’t imagine a way it could be any better. It misses some depth, I think? It was cool though, entertaining, I enjoyed myself. Christian is so uncharismatic but Wyatt is so cute, I’m weirdly attracted to him, I think it’s the beard and the nose.

Dopeness: 7/10 - It was somewhat unsettling, I liked that vibe, but there’s something missing. Like it’s awkward, but it’s too comfortable, which kinda misses the point.

Wokeness: 1/10 - It’s whatever on the mental illness.

Smart-brained: 1/10 - Kinda flat, you know?

General rating: 5

Movie count: 288

#they look like people (2015)#movies #horror #horror/drama #ratings #average ratings #positive ratings

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acecroft · 6 months

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CRIMSON PEAK (2015) dir. Guillermo del Toro

#perioddramaedit #horroredit #filmedit #crimson peak #period drama #horror movies #mia wasikowska #tom hiddleston #moviesedit #mygifs #mikaeled #usermichi #ceremonial #cinemapix #useroptional #userstream #moviegifs #filmgifs

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dailyflicks · 9 months

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MIDSOMMAR (2019) dir. Ari Aster

#filmedit #midsommar #filmgifs #horroredit #useraurore #usersavana #tusercarol #tuserhan #userjoss #usergiles #tusershay #usersameera #tuserlari #tuserlou #*#drama #horror #2010s #by tha

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filmgifs · 2 years

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The Craft (1996) dir. Andrew Fleming

#filmedit #horroredit #The Craft #thecraftedit #underbetelgeuse #uservee #userlenny #usergiles #usercande #tuserdana #1990s #drama #fantasy #horror #gif #Anna #1k

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candycassowary · 2 months

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Another signed version of my mspaint stickman enjoying its very relaxing horror audio drama series. This is a still life based on a real event when I was listening to Malevolent episode 37 in a public cafe (I don't have a phone so was listening on my laptop) However can apply to many audio dramas I've listened to in public spaces

Let me know your own public space audio drama experiences, I'm curious