#horror movie reference

[skulldeermate]

[cacklingpumpkins]

Maybe Elizabeth should check the screen size before trying to make a spooky entrance. Does she NOT realize how big she is down there?

[389]

1. Alien 3, directed by David Fincher 2. Girl’s Head beside a Skull by Rex Whistler

[jacqueline314]

While everyone wants Moxxie to give them head,...

...I can't unsee the reminiscence of the location and the building they were in.

[imbecominggayer]

How To Scare Your Readers

tw: mentions of murder and other horror media, its not specific or gorey but I just wanted to mention it

Today is one my hardest asks as it is a highly individual process to freaking out your audience with @differentnighttale asking: "How do you write horror, and how do you write it good nail biting and very unsettling type of horror."

Specifically, we are focusing on supernatural horror and dark fantasy. Due to the fact that there are numerous ways of scaring an audience, I'm going to focus on more diverse and interesting ways to freak out the readers. There are obvious tricks like "focus on the tactile senses" and stuff like that but let's cover something not as cliche!

Again, there are many ways to instill horror.

One: Combine Beauty And The Macabre

While this is a common trick seen in visual horror such as the works of Junji Ito or Midsommar, it's also an important and useful element in other beloved horror media.

This can be useful for a myriad of reasons.

The ability to combine the fantastical beauty of the scenery with death or the lovingly detailed imagery of a victimized body might be just the thing to elevate the scenery and visuals.

It also works to surprise your readers. If you are reading horror, you expect the murder and terror to appear in dark hospitals and obviously disgusting places. But what if the horror was in a cherry blossom field? In the church? In the character's childhood bedroom during the sunset?

It follows the perversion of the familiar. Most people internalize certain environments are seperated from society which might assist you if you are going for that specific type of horror. BUT! If you have horror in the supermarket, in the coziest little cottage, in the beauty.

TWO: Focus On A Specific Brand Of Horror

This is especially important for horror that is based off of pop culture spooks such as ghosts, ghouls, witches, zombies, and werewolfs.

Doing some research into why these monsters have survived in the public mind and what exactly is frightening abou them can influence your settings, characters, and horror.

There is horror about isolation.

There is horror about losing yourself.

There is horror about the female body.

There is horror about puberty.

There is horror about gender dysphoria.

There is horror about everything.

Decide what is the core fear you are proding at.

THREE: Be Ambiguous

Readers are comforted by linear stories with a beginning, clearly laid out morality, and a clear cut ending which provides either a happy ending or a sad ending.

Messing up any one of these things can lead to your story haunting the minds of your audience for a long time.

Midsommar is constantly debated about over if the ending is happy or sad.

Joker(2019), a thriller but not a horror, is infamous for it's amazing usage of hallucination and delusion to tell a non-linear story with a confusing ending.

Leaving the ending, villain, characters, or plot ambiguous and not clearly detailed might elevate your horror :)

FOUR: Use Your Own Fears

When you write about what scares you, that natural fear tends to radiate into your writing more naturally :)

This fear can be a lot of things from the specific phobia of bugs to the fear of being mistreated by a loved one.

Conclusion:

I hope I gave you some interesting advice that you haven't heard before @differentnighttale

p.s: at what point does something become "Mature"? I did mention "murder" throughout my post somewhat frequently but I never went into specific detail so I can't tell if it's "Mature" or not?

If it is mature and I mislabeled it then I can edit it to be "Mature"

[avephelis]

@t3rm1n0s yo this concert kind of ass

[guts-xstew]

more rbt refs

[skulldeermate]

Happy Late Halloween!

[cupcakeshakesnake]

Not exactly how the AU goes but had to make the reference.

Does anybody recognize it

[wisteriapetalz]

Art for @savedatateam stream. Make sure to check out the other art as well!

Close up under cut

Original from— One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

[hauntingjasper]

Only them matter (Halloween Edition!)

The old 2023 version ฅ⁠^⁠•⁠ﻌ⁠•⁠^⁠ฅ :

[gethighdropacidneverdie]

[horror-aesthete]

Dawn of the Dead, 1978, dir. George A. Romero

[senatrosims]

Careful... This B*tch BITES (°ロ°)!!

I decided to give @j3lly-fish's CAS challenge a try and I rolled the Sixam Mosquito Trap! I'm not sure if I managed to capture the plant's aesthetic, but I think there's always room for some improvement!

Audrey II might be small in size but what she lacks in height, she makes up for with her agility and sizeable teeth. If given the chance, she WILL latch onto you and won't let go without a fight! She's a little hot-headed, a HUGE glutton and while she doesn’t know how she ended up on Earth, she knows her ambition for world domination will happen someday…

A big thank you to all the amazing CC creators as always! ♡

[trashraccoongirl]