#liminal horror recs

[liminalweirdo]

more horror recs

- Girl Asleep is a very quiet coming of age film that's funny in a weird/quirky way that I really liked.

- Life After Beth (2014) I watched a really long time ago so I can't vouch for how well it's held up these last ten years, but it's a fun horror-comedy that has zombies and Aubrey Plaza, like, how can you lose?

- The Babysitter (2017) was kind of fun but I guess lots of people didn't like it. (2017). If you like it, there’s also a SEQUEL lol

If you'd like some zombie films that are unlike most other zombie films, Pontypool (2008) is a fun, original horror that does things I've never seen before, and Les Affamés (The Ravenous) (2017)  is also just... GOOD. Also, they're both Canadian!

- They Look Like People (2015) If you watch just one let it be this one. Don't watch it for the scares, watch it for the friendship (and for the mental illness I guess). This one has a special place in my weird little heart.

- Super Dark Times (2017). I know I know I recommend it all the time, it’s my one braincell etc. etcc is kind of two halves of the same idiot, but really it's a story about how friendship falls apart after trauma and it's mostly just sad (and at times frustrating and confusing) but it's also beautiful and their friendship is my favourite and idk. Ugh, idk, I really liked this film. also it’s beautifully shot, idk, I just love it so much. It’s a downer though, be warned.

- The Battery (2012) is a downer (like Super Dark Times) but it's also one of my favourite complicated and fucked up male-friendships onscreen.

- Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) (2008) the original Swedish version. <3 I love this little messed up found family of two.

- Blue My Mind (2017) “gal pals” <3 but also queer af

- The Endless (2017) is a good brothers-relationship kind of film. Slow, quiet, not as horrory as some people might like, but I thought it was really cool.

You probably already know about Lake Mungo (2008) but if you don't, OH BOY. Also, Dogtooth (2009) less horror more psychological fuckery. Hush (2016) was pretty good and fun. Slasher vibes without so much of the gore. Pyewacket (2017) is like... cheesy, fun, sometimes scary, weird horror. Also Canadian.

And My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020) if you wanna feel sad and fucked up.

i’m uh, also on letterboxd so if anyone actually uses that site please feel free to find me on there, we can swap more movie recs etc.

[cmrosens]

Urban Gothic Recs

I put out some calls for recommendations for ‘urban gothic’ across Facebook and BlueSky, and got some really interesting responses, as well as ideas on what ‘urban gothic’ is. Ramsey Campbell posted a snippet of horror in a multi-storey car park as a comment in one group, which I can’t share here obviously but was fun to receive! (Books of Horror fb group is a good one for book recs!) I posted…

[wild-karrde]

Hi! Here's my recommendation ♥

Handle: padmestrilogy Fic: White All Over Review: What I love about it.

We all love the clones but there's the great divide between loving and hating Jango for the entirety of it all. I respect all opinions about it and at a point I agree that this was his point of no return.

The rawness of this fic is deadly. In fact too venomous for my taste that I'm hooked. I've read it three times when I first came across it and the feeling is just immaculately painful. The remorse, the denial, acceptace even, the sad attempt of justifying and escapism.

The way the author takes you through the innerworkings of Jango's mind is absolute bliss. The restraint, the close to character depiction, the need of comfort, the pyring eyes, the judgment.

Unf. It's too much and I'm all for it. My love for Jango runs deep and this is the kind of pain this man is burdened with until his death. I hope many people see this because my king doesn't need to be shamed and stoned when he's already very capable of doing that; he just chooses to do so behind closed doors.

This was entirely unexpected but I LOVED it. The staccato way it's written is perfection, and I adore the way the author has captured Jango's thought process. It's such a small slice of a glimpse into his time on Kamino prior to Boba or the clones, and I just think it's such a unique perspective and way of capturing it. Thank you so much for the rec!

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[foibles-fables]

Fic Author Self-Rec!

Thanks for the tag, @contrivedchaos!!!

The Rules: Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love ❤️

Here's a list of five of my current most highly-favored pieces, in no particular order. There's some overlap with the last time I did this, but also some new pieces!

leave the horror here (ATLA, Rangshi, T) - it's always intimidating writing for a new fandom, but I ended up pleased with a bunch of separate pieces of this one. I love a good missing scene, and it felt necessary to explore more of the immediate aftermath of the final fight. These girls have my whole heart.

dream geometries (Control, Jesse/Emily, T) - my first fic for these two, and hopefully not the last! A quick and intimidating dip into the liminality and weirdness that makes this franchise so cool. I was pretty pleased with how this brief piece turned out!

rest like you belong here. (Horizon, Aloy/Talanah, T) - a missing scene from HZD in which hurt/comfort and gay subtext abound. This was my first Hawk and Thrush fic ever, and it still holds a super special place in my heart. It's fun to see how far I've come since then--and it was really rewarding to dive into Aloy's head right as she's on the precipice of allowing her own vulnerabilities to be seen and addressed.

gray areas and expectations (Horizon, Aloy/Talanah, M) - an exploration of intimate vulnerability and Aloy's character via endearingly awkward sexual content. Started as a joke post on discord, sparked itself into a concept I come back to time and time again.

carrying heat (Horizon, Aloy/Yarra, M) - listen. this ship is sooooo underrated and it was a ton of fun to write this piece from Yarra's POV. Another jokey sort of piece that turned into something more navel-gazey and exploratory. I look back on this one fondly.

Tagging: @mehoymalloy @finrays @tjerra14 @sssammich @eqt-95 and anyone else who sees this and would like to participate! just claim me as your tagger--spread the love!

[probsnothawkeye]

hey i'm trying to get more into audio dramas but don't know quite where to start since i've seen praise for a lot of different ones, what are some you recommend? i've listened to a somewhat random mix; tma/tmagp, fawx and stallion, the department of variance of somewhere ohio, and the first season of fringes (i gotta catch up, you did fantastic work w/ the first season).

AHHH IM SORRY I DIDNT SEE THIS IN MY ASK BOX I always forget to check it

First off: thank you for listening to the Fringes! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it 😊 it's a show that means the world to me and it's always exciting when people like that.

Now onto RECOMMENDATIONS! I have so many. But I will try and keep this list controlled

Starting off with The @grottopod which is a liminal horror podcast about grief and caving. It has original songs and covers in each of the episodes and it absolutely rips my heart open. Season 2 just started so there's no better time to get caught up!

@ethicstownpod is a horror-adjacent podcast about January Johnson who is sending emergency broadcasts detailing the issues with the town of Ethics. There is something going on there with their mayor and people are dying as a consequence. Season 1 is entirely out and season 2 is coming later this year!

@souloperatorpod is another horror podcast, this time inspired by solo ttrpgs. This season follows Tessa Whitlock who has arrived in a town with no memories and no way of knowing what lies outside the town fences. It's eerie and unsettling and amazingly crafted. The first half of season 1 is out now with the second half coming later this year!

Stepping away from horror, we have @kingmakerpod which is a fantasy comedy set in an alternate history Europe in the 1900s. It's got an incredible magic system, fascinating world building, and some of the most wonderful characters around. The first 2 seasons are out now!

@woebegonepod is a mishmash of genres (affectionate) that starts out as a podcast within a podcast discussing the [fictional] online game WOE.BEGONE and developes into time travel, murder, cowboys, and the biggest horse you've ever seen. It's ongoing and there are currently 163 episodes out so you've got a lot to enjoy if you like this one!

@tellnotalespod is a story about ghosts without being a ghost story. Leo Quinn is an administrative assistant to the CEO of Better Place, a company that removes unwanted ghosts from places. But Leo is determined to give these ghosts a voice and be able to tell their story and give them the right to stay. It's wholesome and heartbreaking and amazing in every sense of the word

The last thing I'll shout out here is @audistorium which is an anthology podcast that runs the genre gambit but does have quite a good amount of horror in it. All of the stories are super well written and the soundscaping is divine

I have. So many other shows I could recommend. If you (or anyone else) want more recs, feel free to reach out again!

[hiskillingjar]

Hiiii I've been really dwelling on ur reasons that Law is transfem bc of her feminine horror personality aspects and I wanted to know if u had any media recs u think r similar to her. I love ur videos and writing so much thank uuuuuu!!!!!!!<3333

ooo good question! (and thank you for watching my vids <3)

where law is a little tougher than strade in terms of character, i have actually made a little chart of characters that i often use for inspo when i write her ^_^

top left is val from outlast 2; a horror game i don't really like but LOVE HER. she was once a deacon for a church, turned leader of a violent sex cult trying to birth the anti-christ <3 she gets turned on by death, writes about 'getting wet' to killing children, rapes the MC, i looooove her and i lean into her more...uninhibited traits when writing the more deranged parts of law's psyche.

top right is ethel cain, more broadly her album, preacher's daughter. she's a trans woman who creates maybe the best music of all time? that examines themes like love, death, violence, religion, etc. she kind of embodies that vulnerability-capable-of-violence, liminal sort of character that i like so much about law, so she's a big inspo too :) her song family tree is on my law playlist for obvious reasons:

bottom left is norman bates from psycho, THE sensitive soft boy to transfem killer pipeline of all time. norman runs a motel and looks after his overattentive mother but um. gets a little flustered when faced with a regular-degular woman and (spoiler) goes into a disassociative state and dresses in drag to kill her in the shower. as much cultural baggage as this movie has, i love it, and norman is soooo law coded, does taxidermy, soft spoken, veryyyyyy hot and sexy

and bottom right is harold smith from twin peaks, a series that i'd really recommend in this space of liminal, harmless and weird to dangerous and scary that law embodies. harold is a shy recluse who studies plants (where have i heard that before) who was a confidant for the Dead Girl, laura palmer. you don't see much of him but he displays some pretty erratic behaviour, going from soft-spoken and sweet to firm and near-violent in an instant. very law coded.

there aren't many movies that examine transfemininity in a way that's. uh. not disgusting? but as i recommended, i saw the tv glow does some really interesting things by examining the liminal nature (and the horror of liminality) of transition. i also recommend reading gothic lit (specifically rebecca and the yellow wallpaper for law) because i think those specific renditions of gothic femininity are pretty universal, whether you're trans or cis

[loseractivities]

intro post

hi! im ry. i use he/him pronouns and he/him pronouns only. im transmasc and demiaroace. im an isfp and a libra. hit more to read more about myself and my interests

interests

- as stated before im hyperfixated on scream 1996, not so much the franchise as a whole, but ghostface is rlly cool. i also only ship stuilly and tatney

- i am really into art, architecture, graphic design, typography, animation, character design, paintings, art history, (also world history), concept art and art critique. (fun fact ive been making art practically since i was born lol)

- i love music. i play electric guitar and ukulele. some of my favorite bands are nirvana, (i have an off and on nirvana hyper fixation overlapping scream), smashing pumpkins, radiohead, deftones, queens of the stone age, weezer, violent femmes, the offspring, the smiths, pavement, basement, etc etc. music recs are highly appreciated and im always finding new stuff. (i also had about a year long hyper fixation on alex g so i know quite a bit about him)

- weapons, guns, knives, cool stuff like that

- backrooms, liminal spaces, even entities and shit like that. i always come back to it

- film. i really like disturbing media (this includes horror movies of course), but also just the filming process as a whole. lighting, cameras, special effects, etc.

- writing. symbolism and all that gay shit

- philosophy

- psychology

- i really like nature even though i rot in bed all the time. just shit like trees, bugs, birds, seeds, plants, berries, mountain biking oh yeah i mountain bike too, animals

- video games, roblox, minecraft

- AVA!!!!!!!! they are my best friend evwr in the entire world. @avsies123 i lov ryou pookie

other

if you've made it this far hi. i play roblox so if u wanna friend me my username is loseractivities. same for my pinterest and discord. idk if i come off as intimidating but im chill trust💯 (pleas invite me to scream discord servers im in zero and so lonely)

also. i use ibispaint x and my finger for all my art. art requests are very much appreciated, but i only do art requests for scream 1996 or anything else i feel interested in enough to draw. (your best luck is scream 1996 cus its all ive been drawing lately.)

my favorite color is dark blue, and my favorite animals are cats and dogs. my favorite bugs are inchworms and my favorite food is...gummy sharks..... i reslly like dr pepper too

im an athiest

dni

- bigots of any kind (homophobic, racist, transphobic, ableist, sexist, etc. no discrimination of any kind on my blog or near me you will be blocked

- proshippers/comshippers do not fucking interact!!

- tcc, edgy incels in general

- terfs

- lastly idk how to word this but do not try and force your religion on me i will block you

you made it to the end! thanks for reading thats all lol😎

[grogusmum]

HAZEL'S THRO-BACK THURSDAY FIC RECS FOR SPOOKY SEASON!!

@miraclesabound has a few modern Din x Reader with Grogu pumpkin picking for Writer Wednesday. Din sweet Din taking care of you even when you send him off without you!! untitled

@insomniamamma has this delightful modern! Ezra x f!Reader w/Cee Halloween fic in her Liminal AU series (it stands alone quite nicely. But Ezra fans in particular, do yourself a favor and read ALLLLL of it!!) Tricks (Or how Bee Girl got seduced into a life of crime)

@ezrasbirdie has an a/b/o with Alpha!Frankie x Omega!OC that I have read now 3 years in a row, it hasn't stopped being hot or spooky!! The Devil's Backbone

@oonajaeadira has this soft horror thang going on with Max Phillips Light Only Shows You Where The Shadows Are fantasticly spine tingling!

And for good measure here is a spooky season offering of my own

Lucy's Closet Frankie Morales x f!reader with daughter Lucy from my Don't Give Up AU. It's dad to the rescue when Lucy's suspects a monster I her closet.

More to come next week! Be sure to send in any older spooky season themed fics you think could do with a little lovin'!

[fuckyeahaudiodrama]

NEW! REC: The Grotto

Struck by a recent loss, Matt turns to spelunking for solace. As Matt battles grief, he questions if the caves are playing tricks or if something else lurks within. The Grotto is a liminal horror podcast that explores the thin line between grief, pain, mourning, and loss. (x)

3 eps + counting (29 Dec. 2023)

a new full cast weird unsettling existential horror pod! with a soundtrack that slaps! i absolutely eat this shit up.

this is a fairly new pod and i can’t honestly guess at where it’s going just yet, but i strongly encourage anyone interested to hop on board while it’s still getting off the ground because i think it’s going to be spectacular. VERY strong start — episode one had me pacing around at work and i’ve been continuously checking for updates since.

it features three of the voice actors from WOE.BEGONE (athan, lyssa jay, and taylor michaels) all of whom are very talented and have a really great energy together. the use of multiple perspectives is also really helping immensely to establish an early sense of mystery.

what jumps out to me so far is the way that this story has already begun approaching very painful, relatable emotional beats, using them as the main catalyst for plot development without cheapening them. things are messy from the get-go and promise to get worse. creator athan is open about drawing a lot of inspiration from W.BG, and you can see that in some of the stylistic choices — but the story is very unique so far.

i am stoked about the mindfucky worldbuilding, the sound design choices, the MUSIC!!! and of course the more disturbing or gruesome moments. (watch out for the gory bits! so far there has been some pretty intense claustrophobia and injury, etc. loud noises seem to be amply warned for in the notes for each ep.)

i can’t fucking WAIT to see where this goes.

[yeswegetityoulovepodcasts]

Podcast Reviews and Recs

The night shift podcast

I am a simple girl. Give me an urban fantasy podcast with the interesting world-building and script and you'll get my heart on a platter. It's pretty short podcast (s1 is complete) with the queer cast and an engaging story in the world where magic that used to be is gone and only some people have traces of it. I loved the plot, the main character, the supporting cast, romantic pair, sound design and voices. My only pitfall is that I believe that pretending that the main character runs the real broadcast was ruining my suspension of disbelief. Some things that happened to him could fuck up all his plans if broadcasted and listened by the wrong people. Would work better if he was a blogger who researches conspiracy staff, and just records everything cos he is a paranoid wreck. However, overall it's pretty great so my advice is to give it a try. (Also the soundtrack for it is awesome) MC is a transman as far as I know, but it's not obvious.

Camp Here And There

This is one of those podcasts. It starts fun. Cute even. Short episodes, general creepy weridness reminding about wtnv, funny jokes. THEN IT STABS YOU. 7 TIMES. And makes you cry like a little bitch. The setting is a very weird summer camp with the main character being the nurse who has to deal with all this stuff as well as their mental, health and relationship problems. It is actually very good insight into the way love works and how many forms it can take and how difficult it is to express sometimes. Also writing is very beautiful. S1 is currently completed and I can't wait for a S2. (This one is also very queer. MC is a gay transman and their are also several sideships)

Malevolent

This one is a good horror podcast about a british private investigator who has lost his eyesight and got an eldritch buddy in his head. Yay! Somehow this entity is more rational and relatable one between the 2 of them. By the 20th episode you'll start saying "no, arthur" at the same time. Also, no romance and as an aro I do appreciate this - the platonic connection between you and the voice inside your head can be as valid as romantic one. What can be more intimate than sharing a body, right? Has many good classic elements from Lovecraftian (cosmic) horror so if it's your thing - give this podcast a try.

Neighbourly

I love you weird beautiful horror anthology podcasts with the same setting and some connections between episodes, but without action filled lengthy overarching plot. You're brilliant and you're doing great. This pocast tells you a story about people living in the weird little neighborhood and their secrets. Some stories are funny, some are heartwarming, some are creepy, and some are depressing. I find it more weird than scary, but it's exactly what I like about this one, so try it out if it's also your thing. Also I find the narrator voice very soothing. Stories do have lgbtq+ subtext if it's important for you.

Monstrous Agonies

I love you weird supernatural but at the same time uncanny relatable advice segment shows. This one is an advice segment for liminal folk (different types of paranomal creatures) but it is kinda a metaphor for all types of queer, aspec, pocs and neurodivergent people. This is a good comforting podcast so if you feel a bit lost and need some encouragement give it a try. It has some overarching plot, but it's not very big so if you have a short attention span - this one is perfect.

Finding Satan

The main character is an entitled brat and academia doesn't work like this for fuck's sake. Can't recommend this one, sorry.

[maidstew]

hey lily!! i think im in my iphigenia obsession era, i genuinely have so many incoherent thoughts about her, so i wanted to ask if u had any? i love all ur hcs so much, so i want to hear what you think of genie.

ah hello bel love the new url!! and thank you <3 it always makes me so happy to hear someone enjoys my silly little thoughts 🥹

honestly, i’ve grown to love them so much! i’ve definitely been inspired by other people’s thoughts on them and now they’ve become so precious to me <3

i love weirdo genie. like i’m fully in on them and dennis being the weird pair of the class. and i adore it so much. (to me, very loosely giving janis and damian vibes)

→ you had told me once that you headcanon her as nonbinary and using she/they pronouns and that just stuck with me. (idk why i’m giving ur own headcanon back to you).

→ i once made a post saying they made those analog horror videos on tiktok and i stand by that. or whatever the capitol equivalent of tiktok is (bc u absolutely cannot convince me that the capitol didn’t have social media). i think she loves making those weird little videos or like the liminal space ones. but they don’t have anything on the account that identifies it as theirs so no one but dennis knows it.

→ @valsansretovr posted these tags on a post and it’s literally canon to me now. i think genie and liv were super close for a very short period of time until it all fell apart and liv ditched genie for being really weird (and also bc she realized she was having a different kind of feelings for genie and it freaked her out).

→ genie definitely an indie person. if you want good, underground music recs then you know who to go to.

→ she really enjoys making and wearing cool jewelry. she’s really creative.

→ them and dennis do a lot of fun photoshoots together. she loves getting dressed up in fun costumes and doing different makeup.

→ other than dennis, sol is the only person she’s ever truly felt like she connected with.

[liminalweirdo]

this is really sudden but any movie recommendations, im in a bit of drought for this to watch right now and i’m up for anything, especially if it’s horror related, or gay or can be interpreted as gay you know what i mean?

Horror and gays, two of my favourite things. Here's some movies that are mostly both.

My top choice is not-quite horror, and you've probably seen it, but just in case you haven't, Stand By Me (1986) is one of my favourite movies, and it's Stephen King, so it definitely has horror vibes, even if it's never out and out scary.

As for horror that's kinda gay? (I'll try to get the obvious ones out of the way since I'm not sure which ones you already know about.)

Ginger Snaps (2000) and Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004) feat. my favourite probably autistic, definitely (gender?)queer Brigitte Fitzgerald.

I know it's really popular now, again, but the old Interview with the Vampire (1994) was pretty queer for its time. Obviously the show outshines it in terms of queer content, but hey, I love these two idiots.

Tomie (富江) (1998) from Japan is pretty cool and queer. In a similar vein, Wishing Stairs (2003) (which I think is the third? one in the Korean Whispering Corridors series) still sticks in little queer teen me's mind.

Obviously Jennifer's Body (2009), this is like my comfort film lmao.

The Quiet (2005)

and

Excision (2012) feels pretty queer to me, but others might disagree. At the very least, Pauline is so wonderfully weird she's basically queer in my books.

All Cheerleaders Die (2013) was a lot more fun than I thought it would be.

also, maybe it's not overtly queer enough for other people, but the friendship in The Battery (2012) which is one of my FAVOURITE ZOMBIE FILMS OF ALL TIME is a pretty good one. It could be homoerotic if you squint??

Lyle (2014) and What Keeps You Alive (2018) are a very specific brand of overtly queer horror that is specifically, canonically queer, but not my favourite type of queer, if I'm being honest. I don't want to spoil anything so I won't say more. Lyle is an incredible film, and not just because Gaby Hoffman is so so beautiful and absolutely just knocks it out of the park. What Keeps You Alive is... less good, but fun to watch with pals, I guess. It's that kind of horror.

Speaking of beautiful people, Don't Kill Me (Non mi uccidere) (2021) Alice Pagani and Silvia Calderoni I'm sorry? My gender exploded. I don't know why it has such a bad rating on imdb. It wasn't amazing, but it was fun and unique. Worth a shot, imo.

The Perfection (2019) what a fucking ride. Pretty queer. Maybe don't eat first.

The Midnight Swim (2014) isn't quite horror and isn't quite queer but it is female-centric, and I don't think enough people have seen it. It deserves a watch.

The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) was a girl's boarding school which already made it queer enough for me haha. Some good scares in this one. Better than anticipated.

And, speaking of boarding schools, The Silenced | 경성학교: 사라진 소녀들) (2015) is a Korean movie set during the Japanese occupation of Korea in the '30s and idk man. Beautiful, weird, gay. It was good. If you like this one, you will probably like A Tale of Two Sisters (장화, 홍련) (2003) which is (probably) not queer but very, very good horror and very beautiful.

They Look Like People (2015) is another one like The Battery. Could be homoerotic if you squint. Obsessed with the male friendship in this one, and the mental illness factor. I really love this movie. This is the movie I would maybe double-feature with Super Dark Times (2017) for top five fave boy-friendships.

Raw (Grave) (2016) arguably not queer, but certainly queered desires or 'othered' desires. Another female-centric horror. I love this one. Blue My Mind (2017) feels Queer AF. It's like if Fucking Åmål (1999) was a horror movie. I also recommend Fucking Åmål, but it's not horror, it's just queer.

Thelma (2017) actually queer. Beautiful, extremely well-done, not crazy about the ending.

Would it be weird of me to mention The Shed (2019) Maybe I just wanted it to be queerer? I can't actually remember if it was now, just that the potential was there.

And, not quite queer but definitely good horror, check out Magic Magic (2013) if you haven't seen it. Girl Asleep (2015) is horror adjacent, not super queer, but also just... so weird and good and fun.

[hamstermastersamster]

My thirst for sci-fi horror continues. Here is what I have devoured in the last week:

Podcast: Down (by Definitely Human) - deep sea exploration goes wrong, cosmic horror elements etc. - this had a few fun twists in the second half but I couldn't quite get over how the characters did not ever feel like real people or real members of their profession, and the writing is just . . . I dunno, really wooden. Especially when the cast spent a good 80% of the time arguing, ugh. Cool music though! Don't think I would recommend overall, but it is pretty short (24 15m eps)..

Vidya game: Silent Hill: The Short Message - Okay, NOT sci-fi but I had it downloaded and I knew it was short so I decided to play it. Actually really liked the environments, the aesthetic and the symbolism, but found the writing a little clunky and on-the-nose, and fuck that final chase sequence lmao. Still, I mostly enjoyed it.

Vidya game: Moons of Madness - enjoyed! Running around a doomed Martian outpost trying to put all the clues together and figure out what's going on, while doing my little engineering tasks to try and unfuck everything, even as everything gets more and more increasingly fucked by alien/cosmic forces! It was basically exactly what I think of when I think 'space/sci-fi horror', but with a heavy Lovecraftian flavour.

Podcast: The Left Right Game (by QCode) - not technically sci-fi I guess, but I found it while looking for podcast recs and OH MY GOD IT FUCKED ME UP. Originally it was a r/nosleep story so it's technically an adaptation, but it's about a journalist investigating an urban legend called 'The Left Right Game', except it's ALSO wrapped in an intriguing framing device where someone is looking for the journalist because she's missing. The writing, acting and sound production is top notch and it's just . . . GOOD. Soooo much excellent liminal space horror and the framing device features one of my absolute favourite fucked up horror concepts of all time. My only criticism is that they were so wedded to 'show, don't tell' that some of the later sequences and revelations are difficult to follow by sound alone. But it's only 10 episodes long and I definitely recommend it regardless :3

[seeminglydark]

i found your blog through that detention au post and binged your whole webcomic and i love it! im fairly new to webcomics and ive been trying to find some supernatural ones to read (one of the first i came across was paranatural, which is also excellent). seemingly dark is exactly the type of story ive been looking for and im so glad i found it! also if you have any recommendations for other webcomics id love to know what they are but thats not the point of this ask lol

Oh gosh thank you! I’m so excited to hear that, I’m really happy that piece brought someone to my comic, thank you for telling me, it means a lot!

Let’s see, Seemingly Dark and of course my other project Mil-Liminal is actually about the two characters in the Detention post (they are in Seemingly Dark too but ML focuses on them) it ofc has a big romance element, but will be monster of the week style after the first intro season.

I am ALWAYS happy to rec stuff though I don’t get the chance to read as much as I should.

Some of my favorites include (paranatural ofc!)

Stag Town on Webtoon, it’s REALLY good but does have some disturbing imagery but I recommend giving it a go, I’d call it supernatural horror. (Spooky town ala junji ito but not)

Black Water comic here on tumblr is AMAZING, you can easily binge it in one go, the art is perfect and the story is really engaging in my opinion (monsters, forests and mysterious boys)

Wilde Life is an ongoing one, you can google it, it’s got great art, fantastic lore and a really interesting premise (guy buys a haunted house on Craigslist, hijinks ensue)

Welcome to Wolfsgate on Webtoon, it’s on hiatus but the art is reallllly cute, the stories engaging and we love pumpkin head kids around here (Spooky ‘how did we get here’ places)

A lot of the comics I really enjoyed that inspired me are dead and gone or unfinished unforch, but I’m going to say them anyway because they deserve to be recognized. Return to Sender was insane, beautifully drawn and the premise was wild and I miss it and was sad it never finished but understand. And Hanna is not a Boys Name, which has a lot of uhhhhh lore about what happened to it and I know the artist has another comic but I haven’t gotten into that one yet.

And finally, comics people always put in the same lists as Seemingly Dark that I haven’t had a chance to read all of yet, Demon for Hire, which looks amazing, and Lies Within. Both comics I’ve read pieces of, both have phenomenal art, I just haven’t found a lot of time to binge them.

Followers, hit me with your fave supernatural comics in the comments if you want!

[sirendeathcult]

Staircases in Horror Pt. 1

28 Days Later (2002) | [REC] (2007) | Vertigo (1958)

Staircases are a liminal space, a threshold or point of transition from one place to another. A journey between the world behind you and the world ahead. A spiral staircase complicates this journey further, winding up and down, obscuring both your destination and your origin, a disorienting maze or labyrinth. The transition is now uncertain. A riddle of self discovery. 

Spiral staircases are seen early on in film noir, such as The Spiral Staircase (1946) and Vertigo (1958), to capture an ominous mise-en-scène as well as represent the twists and turns that unravel in these mysterious thrillers.

28 Days Later (2002) and [REC] (2007) make great use of spiraling staircases for suspense—our protagonists running for their lives, trapped and looking for the escape that a staircase is supposed to promise. Apocalypses themselves are a liminal reality, further represented by these staircases. The world as we know it has collapsed, and the future is uncertain at best. Zombie apocalypses often bring forth questions of human nature, what one will do to survive, and who you’re really meant to fear—the dead or the living?—forcing its characters to discover new truths about themselves.

[sixstringphonic]

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