#realistic horror

[imthefailedartist]

I enjoyed the hell out of Trap (2024).

It really exceeded my expectations and subverted them. This was the perfect sized movie. It never went too far or too big. It was well contained in the story it was telling. It was fun and thrilling

Spoilers

Josh Hartnett really terrified me. He was so good in this role. I love that it was watching this man trying and failing to keep his cool as his secret existence is crumbling.

I love that it wasn't him going around killing innocent people in his attempts to escape. I'm very tired of watching people get killed.

I had very different ideas for what this movie was going to be. I thought it was going to be more killing to escape that turns into reverse Die Hard. I thought it was going to lead to Hayley Mills at the end being like, "Everything you've done is exactly as we planned. You fell right into our trap. The girl with the grease was a little hiccup." As Jamie slips on his FBI vest and stands beside her. I'm really glad it wasn't that.

I was thrilled.

"You little beast!" Had me rolling.

Allison Pill. My goodness. That scene had me on the edge of my seat terrified for her.

Lady Raven has bops.

The Thinker! Kid Cudi has never had a bad cameo.

Jamie! This is either his go-to story for life or he never tells anyone about it ever.

Sure, some of the expository dialogue is pretty clunky, but who cares? I don't.

You can't go wrong with surprise, Hayley Mills!

[vitamaeternum]

New Thought Potato video today, this time about a "realistic" Draugr. I love this guy's videos and committing to the bit are unparalleled.

If you like science he's got a whole playlist of this sort of video, from Werewolves to Manticores and even a special on Mind Flayers from DnD.

If there's anyone who wants to talk to me about these videos I would love to talk to you about it.

[mr-fancycouch]

The true horror of Halloween: homework

[peace-and-light-poetry]

"Please, let it just be nerves."

She had that lingering feeling That feeling that Death will collect

Soon

She had this feeling, before And that feeling was correct

That was then And this feeling returned Unlike before, she felt dread

This friend of hers Is the closest to her age range

She could only accept it Death's collection of them But she dreaded it

Acceptance be damned

No, she'd pray Pray that the feeling was just nerves Her overactive nerves

It had to be nerves But her instincts hadn't been wrong

No, it had to be nerves At least, that's what she'd convince herself

As she prayed.

[iztea]

୨୧ The apple of my—

[turtletoria]

man having the worst day of his life about to have the second worst day of his life

[marypsue]

There's something about seventies horror that reminds me of live theatre, actually. The sets and costumes are often cheap, and when it comes to period pieces, more 'inspired by' than accurate; the makeup is big and visible; even when the effects are really good, the blood is usually unnaturally red. The acting tends toward the broad and stagey.

And yet, it's also clear that realism is not the goal. Rather, the movie works to draw you in to a unified fiction, to get you to share in its nightmare. The best seventies horror I've seen has a dreamlike, Vaseline-lensed quality, a sense that it doesn't matter whether or not everything that happens in the movie is likely or even possible in real life. We've stepped outside of real life into a self-contained bubble with its own logic and its own sense, a dark fairy tale where the corpses of young girls might transmute into hares or eternally hungry floating heads, or the night of All Hallows might summon a stalking, unkillable masked evil from the past, or a ballet studio might be entirely controlled by witches. Even the lowest-budget, most exploitative Hammer flicks don't escape the touch of that dreaminess, that velvety, enfolding unreality. The movie suggests a world, and we, if we are wise, gladly succumb to the power of that suggestion.

[beastsoulart]

Aspen final moving jaw test! 🤍

He's going to his new loving home today!

[catwyk]

Its crew are still onboard. It takes us time, in the dark, in the moonlight, to see just how thoroughly they have been changed.

One is attempting to scramble up the mast.  Another is bent halfway over the prow on his back, his mouth hanging open upside-down like an awful inverted figurehead.

well. i said i needed to draw some gore, didn't i? the diptych is now the donetych (< stupidest joke of my stupid baka life sorry) and i think im back in the saddle as it were. thank god wahoo !!

[caiabresebun]

scraps but wanna post to show i can draw a nice miguel face now yaaay yeees popping confetti etc

[yume-fanfare]

happy halloween! the cast from fist of idol: togenkyo have reunited again to bring us...... a horror movie?!

[blackknight-kai]

Just Busty things:

This is a Drabble about that hot as fuck way too detailed bust. You know the one 🫵.

(Edit: I am writing this fic 👀)

The “life size” bust of Sun Wukong from the video game attracts his dormant spirit- you bought it / go a hold of it. (Somehow you have it!)

You’d activated his spirit because like a weirdo you kissed the damn thing once - just for fun. You couldn’t help it and giggled to yourself as you did it because “haha I kissed Sun Wukong”. (You’ve been into Sun Wukong so your attraction and ‘want’ magically do something here).

After doing so you don’t notice as its glass eyes follow you as you walk around your living room. (Ngl I was thinking a bit of a horror scene for this so…idk if Wukong is ‘good’ or ‘yandere’ here up to you).

He knows you don’t notice and makes sure to look normal if you happen to look at him. Over time he gets to know you through those glass eyes watching you, those ears listening as you talk to your friends on the phone or mumble to yourself. Starts to fall for you (because duh). You walk around naked or with little clothes on in front of him - he’s a bust and you live alone.

You kiss him a few more times- surprising the ever loving shit out of him because, why are you giving a bust chaste kisses????? Each time bringing him more and more to life / animating his face.

Which you don’t realize is happening because giving his bust a goodbye kiss or I’m home kiss has now become habit. Good night/morning kisses too! Because whos gonna know? You even pet the fur on the side of his face and sigh, tell him how handsome he is or sometimes you talk to him like you’re talking to someone else. You aren’t crazy, just talking through your own problems or issues and you know the bust isn’t gonna answer- it’s like talking to a house pet. Even call him your “boyfriend” jokingly or tell your friends “I miss my husband” as a joke when you’re out with them.

What you don’t know is the more you treat that bust like it’s a real thing (joking or not) and bestow your feelings on it, Wukong’s spirit is able to start manipulating it and manifesting it to come to life, eventually while you are gone for the day he’s able to magic up the rest of his body. He doesn’t reveal himself right away, no. He fiddles with the stuff in your home and learns things about you / this world while you are out. If you notice things out of place, you DONT. Because you do not want to think your house is haunted.

You’re in for a surprise. 😈

(There are so many ways he could reveal himself, while you kiss him he kisses you back, waiting for you on the couch in his full animated now REAL body, crawls in bed with you one night - this one is a darker thought so…moving on, talks back to you when you tell his ‘bust’ about your day, just so many things his mischievous ass could do.)

[ink-the-artist]

Workplace Divinity

[lilybug-02]

[Heart Shaped Object]

Thoughts and Drawing progression below 🫀

[this is one without a glow effect on the heart. I like both equally.]

Holy cow, am I glad to finish this! I’m really proud with how it turned out :))) I had a strong feeling for what I wanted out of this with the realistic human heart, blood, and perspective.

I tried going realistic for 30 minutes but 🤡umm I’m not very good at realistic. Kris almost looked like a middle aged punk rocker which is NOT what I wanted.

I always feel like my sketches come out better than my final, but so is life. Can’t be perfect. Also this image is so cursed it almost got corrupted and I almost lost all of my progress 😳🫀🥺🤡

(and then Tumblr basically blocked this image from most of my followers because one of the images and video weren't compatible? Very annoying..)

Anyways I haven’t seen a full render of Kris holding an actual human heart. There’s a ton of versions of them just holding a bloody cartoonish heart, but I WANT MORE. Thought I may change the status quo ❤️ This was also my first time trying to do blood, so it was a fun learning curve. I was planning for a Halloween release, but I got busy. Hope you enjoy!

Here's the link to the speedpaint!

[nitw]

what makes jimmy from mouthwashing so compelling is that he's really not some evil villain. jimmy (and his whole thing with curly) is actually so fucking normal that its terrifying. like you've probably met this guy in real life. you might even be on good terms w him

[rejaytionships]

cannot believe i gotta say this but please don't follow me if you're comfortable selfshipping with canon racists. i don't care if you headcanon them as otherwise, because if their racism against a real group of people is a key facet of their character (much less incredibly important to the telling of the story that this character is a racist) then i do not wanna see it. this is not the safe space for you