[chainsewn]

judas, black, 18.

[killthesound]

vhs tape boxes ripped from the textures ( part 1 / part 2 )

[killthesound]

vhs tape boxes ripped from the textures ( part 1 / part 2 )

[filmnoirsbian]

can't stop thinking about your videos on the retellings of theseus and the minotaur esp as someone who didn't have the best time with greek plays or other "older" texts (think shakespeare, frankenstein) in high school. planning on rewatching those videos + subscribing to your patreon soon bc i feel like you've opened this whole new world of literature to me. anyway i was just wondering if you had an intro video or reading list to essential myths (or horror) ? thanks for your time

I don't have an "essential reading/watching" list because what is essential or impactful and enjoyable for me might not be so for you, and vice versa. But I've curated some of the more popular Greek myths--as well as some Irish and Mesopotamian myths because I love those as well and they don't really get discussed as much.

Greek: The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Oresteia, The Aeneid, Antigone, Medea, Electra, Metamorphoses, Theseus, Hymn to Demeter

Irish: Táin Bó Cúalange, The Fenian Cycle, The Mythological Cycle, The Historical Cycle

Mesopotamian: The Epic of Gilgamesh, Descent of the Goddess Ishtar into the Lower World, Enūma Eliš

As for horror, these lists aren't necessarily of my favorites, but different horror media that I think is emblematic of and/or foundational to the genre. There are many different kinds of horror, some of which I like more than others, but hopefully this list can help you find something you like. (links are all free access to the media in question)

Books: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dracula by Bram Stoker, Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, Perfume: The Story of A Murderer by Patrick Süskind, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, Beloved by Toni Morrison, Books of Blood by Clive Barker, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff, My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey, Uzumaki by Junji Ito, Kindred by Octavia Butler, Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente, Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Films pre-1960: Dracula (1931), Freaks (1932), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Frankenstein (1931)

1960s: The Virgin Spring (1960), Psycho (1960), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Night of the Living Dead (1968)

1970s: The Exorcist (1973), The Wicker Man (1973), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Black Christmas (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), The Stepford Wives (1975), Jaws (1975), Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Carrie (1976), Eraserhead (1977), Suspiria (1977), Rabid (1977), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Halloween (1978), Alien (1979)

1980s: Friday the 13th (1980), The Shining (1980), The Evil Dead (1981), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Poltergeist (1982), The Thing (1982), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Ghostbusters (1984), Re-Animator (1985), Fright Night (1985), The Hitcher (1986), Evil Dead II (1987), The Lost Boys (1987), The Blob (1988), Heathers (1988), Pumpkinhead (1988), Society 1989

1990s: Tremors (1990), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Candyman (1992), Death Becomes Her (1992), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Hocus Pocus (1993), The Crow (1994), Se7en (1995), The Craft (1996), Scream (1996), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Blade (1998), Fallen (1998), Ringu 2 (1999), Audition (1999), Stir of Echoes (1999), The Blair Witch Project (1999)

2000s: Ginger Snaps (2000), American Psycho (2000), Final Destination (2000), The Ring (2002), Ju-On: The Grudge (2002), Dark Water (2002), Saw (2004), The Host (2006), Drag Me to Hell (2009)

(Apparently you can only put 100 links in one post so I'll continue the rest in a reblog)

[filmnoirsbian]

2000s (continued): The Gift (2000), Battle Royale (2000), The Others (2001), The Devil's Backbone (2001), Pulse (2001), Resident Evil (2002), The Eye (2002), 28 Days Later (2002), A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), Oldboy (2003), Underworld (2003), House of 1000 Corpses (2003), The Village (2004), Shutter (2004), Shaun of the Dead (2004), An American Haunting (2005), The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), The Descent (2006), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Snakes on A Plane (2006), 30 Days of Night (2007), Paranormal Activity (2007), Rec (2007), Teeth (2007), Trick r Treat (2007), El Orfanato (2007), Lake Mungo (2008), Let the Right One In (2008), The Strangers (2008), Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008), Jennifer's Body (2009), Zombieland (2009), Dead Snow (2009)

2010s: Insidious (2010), I Saw the Devil (2010), Black Swan (2010), Rubber (2010), Legion (2010), White (2011), You're Next (2011), Fright Night (2011), Cabin in the Woods (2011), American Mary (2012), Sinister (2012), Dark Shadows (2012), Evil Dead (2013), Stoker (2013), The Conjuring (2013), A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014), Gone Girl (2014), What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Crimson Peak (2015), Krampus (2015), The Witch (2015), Under the Shadow (2016), The Girl With All the Gifts (2016), Raw (2016), Train to Busan (2016), Get Out (2017), It (2017), 1922 (2017), Mother! (2017), Happy Death Day (2017), The Shape of Water (2017), Hereditary (2018), A Quiet Place (2018), Annihilation (2018), La Casa Lobo (2018), Suspiria (2018), Tumbbad (2018), Us (2019), The Lighthouse (2019), Midsommar (2019)

Also I forgot abt Ganja & Hess (1973), The Fly (1986), Beetlejuice (1988), Child's Play (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and The Sixth Sense (1999) so here are those.

And some required reading for horror movie fans:

The Horror of Transphobia in Film

It's Time to Talk About Transphobia in Horror Films

From Blacula to Get Out: Examining Black Horror

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Why Every Horror Film of the 1980s Was Built On 'Indian Burial Grounds'

Who's Really Haunting America? Deconstructing the Indian Burial Ground Trope

Normal People Don't Scare Me: A History of Ableism in the Horror Genre

The H Word: Mental Health, Albeism, and the Horror Genre

Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film

"Torture the Women": A Gaze at the Misogynistic Machinery of Scary Cinema

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film

[chainsewn]

im finally revamping this blog and my friend is showing me how to like, actually code this thing thank god

[humanvoreture]

I fantasize about being a hero to you. Saving you from the arms of the undeserved. They will never cherish you as much as I.

[hoss-bonaventure]

some of you genuinely think billy tops stu? ok sure babe whatever you say…

[leathrenee]

samuel cirnansck spring 2012 bridal collection

[horrorfilmgifs]

Scream (1996)

[vivienvalentino]

— Tatum and Stu doing the absolute most

[tasteofgrave]

mother, eat me and give birth to me again. this time around i’ll make you proud.

lake mungo (2008) // blythe baird // gillian flynn // john mayer // lucy dacus // lady bird (2017) // gillian flynn // pinterest // hannibal (2013) // kyung-sook shin (trans. chi-young kim)

[tomorrowmydear]

Mothers & Fathers

@heavensghost | Jasmine R., “Untitled” | Berthe Morisot, “The Cradle” | @honeytuesday | Unknown | Alain de Botton | Léon Lucien Goupil, “Motherhood” | Chen Chen, “Poplar Street” | Ella Wilson, “Take Care: Mothers, Daughters, and Inheriting Self-Hatred” | @maiabaia | Kazuya Akimoto, “Mother and a Child in the Mirror” | Li-Young Lee, “Folding a Five-Cornered Star so the Corners Meet” | Aaron Smith, “Primer” | Catherine Lacey, “Cut” | futngina | Jules David, “Vice and Virtue: Misery” | Rupi Kaur, “The Sun and Her Flowers”

[chainsewn]

trying to create a tagging system for my blog is so difficult

[chainsewn]

purging my internet presence >

[allieehayes]

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE | 1x01 Steven Sees a Ghost

[theylorswift]

Chucky!Nica in Chucky season 1

[chainsewn]

i cannot put it into words how this gif is so me. on a visceral level.