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horror sub-genres: cults
Y'know now that I shared my thoughts on a horror trope I just can't get behind, I think it'd be fair to share a few that I absolutely love whenever they manage to pop up.
Area Sentience. I just love the idea of the horror aspect of your story to not be an entity, being, or agent, but simply 'this place is fucked up/evil, aware of you, and will do everything it can to keep you away or keep you in once you're here'. The Shining, Event Horizon, and Grave Encounters are all prime examples. Peak trope and I really want to see more.
Freak deer/fucked up deer/Not Deer. Honestly not a common trope from what I've seen, but when it's done right holy shit you're in for a ride. Just something about the traditional symbol of the forest's health and wellbeing corrupted almost beyond recognition is guttural, it's something that feels old and primal; if there's something wrong with the deer, there's something wrong with the forest, and if there's something wrong with the forest, you need to leave. Now. Adventure Time and Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion are great examples, and SCP-6448 is a good reimagining of this trope, but honestly my favorite example so far has to be this greentext from 4chan that I became aware of from one of those Youtube channels that reads them out in a bot voice:
I know it's a tad overdone at this point, but I am a sucker for found footage. I still think it holds up as a framework pretty damn well even though it's been done ad nauseum by everyone since it's relatively cheap to make compared to the traditional 3rd person perspective. I like the immersion that found footage can create, I think it does the job better at keeping me immersed in the plot since it's like you're there while the events are happening at all times, unlike 3rd person where you're just a bystander with some bits here and there of the character's point of view. It's just a shame that so many independent found footage horror movies fall flat. I guess it's hard to really one up Blair Witch, which admittingly, I still have to see. Again Grave Encounters is really good, and if you're a fan of special effects then the sequel is right up your alley. The Tunnel is another take from down under that holds its own, but I'm going to be honest, I think one of my favorite examples has to be the almost forgotten Animal Planet show 'Lost Tapes'. It was odd for the channel, but honestly it was actually really good for the time and still manages to be educational about wildlife that relates to the plot of the stories, or at least the more 'grounded' subjects tended to be more educational.
I know isolation is a key ingredient of horror, you really can't have horror without isolation in some form or another, but I think I prefer isolation that's not forced, or at least not a physical restraint, if that makes sense. What I mean is, I prefer isolation that's not a sort of physical barrier between you and help, but more of an expectation from others or self imposed barrier. Not distance, or a physical inability to call for help, but rather an imposed barrier that would lead to more problems should you do so. The Babadook is a great example, there's nothing stopping the mom from getting help other than the thought of 'what if they find nothing and think I'm insane?'. There's a real world risk to looking inept as a single parent because she would lose custody in that scenario. It's not like the Babadook cut the phone lines or locked her front door, she's free to tell as many people as she wants about the events happening in her house, but doing so would lead to real world consequences that are so unfavorable that keeping it to herself is the only viable option. Another is Last Shift, where the protagonist can't call for help because there's already a stigma from the other cops working against her. She's seen as the rookie, and flying into hysterics over ghost stories, despite the fact that everyone in that precinct knew the old building was haunted, would certainly reflect poorly if she abandoned her post. She also just can't call for help since the ghosts are fucking up her perceptions of reality, meaning if she dialed the phone, she can't be sure if she'd be talking to a real person. I know that's a bit of a physical restraint to calling for help, but I guess to keep on theme, she also can't just leave without being reprimanded for abandoning her post. It's not that she can't call for help, it's that it'd make her look bad to the people she'd be in constant contact with for years to come, make her dad look bad by proxy, and despite everything that happens, she can't leave because she'd face repercussions for abandonment.
31 days of horror 2024 (underrated horror) ➡️ Day 9: Last Shift
LAST SHIFT dir anthony diblasi SHOULD'VE BEEN ME mitski
Last Shift. 👮🏽
Last Shift (2014) or Malum (2023)?
Last Shift (2014)
Malum (2023)
I’ve only seen Last Shift (2014)
I’ve only seen Malum (2023)
I’ve seen neither of these films
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