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Plenty of movies feature horror from space and other dimensions, but it can sometimes be challenging to find. There’s likely some debate among friends about whether these types of films are more sci-fi than horror. These are the cosmic horror films to add some unorthodox frights to your spooky movie playlist.

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[-] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Thanks for sharing, always looking for more spooky season recs!

[-] scytale@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I had no idea about The Color Out Of Space. Thanks! Adding this to my watchlist.

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Great movie. The Mad-Cage Dad is a plus.

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Cosmic Horror

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"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."

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