Genre Deep Dive: Cosmic Horror

H.P. Lovecraft has, in recent decades, become a large part of the modern zeitgeist. From references across a multitude of popular media to tabletop roleplaying games, most are well and truly familiar with the famous tentacles that we’ve come to associate with the work. But what is Cosmic Horror as a whole? Who are the other players? What are the elements that make up a truly unsettling piece of this particular style of fiction? After all, H.P. himself didn’t actually write about tentacles all that much, yet it seems to be what most focus on.

Is it because we find them to be a good representation? Or maybe it’s because we’re afraid to shift our eyes, move our gaze to the gaping expanse beyond the tentacles and accept the sense of standing to our full hight when measured against the untold altitudes of the unknown that swims beyond the wilfully adopted restrictions of our periphery.

… woah. Blacked out for a minute there. Anyway! We hope you enjoy.

STEPHEN KING REFERENCE COUNTER: 2 TODAY, 57 OVERALL

If you want to check out the video essay mentioned by Paddy, that's Fear of Depths by Jacob Geller. You can find it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MOKTU9tCbw&ab_channel=JacobGeller

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