Nov 20, 20236 min readA Meta Nightmare: How ‘Alan Wake 2’ Pushes Survival Horror to New HeightsPeople tend to conflate Lovecraftian horror with tentacled sea-monsters and secretive fish cults, but one of the absolute best of the author’s weird tales features almost none of the aesthetic elements traditionally associated with his writing. Following a college student who befriends a paranoid musician condemned to play strange melodies every night in order to […] The post A Meta Nightmare: How ‘Alan Wake 2’ Pushes Survival Horror to New Heights appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
Feb 3, 20237 min readLiminal Scares: How ‘House of Leaves’ Has Redefined Modern HorrorPablo Picasso is often credited with having said that good artists borrow and great artists steal. Obviously, the Spanish painter wasn’t referring to plagiarism, but instead insinuating that ideas grow when they inspire other artists to make them their own. After all, all art is part of a larger cultural ouroboros – an ever-growing creature […] The post Liminal Scares: How ‘House of Leaves’ Has Redefined Modern Horror appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.