How to Show Cosmic Dread - Why Cosmic Horror is Hard to Make (Part 2)

We expand on our first video about Cosmic Horror to talk about how to show the illusive feeling of cosmic dread in a movie or story. To do so we take a look at H.P. Lovecraft’s past because the answer might lie in the man’s fears.

Video essay made by Moises & Sergio Velasquez

■ Part 1:
   • Why Cosmic Horror is Hard To Make  

■ Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:05 - Lovecraft's Fears
4:38 - Lovecraftian Horror
6:47 - Overwhelmed (examples)

■ Music:
-'The Old Ones' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
-'Decoherence' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
-'Hour Of The Witch' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
-'The Distant Sun' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
-'The Encounter' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
-'The Spaces Between' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au



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