This is a genuine question. I understand it's a book that deals with heavier topics, but if Tampa is considered splatterpunk, why isn't Lolita? Is heavy topics = splatterpunk now? Where's the splatter part?
(Tampa is an amazing book, I love it. No shade to the readers. I'm just confused, lol)
I seen this in the sub and snatched instantly! I am so excited, my first James White book, what yall readig?
Extreme Horror in the wider scope of literature & cinema, is sometimes looked down upon as low brow Exploitation, but, some people like that, they like stories with raw unrestrained grit as a detox from media that feels so processed.
Lovecraftian fiction or Cosmic Horror has a niche but very loyal following, & is generally more appraised in literature than Extreme Horror for it’s insane scope of cosmicism, but also gets criticism from people who think it’s “boring & not scary”.
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I however enjoy both a lot, though Sadistic/Extreme Horror in the film format is a mixed bag of some movies I love like Funny Games, Martyrs, AntiChrist, & Terrifier. But there’s a lot of trashy films that feel too nasty even for me like Human Centipede 2, August Underground, or Vomit Doll Trilogy (I refuse to watch).
Lovecraft’s stories are also a mixed bag for me, of some very underwhelming generic (even for the time) vintage Horror stories, & some genuinely chilling tales like The Colour Out of Space.
& Lovecraftian movies/games have also been an extremely mixed bag of disappointing adaptations, cool low budget fan films, & some solid stuff like John Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy, Bloodborne, Iron Lung, & Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
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The closest I have seen to Cosmicism & Extreme Horror crossing paths is in the amazing stop-motion animated film Phil Tippet’s Mad God, a Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian film heavy with a lot of Body Horror, Body Horror that leaves a pretty painful and tragic taste in the mouth, you pity almost every creature or person you see because they’re practically falling apart.
& the question of why everything the way it is; is a pretty heavy thought on the mind, how we’ve gone so wrong in the future that there are mutant men in constant pain working until the end, & what caused reality to break long ago in the dying world.
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Other times I have noticed elements of Cosmic Horror in sadistic stories has been in the movie Mandy, Hellraiser, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, & Silent Hill 3.
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But I am curious if anything else managed to pull off Lovecraftian/Cosmic Extreme Horror.
What are some compelling arguments you have for teaching extreme horror in college lit courses?
Have you noticed that some literature can be described as extreme, but since it's not labeled as such, it gets a pass?
Would you be willing to take a course that was only extreme horror and how would you contextualize it in the overall literary canon?
I’m so excited! These just came in for me yesterday! I think I’m going to read Cows first!
any recommendations, thank you everyone in advance 🙏
Not to be weird. Just going through a rough time and when I was younger extreme stuff like this used to take my mind off things.
Sorry this book isn’t EH but I’m dying to hear other examples
Jason Rowe took my extreme horror short story Scrambled Eggs and narrated its balls off! If you haven't taken on Scrambled Eggs yet, might I suggest ruining your day with this little monstrosity now available on Audible? 🤠
I'm more than happy to share US and UK codes for honest reviews while supplies last!
First time posting here. I want to share the illustrations for the novel In the Name of the Flesh. Most of you will not be able to read it because there is no translation. Does anyone know of any interesting works written in a non-English language in a non-English-speaking area that have been translated into English? I don't know anything other than Tender is the Flesh. I apologize for any errors, as I am still learning English.
Hey! I’m Vivian Goth I’ve been writing for years but this February I took the plunge and decided to publish my first novella - Meth’d Up Clowns.
Two women traveling around searching for haunted attractions end up in a backroad corn maze which ends up being the worst mistake of his life!
My novella has been reviewed by Anne Snow & Klaus Kinion!
I always read and post about extreme horror & splatterpunk books on my Instagram- Vivian.goth.writer
Thanks for reading! I hope putting myself out there connects me to more of you Redditors!
I’m more then half way through “the found bag of doom” and needed a break. I’m loving this book. But Jesus Christ is it fucked up. Listen I’m no prude. I’m not new to reading this stuff either. But this one is wild. 👶Why do we like this stuff? Also this is my first from this author. What else if their should I check out. Thanks.
Not gonna lie, I feel asshole energy right now & I don’t particularly know why (I’m fairly cordial & courteous in-person)
I wanna read a story that is unabashedly mean, violence & rude villains or monsters
Or a monster destroying scumbag humans
Anything goes as long as there is violence, but some kind of story going on, not just 100% violence (almost like The Hills Have Eyes with having dumb blunt violence but some form of a story about Man & Nature being in there)
Preacher, Crossed, The Boys—all stories by Garth Ennis—feature plenty of explicit violence, edgy plots, and shock value based on atrocities like sexual violence.
I wanted to know if you consider these comics to be extreme literature, since Ennis himself says that these stories are made to contradict those who think that comics are not real books and that they are children's products
An example of what I just said is The Boys, being an extreme parody of superhero comics with the sole purpose of showing that comics are not always for children.
Its sad after knowing about the Tina's background story