‘Amnesia: The Dark Descent’ and the Limits of Psychological Horror
Amnesia: The Dark Descent experiments with the limits of psychological horror, but it can't find a way around them.
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Intimacy with the Devil: Horror and ‘the static speaks my name’
the static speaks my name creates an uncomfortable intimacy between the player and the protagonist.
Reality Itself Is Malevolent in Thomas Ligotti’s Work
Ligotti's stories seem almost violently unpalatable. They afford neither easy resolutions nor the seemingly ambiguous but ultimately fulfilling pleasures of so many mystery stories.
The Ghosts of Lucio Fulci and H.P. Lovecraft Haunt ‘We Are Still Here’
We Are Still Here mixes modern horror aesthetics and '80s shlock sensibility.