The old title of this blog. It proved too narrow for me to have much ongoing success with: there are only so many recollectible dreams inspired by horror films that one person can have (even someone who at times goes by the title 'Dark Mystic'). The following, however, provides a guide to the previous posts.
Body Horror?
Body Horror is a loose sub-genre of mostly late 70s and 80s horror films, in which the horror in question lies in the fantastic and frequently surreal morphing, or else violation, of the body. See Body Horror, the genre (posted Sunday, 29 August 2010) for a slightly more detailed overview.
Dream Films?
This blog is intended primarily to be a record of my dreams with a body horror theme. The majority of these are typical of a particular kind of dream of mine in which I find myself 'watching' scenes from a film. I do not dream that I am sitting in the cinema or in front of a TV: the film is the dream, but I only experience it vicariously. Usually the 'dream-film' will be a version of a real-life film but, if not, it will tend to resemble a mishmash of other films. Those dream-films which feature body horror elements need not be based on real-life films of the genre, but may instead incorporate grotesque elements from elsewhere. Where there are specific visual influences I will show them next to the post. I also intend to include my musings on the subjects of dreams and horror, reviews of Body Horror films and other tangentially related subjects. Each post has a 'Severity' rating to reflect how gross and disturbing I think its contents are!
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