Some crazy people out there, including me, love to watch teenagers being chased by an already-dead serial killer or a priest in a crisis of faith trying to exorcize a demon from a young girl. Others seem to be more rational – they don’t really get why we consciously choose to scare ourselves to death. …
Featured image is by K putt on flickr Hi there, Hellblade fan! I’m so happy to have you as a reader. As this blog is still new and unknown (yes, you know what’s coming), could you do the Monster a favor and follow (and maybe share ?) her on Facebook? This would be absolutely awesome. In …
Dear Darklings, I wanted to give you a little heads-up about my blog post over on Horror Homeroom! It is an in-depth piece on Veronica’s mental state. It seems to me like the Demonic possession is a mere metaphor for something very real and frightening. Also, I recommend it for all of my Hellblade friends …
Ninja Theory’s Hellblade: Senuas Sacrifice is a masterpiece. Never have psychotic experiences been replicated and animated in a way that players get a glimpse into what it is like to live with this severe disease of the mind. The designers collected their inspiration not from old mental asylum horror films but from real people who suffered …
Silent Hills P.T. was taken from us like the hopes and dreams of a child being told that Santa does not exist. To soothe the pain we may turn to Indie Horror Games that do a great job in revolutionizing the genre of psychological horror step by step. If you are a fan of brain-fuckery, …
In the 2014 thriller “Nightcrawler”, Jake Gyllenhaal again proves to be a multifaceted actor. Directed by Dan Gilroy, who is known for writing “The Bourne Legacy” and directing “Roman J.Israel, Esq.”, the Nightcrawler serves as an excellent example for exploring the human condition called psychopathy, without diving into the abyss of serial killers. The latter …
The urban legend surrounding an originally Japanese poem called “Tomino’s Hell” by Saijo Yaso has been around for a few years now. It is said that if you read the poem out loud, you will die and your soul will follow poor little Tomino on his descend into eternal darkness. The widely known English translation …
I love Hellblade. Like, really, deeply, intensely. I want to share my love for this game with you. Hellblade metaphorically shoved its hand into my chest, ripped out my heart, showed it to me, and put it back in place. Apart from its approach to simulating the experiences of acute psychosis, Hellblade has so much …
The Slenderman is a fictional character who was born in a photo contest for the website Something Awful. His father is the artist Eric Knudsen who posted the photoshopped pictures of children with a tall, slender dark figure in the background. His creation soon took off. Fans helped to provide the internet with alleged accounts …
Today, I want to focus on the relationship between the victim and the offender and how it projects itself into the survivor’s mind.
Let`s look at the episodes following the first one. We witness how Tomie entangles men and women with her charm, only to later ridicule and devalue them.
Tomie is both the victim and the offender. This, to some degree, is true for many trauma victims.