folklore, myth & legendary creatures:

• fairy tales, folklore, folk horror, regional folklore, european folklore, japanese folklore, slavic folklore, celtic folklore, changelings, fairies, fae folklore, mermaids, sirens, selkies, kelpies, witches, ghosts, hauntings, haunted houses, poltergeists, vampires, vampire folklore, werewolves, lycanthropy, revenants, zombies, demons, angels, demonology, angelology

witchcraft, folk magic & esotericism:

• witch trials, witchcraft history, folk magic, charms, talismans, amulets, curses, grimoires, occult manuscripts, alchemy, hermeticism, astrology, tarot, divination, palmistry, dream interpretation, occult symbolism, esotericism, mysticism

sacred texts, theology & medieval manuscripts:

• saints, relics, religious iconography, medieval theology, saints' lives, pilgrimage, miracle stories, apocrypha, medieval manuscripts, illuminated manuscripts, m...

osteology & skeletal anatomy:

• teeth , jaws, skulls, bones, skeletons, horns, antlers, tooth anatomy, forensic anthropology, osteology, paleopathology

historical medicine & surgical tools:

• 19th-century medicine, early surgery , historical prosthetics, old medical instruments , surgical instruments, apothecary bottles, medicine cabinets, specimen jars, early dentistry, dental instruments, historical dentistry

anatomical illustration & medical art:

• anatomical models, anatomical diagrams, anatomical atlases, medical illustration , victorian medical illustration, anatomical waxworks, moulage, pathology illustrations, dermatological atlases, forensic illustration, medical photography, early medical photography

medical history & institutional spaces:

• medical museums, anatomical museums, medi...

01 — horror

• psychological
  • cure (1997)
  • perfect blue (1997)
  • possession (1981)
  • the others (2001)
  • the invitation (2015)
  • saint maud (2019)
  • the lodge (2019)
  • the killing of a sacred deer (2017)
  • enemy (2013)
  • jacob's ladder (1990)
• gothic
  • crimson peak (2015)
  • the others (2001)
  • the company of wolves (1984)
  • bram stoker's dracula (1992)
  • sleepy hollow (1999)
  • the innocents (1961)

• old personal websites, web rings, guestbooks, blinkies, button collections, webrings, dead blogs, abandoned forums, neocities, old tumblr, livejournal-era internet culture, 2000s web design, glitter graphics, pixel art, animated cursors, web shrines, fansites, personal archives, fandom archives, dead links, internet archaeology, lost and found media, obscure uploads, deleted videos, abandoned youtube channels, old flash games, flash animations, shockwave, wayback bachine, archived websites, obsolete software + hardware, old operating systems, CRT monitors, scanlines, dial-up aesthetics, forum signatures, profile pages, old fandom wikis, internet folklore, web urban legends, chain emails, creepypasta, SCPs, ARGs, unfiction, analog horror, digital horror, cursed images, early internet horror, obscure fan projects, bizarre personal websites, forgotten ...

circus, carnival & sideshow history:

• old circus ephemera, circus posters, circus lithographs, circus tickets, circus photography, traveling circuses, sideshows, carnival games, carnival rides, funhouses, mirrors, wax museums, freak-show history, sideshow banners, midway architecture, old amusement parks, carousel horses, carousel organs, fortune tellers

theatrical arts & stage performance:

• magic shows, stage illusions, vaudeville, burlesque history, cabaret, clown history, theatrical makeup, stage makeup, greasepaint, costume design, theatrical costumes, theatrical masks, papier-mâché, stagecraft

puppetry, automata & mechanical arts:

• puppetry, marionettes, hand puppets, shadow puppetry, stop-motion, claymation, animatronics, automata, ventriloquism, ventriloquist dummies

practical effects & illusion design: stag...

entomological & creepy-crawly specia:

• moths, death's-head hawkmoths, atlas moths, luna moths, rosy maple moths, elephant hawkmoths, beetles, stag beetles, rhinoceros beetles, jewel beetles, spiders, centipedes, millipedes, praying mantises, cicadas, dragonflies, damselflies, wasps, bees, butterflies, stick insects, walking leaves, pinned insects, specimen boxes

unconventional fauna:

• snakes, ball pythons, corn snakes, boas, vipers, hognose snakes, bats, fruit bats, vampire bats, crows, ravens, magpies, owls, vultures, deer, antlers, elk, foxes, wolves, possums, rats, mice, frogs, toads, salamanders, axolotls

vistas of deep time & oceanic oddities:

• horseshoe crabs, jellyfish, octopuses, squids, deep-sea creatures, sharks, eels, l...

• tim burton
  • beetlejuice, edward scissorhands, the nightmare before christmas, corpse bride, sleepy hollow, sweeney todd, alice in wonderland, alice through the looking glass
• guillermo del toro
  • pan's labyrinth, the devil's backbone, the orphanage, the shape of water, crimson peak
• david lynch
  • eraserhead, blue velvet, lost highway, mulholland drive, twin peaks: fire walk with me
• satoshi kon
  • perfect blue, millennium actress, tokyo godfathers, paprika
• kiyoshi kurosawa

creepypastas & foundational internet horror:

• creepypastas, slenderman, jeff the killer, ben drowned, smile dog, eyeless jack, russian sleep experiment, the rake, squidward's suicide, suicide mouse, abandoned by disney, the express elevator to hell, candle cove, 1999, the rake, holder of the end, 100 miles, psychosis, penpal, borrasca, noend house, left/right game, search and rescue woods, tales from the gas station, anansi's goatman, 11-mile game, ticci toby, laughing jack

web series, unfiction & surreal digital horror:

• marble hornets, everymanhybrid, tribe twelve, alantutorial, petscop, local58, mandela catalogue, gemini home entertainment, monument mythos, the walten files, don't hug me i'm scared, daisy brown, hiimmarymary, sun vanished, my dad's tapes, crowded milk, lasers, dark harvest00, eckva, lasagnacat, interface, 9534, insitue...

mycology & spore-bearing life:

• mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms, fly agaric, death caps, fungi, slime molds, lichens, moss, ferns

carnivorous & predatory flora:

• carnivorous plants, venus flytraps , pitcher plants, sundews, parasitic plants

toxic & folklore botany:

• poisonous plants, foxglove, belladonna , datura, hemlock, henbane, wolfsbane, mandrake, nightshade, poisonous berries, poisonous gardens

botanical archiving & historical study:

• medicinal plants, herbalism, victorian flower language, victorian botanical books, botanical illustration, pressed flowers, herbariums, seed collections, antique botanical plates

overgrown/botanical spaces:

stop-motion / clay

• the adventures of mark twain (1985)
• the nightmare before christmas (1993)
• corpse bride (2005)
• coraline (2009)
• fantastic mr. fox (2009)
• isle of dogs (2018)
• mad god (2021)
• the wolf house (2018)
• the house (2022)
• mary and max (2009)
• $9.99 (2008)
• my life as a zucchini (2016)
• the boxtrolls (2014)
• paranorman (2012)
• kubo and the two strings (2016)
• the pirates! in an adventure with scientists! (2012)
• chicken run (2000)
• wallace & gromit: the curse of the were-r...