FANDOM NAME: A Field In England (2013) dir. Ben Wheatley WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: If you like folk horror, Early Modern settings, fucked-up magic, psychedelic interludes, and restricted/unusual settings, this film might be for you! Picture it: Sicily, 1922… no wait, picture it, the bloody fringe of a battlefield during the English Civil War, a handful of stragglers in search of a drink and a rest, stolen alchemical papers, buried treasure, and some extremely questionable magic mushrooms. If you're like me and are open to some weird ships, there's that potential too. WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): A Field In England is currently streaming via Amazon Prime, Tubi, and Shudder. (Content notes: flashing lights, quick cuts, and strobe effects that might set off some visual sensitivities. General violence/intensely weird Early Modern shit, strong language, historical STIs, torture, and wartime violence.)
FANDOM NAME: The Terror (TV 2018) WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: HEY KIDS HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT SCURVY If you like cold-weather horror, men in uniform, major character death, supernatural monsters, canon gay in various (primarily doomed, but not doomed because it's gay) flavors, and Nive Nielsen looking groovy while spooning a weeping man, this miniseries might be relevant to your interests. The basic premise is centered around Sir John Franklin's last doomed expedition in search of the Northwest Passage in the tail-end of the 1840s, and how the crew cope after three years in the ice when the mundane perils they're facing take a suddenly much-weirder turn. This show has a fantastic cast (Jared Harris, Ciaran Hinds, Tobias Menzies, among many many many others) and lots of potential for other types of horror content if the supernatural monster doesn't tickle your fancy -- on a shallow level, it also has a lot of shipping potential if you're okay with all parties in your new OTP getting scruffier and scurvier as the show goes on. (Loyalty kink! Enemies-to-friends-to-lovers! The aforementioned heartbreaking het spooning! Sexually charged, twisted rivalries! Doomed former sweethearts! Age differences and meaningful gifts of books!) WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): The Terror is currently available for purchase in various formats -- if you've already seen a few episodes and enjoy it, I'd rec the DVD/Blu-Ray just for the sole reason of subtitles. (Content notes: major character death, violence, bullshit Victorian imperialism, anti-Inuit racism, major illnesses, suicide, 19th century Royal Navy homophobia, corporal punishment, starvation, cannibalism. If you want episode-by-episode notes, let me know.)
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WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: If you like folk horror, Early Modern settings, fucked-up magic, psychedelic interludes, and restricted/unusual settings, this film might be for you! Picture it: Sicily, 1922… no wait, picture it, the bloody fringe of a battlefield during the English Civil War, a handful of stragglers in search of a drink and a rest, stolen alchemical papers, buried treasure, and some extremely questionable magic mushrooms. If you're like me and are open to some weird ships, there's that potential too.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): A Field In England is currently streaming via Amazon Prime, Tubi, and Shudder.
(Content notes: flashing lights, quick cuts, and strobe effects that might set off some visual sensitivities. General violence/intensely weird Early Modern shit, strong language, historical STIs, torture, and wartime violence.)
FANDOM NAME: The Terror (TV 2018)
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT:
HEY KIDS HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT SCURVYIf you like cold-weather horror, men in uniform, major character death, supernatural monsters, canon gay in various (primarily doomed, but not doomed because it's gay) flavors, and Nive Nielsen looking groovy while spooning a weeping man, this miniseries might be relevant to your interests. The basic premise is centered around Sir John Franklin's last doomed expedition in search of the Northwest Passage in the tail-end of the 1840s, and how the crew cope after three years in the ice when the mundane perils they're facing take a suddenly much-weirder turn. This show has a fantastic cast (Jared Harris, Ciaran Hinds, Tobias Menzies, among many many many others) and lots of potential for other types of horror content if the supernatural monster doesn't tickle your fancy -- on a shallow level, it also has a lot of shipping potential if you're okay with all parties in your new OTP getting scruffier and scurvier as the show goes on. (Loyalty kink! Enemies-to-friends-to-lovers! The aforementioned heartbreaking het spooning! Sexually charged, twisted rivalries! Doomed former sweethearts! Age differences and meaningful gifts of books!)WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): The Terror is currently available for purchase in various formats -- if you've already seen a few episodes and enjoy it, I'd rec the DVD/Blu-Ray just for the sole reason of subtitles.
(Content notes: major character death, violence, bullshit Victorian imperialism, anti-Inuit racism, major illnesses, suicide, 19th century Royal Navy homophobia, corporal punishment, starvation, cannibalism. If you want episode-by-episode notes, let me know.)