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[[File:Eraserhead2.jpg|link=Eraserhead|frame| ...the hell?]] |
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{{quote|the creature before me seemed to be made of blurred and faded blocks of color, watery chunks of red and blue and purple piled into a loose humanoid form. Teeth the shape of paint brushes, claws in the image of pencils. There was something to be said for being killed by a bad post-modern painting, but I wasn't sure what it was.|''[[Magical Girl Noir Quest]]'' fan work ''Deliverance''}} |
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As much as they might scare some people, at least monsters, serial killers, and [[Primal Fear]]s are scary in a ''comprehensible'' way. [[Eraserhead|Menstruating chickens, giant spermatazoa, and a crying baby that looks like a cross between a giant penis and a cow fetus]], on the other hand... |
As much as they might scare some people, at least monsters, serial killers, and [[Primal Fear]]s are scary in a ''comprehensible'' way. [[Eraserhead|Menstruating chickens, giant spermatazoa, and a crying baby that looks like a cross between a giant penis and a cow fetus]], on the other hand... |
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It might be worth noting that not all '''Surreal Horror''' works are considered "horror" in the genre sense, but they're horrifying all the same. |
It might be worth noting that not all '''Surreal Horror''' works are considered "horror" in the genre sense, but they're horrifying all the same. |
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Often overlaps with [[Through the Eyes of Madness]], [[Silence Is Golden]], [[Mind Screw]], [[Freud Was Right]], [[Deranged Animation]], [[Uncanny Valley]], [[Body Horror]] |
Often overlaps with [[Through the Eyes of Madness]], [[Silence Is Golden]], [[Mind Screw]], [[Freud Was Right]], [[Deranged Animation]], [[Uncanny Valley]], [[Body Horror]], [[Eldritch Abomination]] |
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See also [[Surreal Humor]], [[Nothing Is Scarier]]. |
See also [[Surreal Humor]], [[Nothing Is Scarier]]. |
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