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Cosmic Horror

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Junji Ito Edition

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[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

So..., before sex does he say that this hole was made for him?

[–] Commiunism@lemmy.wtf 15 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

If only whatever awful spiral based mishap didn't happen to the rest of the miniseries...

Oh well.

[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, it was either this or Tomie, I guess.

[–] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know which would be worse.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Help me out here... I don't know this one.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Character is from Uzumaki by Junji Ito. She just does that

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Eh, I'd date her.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Was the 4th episode the last one or are there more? It felt like it ended but I can't tell for sure.

[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

It was. Out of the four episodes there were some really creepy moments. But there were also some truly cursed animation decisions as well. It's a shame we didn't get the quality of the first episode throughout, but what's there is still plenty creepy.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's hot.