
Liminal Horror
Germinating for years online and now exploding into cinemas, is liminal horror the new mainstream trend? Dealing in the uncanny and the unknowable, liminal horror breaks down the very fabric of human identity. We take a look at Backrooms and other recent examples of liminal horror and we also take a look at the deep cinematic roots of the mysterious, surreal and transitional.
Includes discussions of The Strangers - Chapter 3 (2026), The Blood Countess (2026), Last Year at Marienbad (1961), Possibly in Michigan (1983), The Black Tower (1987), Marebito (2004), This House Has People In It…
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