#in the earth

[local-blog-for-local-people]

Wishing a happy beloved birthday to Reece Shearsmith

[testoster0ne]

matthew by dmitry maximov

[willpreston]

Mr Warren & Mr Clarke! a piece based off J C Leyendecker's 'Portrait of Two Men'.

[afieldinengland]

films in the genre of Dig A Hole In The Mud And Fuck It

[n0sebleeds]

"This is how accidents happen"

Fanart of Reece shearsmith as Zach in "In The Earth"

[vintagerpg]

I am generally a fan of Ben Wheatley’s horror films, especially the mushroom-centric folk horror of A Field in England and In the Earth. Those films, with feature lots of strobes and psychedelic imagery, aren’t for everyone, but Chris Bissette (Loot the Room) is fan. How do I know? Because those films of the key inspirations for Feast (2021), a system agnostic adventure zine.

The set-up is simple (but not straight forward). The PCs (and a lot of other people) have been “called” to the hexes of the forest. In the center of the wood is a stone monolith. Under that is a system of cave. Beneath that, something sleeps and wishes to wake, but to do so requires a ritual and the titular, ambiguous feast. The entity dreams, and uses (or maybe IS) the mycorrhizal network of plants and mushrooms and fungus to interact with human agents, compelling them through visions to complete the ritual. Everyone in the forest wants to be the one to do it, even though the cost is unclear.

And that’s it. From there, the adventure pretty much writes itself. The PCs are competing with all the other questionably sane people in the forest to complete the ritual (and get free of the entity’s influence). Nasty random encounters, hostile fungus and earthy horrors await. And that’s not even mentioning the necromancer. A grand old time.

[addictivecontradiction]

In the earth, 2021

[cupsofsilver]

In the Earth (2021) directed by Ben Wheatley

[swdefcult]

[detestedmuppet]

something something offering up ur heart something something worship as a form of love

i will never not go crazy about zachs worship of the forest/the necromancer also being him showing his love for Him

[mag-madness]

No horror movie in the woods/forest is complete without the following:

Tripping on mushrooms

Traumatic flashbacks

If there is a cliff, someone is falling off it

Compound fractures (specifically the tibia)

Pouring alcohol onto compound fractures

Dead deer/stag

Flashing images/montage that will give you a migraine

"An animal couldn't have done this."

[orchidblack]

In the Earth (2021)

[willpreston]

"Zach was never the same... Whatever Zach saw, terrified him."

[parnagfegg]

Well with the spooky season looming and my favourite horror being folk oriented. I obviously had to re-watch Ben Wheatley’s 2021 film ‘In The Earth’. It’s such an amazing film and Zach (Reece Shearsmith) is such a chilling villain. I just couldn’t help myself and I had to create a digital painting of him! Next on the agenda is Whitehead from ‘A field in England’.

[idontcarejustletmelive]

Bad Movie Decisions

In the Earth (2021)

Dir. Ben Wheatley. Spoilers incoming.

7:06 I've Ben Wheatley'd before, so I'm sure the mythical Parnag Fegg is going to be both real and extremely unpleasant, but also somewhat trippy and elusive.

8.46 I find the fact that Wheatley casts actors primarily known for comedy (Shearsmith, Fry etc) extra unsettling for some reason.

14:16 Joel Fry giving off all the red flags here. Put in a request to be transferred to work with an ex who had cut off all contact? It's a no from me.

14:41 That shrieking is not birds, I don't care what the woodland expert lady says.

21:21 Wherever I thought this was going, it wasn't to a woodland kidnapping.

32:23 Yes, let's drink Reece Shearsmith's weird jizzy-looking homebrew which he describes as being "like elderflower". A great decision that I'm sure will have no devastating consequences.

33:07 Why does he have all these spare shoes lying around? Why are you not asking yourselves this?!

34:41 These two didn't go drinking in dive bars where weird old guys are always trying to spike your drink and it shows.

35:55 "How was your postdoc?"

"Old man in the woods drugged me and made me wear a paper dress."

40:58 This is starting to feel like a very British version of The Endless, which I'm completely on board with.

48:21 Their escape plan sounds absolutely terrible, which I suppose is fitting for two highly educated people who couldn't even manage a hike without getting abducted by a cultist.

49:29 Always straight to amputation with these prepper sorts.

54:13 Oh dear. I think Joel's found Dr Wendel...

54:42 The escape attempt is going as well as anticipated.

57:03 Shearsmith is remarkably spry for someone with a chunk of his skull sticking out.

59:00 Someone should keep Wheatley away from the psilocybin.

1:00:52 Fry is remarkably spry for someone with fewer toes than they're used to.

1:01:29 Yes, by all means, split up when searching the haunted woods where a known psychopath with an axe and a bow is definitely lying in wait.

1:03:24 Dead body wasn't Wendel, just a random camper we don't need to care about.

1:09:31 When someone tells you "you have very special flesh", you don't say "thanks" you get the hell out of there you absolute melon!

1:23:19 It's giving The Mist, Annihilation, Blair Witch...

1:35:37 Genuinely feels like Wheatley watched The Endless while tripping balls and retained 75% of it.

1:43:38 Good stuff. That was far more Kill List Wheatley than Field in England Wheatley, which is how I like my Wheatley.

[cappedinamber]

In the Earth (2021)

Directed by Ben Wheatley

Cinematography by Nick Gillespie