#summer horror

[robsheridan]

Spectagoria Magazine’s 1978 “Swimsuit Issue” mocked the popular institution with themes of pollution and global warming, depicting melting, skeletal, oil-drenched models on apocalyptic beaches. “Just a decade after the carefree innocence of the ‘Endless Summer,’ we are careening towards an uninhabitable future of poisonous air and a deadly summer that truly does not end.” Editor Sera Clairmont said she was inspired by her experience in the record-shattering British Isles heatwave of 1976, which “felt as though the whole of my skin was surrounded at all times by the bone-dry specters of imminent death, crowding ever-closer around me, nipping at my flesh.” The playful, sexy tone of “the swimsuit industry’s most lucrative marketing stunt” felt absurd to her after that experience, as she witnessed what she described as “psychic visions of a future where our relentless destruction of the planet boils it with rage, and dooms mankind to melt and crumble into the dust of our own ruin.”

It was far from the only time Spectagoria’s fashion photography drew influence from supposed visions or “visitations” from the future. But the British Isles heatwave was widely regarded as a standalone extreme weather event, and Clairmont’s prophecy of an imminently burning planet was mocked as the latest example of her supposed “mania” since going into hiding two years prior and shifting the magazine’s focus towards darker and more other-worldly themes. But while critics found its predictions easy to dismiss, still no one had any explanation for where the magazine was staging such elaborate photo shoots, who the models were, or how some of the seemingly impossible visuals were executed. Rumors intensified that Clairmont had powers to commune with realms beyond our own…

Two years later, the 1980 heatwave in the United States was among the most destructive and deadly natural disasters in US history, claiming at least 1700 lives. It was reported as an isolated extreme weather event. As was the next one. And the next one. And the next one…

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NOTE: Spectagoria is an ongoing work of fiction created by me. This alternate reality horror story is part of my NightmAIres narrative art series (visit that link for a lot more). NightmAIres are windows into other worlds and interconnected alternate histories, conceived/written by me and visualized with synthography and Photoshop.

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[lilithmerlot]

Southern Summer Horror

#this-definitely-takes-place-in-north-carolina-in-my-head

[screamsfinalgirl]

[desofthedead]

Find Yourself in Santa Carla 🦇✂️

Us (2019) | The Lost Boys (1987)

Art by Destiny Kelly

[bigforeheadbaddie]

summer horror entry six: psycho III 🧊

~norman bates is challenged by a runaway nun who bares an uncanny resemblance to marion crane. in an attempt to rewrite history, he puts mother away…but not for long~

this movie is horrible. I love it. 5/10 stars!

[thedrillerkiller]

Question:

Happy Summer! Tell me your summer favourites! If I don’t have them here please leave in comments. Cheers!

[keepingitneutral]

Crane Lodge, Palm Beach, New South Wales, Australia,

Landscaping by Secret Gardens,

Architecture by Redfern Lynch Architects,

Photography by Nicholas Watt

[runfromsafety]

new horror ttrpg

i just released a new game! it’s a summer horror ttrpg called night haze. it’s got retro summery vibes and you get to play a character who’s at risk of losing everything they hold dear! a perfect summer vacation, right?

you can check it out here: https://mishagw.itch.io/night-haze

[crimson-lilly]

~ Icons: Beverly Marsh ~

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[ademater]

Non si sevizia un paperino

(Lucio Fulci - 1972)

[owlsounds]

I almost always watch

JAWS

On J4 weekend. But I'm wondering if there's any older pre-JAWS movie that also fits the spirit of the holiday/season?

There's a very unique mishmash of Capitalist Jigoism and The Party Must Go On Or Else that is hard to capture.

There's a lot of recent movies but not much older. Feels like there should be a William Castle flick where he exploits a theme park for chills. The Blob comes to mind, and the post-JAWS Carpenter movie The Fog also feels right.

@benito-cereno

@screamscenepodcast

[fictionz]

"Long live the new flesh" this and "surgery is the new sex" that but which director is brave enough to tackle the horror of sweating too much.

[down-therabbithole]

Anyone have any summer gothic or horror themed media to recommend? For when it's blazing hot but you still want to be spooked?

[screamsfinalgirl]

im so ready for summerween !

[bigforeheadbaddie]

summer horror series entry one: the texas chainsaw massacre (2003) 🥩

~ while road-tripping through the backroads of texas, a group of friends’ idyllic summer afternoon is interrupted by a disturbing encounter with a hitchhiker ~

this film falls under the road-trip category of my summer series, which typically intersects with southern gothic horror. this is one of my favorites (if not my favorite) summer horror movie. it’s jam packed with action from start to finish and features gorgeous cinematography that rivals the original. it’s a 9.5/10 for me!