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Mar 27, 2024 · Everything is liminal these days, but liminal horror movies have always been around. Check out the best movies in the popular subgenre of horror.
- Lost Highway
- The Shining
- It Follows
- Silent Hill
- Cube
- Donnie Darko
- The Blair Witch Project
- Twin Peaks
- Pulse
- Dimland
David Lynch is the king of the uncanny, which explains why he’s so good at creating liminal spaces. One of the greatest examples is his 1997 film Lost Highway. The title alone hints at a never-ending road lost to time and space. But what Lynch does so beautifully is portray the city of Los Angeles as a place of liminality, of transition, of deeply ...
The Overlook Motel seethes with sinister energy, a place where the dead move back and forth from our world to theirs. But even more threatening than the ghosts are the long empty hallways and massive kitchen that dwarf both Danny Torrance and his parents. Hotels, in general, are liminal spaces, brief stopovers for tourists and businessmen; no one i...
Between the synth soundtrack and the iconic clamshell-shaped e-reader, It Followslives in its own world. We don’t know what year it is; we just know this group of disenchanted teens live in a decaying Detroit suburb. This place feels dream-like yet cursed, an empty place where kids kick leaves and rocks, looking for something to do. The ultimate li...
This wouldn’t be a list about liminal spaces in horror without mentioning the 2006 video game adaption, Silent Hill. The titular town itself is a space that exists between worlds, floating in a fog-filled world of abandoned buildings that quickly decay when the darkness takes hold. It’s constantly transforming and shifting into different versions o...
So out of all the films on this list, Cube does pose the most actual danger (Silent Hillis a very close second). But regardless, each empty cube appears to be safe at first. There’s no indicator which ones are rigged with traps. Until it’s too late. Or you throw a shot inside to test the waters. But the industrial design of these rooms and their ap...
Similar to It Follows, Donnie Darkotakes place in a suburb full of miserable teens who are floating through their own strange world that, despite sunny weather, feels menacing. And no, it’s not just because of that damn rabbit.
The woods of Burkittsville, Maryland are a deeply unnerving space, at least in The Blair Witch Project. They’re seemingly never-ending and while no monster makes itself fully known, something is out there, toying with their prey. This may be the most unconventional pick for this list, but those woods are downright eerie, especially as it looks like...
Like I said above, David Lynch is the master of liminality. His series Twin Peaksexemplifies just that. While the show is meant to be a parody of soap operas and every character feels outrageous, the town itself is strange. Detective Dale Cooper eventually unveils the Red Room, another dimension with black and white floors, red curtains, and a smal...
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is the master of making Tokyo look sad, grey, and downright uncanny. And his haunting 2001 film Pulseis no exception. Rooms are essentially empty except for a glowing computer screen. Strange ghosts appear from the shadows of decrepit buildings. Nothing about this version of Tokyo feels safe and the main characters can’t quite expl...
Peter Collins Campbell’s 2021 film DimLandis both a physical and literal liminal space. The main character Brynn’s (Martha Brown) family cabin is in a strange, grey place near the woods. It is a real place, but the barren trees and open fields make the space uncomfortable. Adding to the liminality of the natural world, a mysterious spirit wanders o...
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In an attempt to shake off her melancholy, a young woman escapes the city to her family's country cottage only to rediscover a world she'd long forgotten and the old friend who may convince her to leave reality behind. Director Peter Collins Campbell Stars Martha Brown Morgan Campbell Odinaka Malachi Ezeokoli. 11.
Mar 27, 2024 · To help us through that transition is a long list of liminal horror films that hit that spot of feeling like and limbo as you yearn for a past you can’t have anymore.
Jan 17, 2023 · Historically, found footage horror has often been one of the most effective mediums for exploring themes of liminality. Banfitch’s The Outwaters —set to be released in select theaters on ...
Nov 4, 2021 · Uncomfortable liminal spaces have proven themselves unique in the world of horror by transcending the genre itself. While audiences love Fear Street and other films because of their liminality, online communities have begun to be constructed around the concept itself rather than the media that use them.
Aug 20, 2022 · Discover new TV shows and movies tagged as 'liminal' and where you can watch them.
