MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS

If you are in need of ideas to build off of, the following media are some of those that directly inspired Liminal Horror and its modules through their themes, tone, subject matter, or locations.

PRINT

  • House of Leaves (2000) - Mark Z. Danielewski
  • The King in Yellow (1895) - Robert W. Chambers
  • Annihilation (2014) - Jeff VanderMeer
  • Uzumaki (1998 - 1999) - Junji Ito
  • What Moves the Dead (2022) - T. Kingfisher
  • Songs of a Dead Dreamer (1986) - Thomas Ligotti
  • Dorohedoro (2000 - 2018) - Q Hayashida
  • The Loop (2020) - Jeremy Robert Johnson
  • The City We Became (2020) - N.K. Jemisin
  • The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (1959) - Robert Heinlein
  • Parasite Eve (1995) - Hideaki Sena
  • The Andromeda Strain (1969) - Michael Crichton
  • The Auctioneer (1976) - Joan Samson
  • Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) - Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Imago Sequence (2007) - Laird Barron
  • Bonding (2021) - Maggie Siebert
  • Last Days (2009) - Brian Everson
  • Desperation (1996) - Stephen King
  • The Last Final Girl (2012) - Stephen Graham Jones
  • The Silk Road (2019) - Kathryn Davis
  • The October Country (1955) - Ray Bradbury
  • The Department of Truth (2020-2022) - James Tynion IV
  • The Haunting of Hill House (1959) - Shirley Jackson

AUDIO

  • I Am In Eskew (2018 - 2019) - Jon Ware
  • Wolverine: The Long Night (2018) - Benjamin Percy
  • The Magnus Archives (2016 - 2021) - Jonathan Sims
  • The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio (2020 - 2022) - Rat Grimes
  • Shipworm (2021) - Zack Akers
  • Old Gods of Appalachia (2019 - ;) - Steve Shell & Cam Collins
  • Archive 81 (2016 - 2019) - Daniel Powell & Marc Sollinger
  • Welcome to Night Vale (2012 - ;) - Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
  • The Silt Verses (2021 - 2024) - Jon Ware & Muna Hussen
  • Limetown (2015) - Zack Akers, Skip Bronkie, & Dave Yim

TELEVISION

  • The X-Files (1993 - 2002, 2016 - 2018) - Chris Carter
  • Twin Peaks (1990-1991, 2017) - Mark Frost & David Lynch
  • Severance (2022 - ;) - Dan Erickson
  • True Detective (2014 - ;) - Nic Pizzolatto & Issa López
  • The Twilight Zone (1959 - 1964) - Rod Serling
  • Supernatural (2005 - 2020) - Eric Kripke
  • Midnight Mass (2021) - Mike Flanagan
  • Black Mirror (2011 - ;) - Charlie Brooker
  • Stranger Things (2016 - 2025) - The Duffer Brothers
  • Yellowjackets (2021 - ;) - Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson
  • The Terror (2018 - 2025) - David Kajganich, Max Borenstein, & Alexander Woo

FILM

  • Evil Dead Rise (2023) - Lee Cronin
  • In the Mouth of Madness (1994) - John Carpenter & Michael De Luca
  • Jacob’s Ladder (1990) - Adrian Lyne & Bruce Joel Rubin
  • The Fly (1986) - David Cronenberg & Charles Edward Pogue
  • The Substance (2024) - Coralie Fargeat
  • Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) - Jim Stenstrum & Glenn Leopold
  • Memories (1995) - Katsuhiro Otomo
  • Dark City (1998) - Alex Proyas
  • Nope (2022) - Jordan Peele
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) - Tobe Hooper & Kim Henkel
  • Tremors (1990) - Ron Underwood, S.S. Wilson, & Brent Maddock
  • Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! (2014) - Kôji Shiraishi
  • The Descent (2005) - Neil Marshall
  • Ghostwatch (1992) - Stephen Volk & Lesley Manning
  • Green Room (2015) - Jeremy Saulnier
  • Friday the 13th (1980) - Sean S. Cunningham & Victor Miller
  • Poltergeist (1982) - Tobe Hooper & Steven Spielberg
  • Martyrs (2008) - Pascal Laugier
  • Scream (1996) - Wes Craven & Kevin Williamson
  • The Birds (1963) - Alfred Hitchcock
  • 28 Days Later (2002) - Danny Boyle & Alex Garland
  • The Shining (1980) - Stanley Kubrick & Diane Johnson

VIDEO GAMES

  • Alan Wake I & II (2010, 2023) - Remedy Entertainment
  • Control (2019) - Remedy Entertainment
  • The Last of Us, Part I & II (2013, 2020) - Naughty Dog
  • Silent Hill 3 (2003) - Team Silent
  • Still Wakes The Deep (2024) - The Chinese Room
  • Sweet Home (1989) - Capcom
  • Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017) - Capcom
  • Hollowbody (2024) - Headware Games
  • Siren (2003) - Project Siren
  • Phoenix Springs (2024) - Calligram Studio
  • Oxenfree (2016) - Night School Studio
  • Pacific Drive (2024) Ironwood Studio
  • Norco (2022) - Geography of Robots
  • Inside (2016) - Playdead
  • Returnal (2021) - Housemarque
  • Deadly Premonition (2010) - Access Games
  • Sorry We’re Closed (2024) - A La Mode Games

NON-FICTION

  • Mothership: Warden’s Operations Manual (2024) - Sean McCoy
  • Like You Never Had Wings (2033) - Filthy Loot
  • Stay Alive! (2020) - Monte Cook Games
  • Boss Fight Books: Resident Evil (2020) - Philip J Reed
  • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000) - Stephen King
  • Gothic: An Illustrated History (2021) - Roger Luckhurst
  • The Hero With A Thousand Faces (1949) - Joseph Campbell
  • Man and His Symbols (1964) - Carl Jung
  • Stealing Cthulhu (2012) - Graham Walmsley
  • A Pattern Language (1977) - Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, & Murray Silverstein
  • Underland: A Deep Time Journey (2019) - Robert MacFarlane

Additional Appendix N

In the classic tradition, an Appendix N acts as a list of things that inspired us during the creation of Liminal Horror. This bibliography of sorts can help shine a light on the tone we had in our heads while we make things for LH. Below is a non-exhaustive list of works that inspired and influenced Liminal Horror. For a different style of list, Goblin Archives has also created a film mix-tape Letterboxd list that can be found here: https://letterboxd.com/goblin_archives/list/liminal-horror-appendix-n/

Print

  • House of Leaves
  • The King in Yellow
  • Annihilation
  • Uzumaki
  • Dorohedoro - Q Hayashida
  • The Loop - Jeremy Robert Johnson
  • “The City Born Great” (2016) - NK Jemisin
  • The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (1959) - Robert Heinlein
  • The Andromeda Strain (1969) - Michael Crichton
  • What Moves the Dead
  • The Auctioneer (1975) - Joan Samson
  • Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde
  • The Imago Sequence (2007) - Laird Barron
  • Bonding - Maggie Siebert
  • Last Days - Brian Evenson
  • Desperation (1996) - Stephen King
  • The Last Final Girl (2012) - Stephen Graham Jones
  • The Silk Road (2019) - Kathryn Davis
  • The October Country (1955) - Ray Bradbury
  • The Department of Truth (2020-2022) - James Tynion IV
  • Silver Nitrate (2023) - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • The Haunting of Hill House (1959) - Shirley Jackson

Audio

  • I Am In Eskew
  • Wolverine: The Long Night
  • The Magnus Archives
  • The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio
  • Shipworm
  • Old Gods of Appalachia
  • Archive 81
  • Welcome to Night Vale
  • The Silt Verses
  • Limetown
  • Malevolent

Television & Movies

  • Twin Peaks
  • Severance
  • In the Mouth of Madness
  • Scooby Doo Zombie Island
  • True Detective
  • The Twilight Zone
  • Memories
  • Three Pines
  • Dead Ringers (series)
  • Get Out
  • Nope
  • Good Time (2017) - Safdie Brothers
  • Raising Arizona
  • Gravity Falls
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
  • Bring Out The Dead (1999) - Martin Scorsese
  • Tremors (1990)
  • Sentritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi!
  • Ghostwatch (1992)
  • Fear Street 1994, 1978, 1666
  • Green Room (2015)
  • It Follows (2014)
  • Evil Dead (1981, 1987, 1992, 2013, 2023)
  • The Descent (2005)
  • Friday the 13th (1980)
  • Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
  • Poltergeist (1982)
  • Martyrs (2008)
  • Scream (1996)
  • Midsommar (2019)
  • The Birds (1963) - Alfred Hitchcock
  • 28 Days Later (2002)
  • The Shining (1980)
  • The X-Files
  • The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) - Mike Flanagan
  • Midnight Mass (date) - Mike Flanagan
  • Black Mirror

Video Games

  • Sweet Home
  • Alan Wake
  • Control
  • Resident Evil 7
  • Silent Hill 3
  • Pacific Drive
  • Oxenfree
  • Norco
  • Immortality
  • Forbidden Siren
  • Inside
  • Returnal
  • Deadly Premonition

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Liminal Horror is developed by Gobin Archives, Josh Domanski, and Zach Hazard Vaupen