ah, it see it was published by ChiZine. That’ll explain it…
The Block Island Sound is on Netflix. I was a bit unsure when watching it yesterday but it has stuck with me quite a bit. Thought the ending was weak but over time I think it worked quite well
I read about this in Rue Morgue - crazy that one person can fuck things up for everyone. Shame, as I enjoyed what I read of theirs, including Wild Fell above.
Going to give this a whirl now.
Read the Fisherman recently. I enjoyed it but felt the transition between the modern story and the one in the past was a bit clunky.
What did you reckon?
I watched it yesterday. Very well put together, beautiful framing and obviously the sound is integral. The recurring character was creepy as hell but I agree with the ending. I was sat thinking about it a few hours later and couldn’t immediately remember how it had ended. Then I was ‘Oh yeah.’ It was enough for me, I guess.
Thomas Ligotti definitely fits in with some of that, unless it was one book which meets all of those elements?
I really loved this…although haven’t listened to the reading in this link.
Generally short stories and can probably start from anywhere.
Similar to yours and shimmetrys view really although I had the sound on low so may have lost some impact, might need a rewatch.
For a film named about a sound I thought the sound design was a bit lacking tbh. Didn’t really do much on that front but it was nice to have a horror film where you can think back and realise why characters were doing certain things
I’ve only read Teatro Grottesco by him (might actually have been someone on one of old DiS’s original horror threads that recommended it to me thinking about it ) but really enjoyed that
this is helpful, because I’d assumed the Sound in the title was a body of water, not a noise!
Is a sound a body of water?
Maybe it is then! I have never seen sound in that context before. A body of water features quite prominently but they refer to it as a lake
yeah, don’t know how widespread a usage it is, but I’m from Plymouth, and the water immediately offshore there is known as Plymouth Sound
To be honest, that could have been me as well. Have def brought him up on here multiple times over the years. Probably accompanied by a link to his collaboration with C93 each time
Current 93 - I Have a Special Plan for This World (2000) - which is really unsettling. Talk of more collabs between the two as well.
There was a re-issue of Grimscribe/Songs of a Dead Dreamer in the last few years which is also great.
I’ve been to Milford Sound in New Zealand (very attrative tbh) so they definitely have that usage out there. My understanding is that it’s an inland lake or body of water that connects to the sea - maybe same as a fjord?
Never heard that before, cheers! Might be a double edged title then
I’ve never read anything by him - he’s one of those writers I’d never heard of but then when I found out about him, it seemed like everyone was talking about him. Need to read some of his stuff…
Three quarters the way through Der Todesking which I’ve owned for over a year but not felt strong enough to take on a viewing until now given what a heavy year it has been.
The film is so starkly amateurishly yet beautifully shot. Really quite unique. It is incredibly dark in tone but not overbearing. The use of sound and music in it is quite lovely. It hasn’t finished yet and clearly not for the feint hearted, it is a powerful work…
It has finished. It is so incredibly heavy yet somehow so pure. So grubby, like you feel you need to look away, yet so it does capture the viewer like in a spell. It’s not as heavy as I figured it might be but it does hit hard. The sound in it is so lovely. The film keeps you watching. Unique.
