DEAN🔪CAS HORRORFEST

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I couldn’t resist a destiel horror story based on The Ring and ended up in a team with @friendofcarlotta on SPN Horror Big Bang. Couldn’t be happier! Hehe!

Thank you mods and @friendofcarlotta it was a delight working with you!

Now everyone go read the fic! It’s scary, it’s sad, it’s angsty, it’s hot

deancas horrorfest is looking for more beta readers! If you love reading scary stories and love correcting peoples grammar now is your chance!

wonderful news!! curry barker is one of my favorite (if not my favorite, hands down) short horror directors. as someone who has watched hundreds and hundreds of short horror films on youtube.

here are five of his films with the runtime and a quick summary of each. (sorry if i miss any, these are what i remember off the top of my head!) i've avoided spoilers beyond the basic premise, but every single one of these deals with Absolutely Haunting Thematic Shit:

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THE CHAIR - 25 minutes

when horror connoisseurs hear "curry barker," they usually think of the chair first. barker was approached to make this into a full-length film & pitched obsession instead... GREAT choice, as i don't think the chair would Work with extra runtime.

a man finds an old chair on the side of the road and brings it home to his girlfriend. strange events begin to unfold -- his girlfriend's behavior becomes increasingly erratic, he's losing time, he's unraveling at the seams....

if you enjoyed the fucked-up relationship dynamics in obsession then you will probably have a good time.

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MILK & SERIAL - 62 minutes

barker's other best-known horror film. a twisty found footage thriller about youtube pranksters whose pranks Go Wrong (TM).

i can't say much more than that.... if you watched obsession and thought "pretty good, but pretty predictable. i wonder how curry barker would handle a psychological thriller with more plot twists??"

boy, does this film have an answer!!

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ENIGMA - 20 minutes

this is a psychological thriller about a man dealing with the impending end of the world. explores how other people are also dealing with the end of the world.

i fear i'll give a skewed impression if i say this one is sort of a feel-good film..... but OF the films on this list, it's Certainly the most optimistic. my partner rafi (who really hates depressing horror) watched it with me and concluded, "oh, that was kind of sweet, actually!!"

this one's great if you want a palate cleanser after The Unrelenting Gutwrenching Horror of obsession.

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WARNINGS - 20 minutes

my personal favorite!! criminally underrated!! upsetting in a way that stuck to my skin for days!!

a man starts receiving strange written warnings on halloween. things around him begin to unravel.

similar to the chair in its unsettling surreality, but with a bit more supernatural influence imo. you'll recognize a lot of parallel imagery to obsession, especially with Strange Movement and Nightmare Experiences.

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HEAVY EYES - 5 minutes

the shortest one on this list if you just want to dip your toes in real quick... a pretty easy time investment if you've never watched short horror and aren't sure if you'll like it!

a boy's mom comes home unexpectedly at night.

the only problem?? she's still texting him from the hospital where she works.

So last year I joined DCBB and it was the first bang I ever did. I didn't even sign up until I had already finished my fic because I was so worried about not finishing on time. 😅 Things have changed.

Reverse bangs I'll join on a whim because something may inspire me, and if it doesn't, then that's fine, I'll just move on.

Other bangs, I have to have some kind of an idea OR it's something I know I want to write. Like, there are bangs that sound cool, but I don't have an idea (or the time) so I pass.

I do need to do fewer bangs though, I want to be able to write some things that I can post serially.

The BEST part of bangs has been meeting cool people like YOU!

I join reverse bangs with the intention of only participating if a prompt really calls to me and so far that has worked out and I’ve taken on ideas that I probably wouldn’t have written without a push.

For other bangs I also like to have an idea before I join. Sometimes I’ll have a WIP that will work for a bang and I’ll use that one. I find bangs with themes the most appealing because some kind of direction is helpful. A theme also lets me know if the bang is my vibe or if I can write something that plays to my strengths.

I hope you like this slightly whimsical, slightly creepy Cryptid!Castiel piece!

In my head, Castiel is kind of like the patron saint of hunters in this AU. Dean regularly comes to visit him, leaving little offerings, lighting candles, and praying for protection before heading back out into the world. I don't know... I just love the idea of their relationship having this almost mythical, reverent quality to it. 💙