General

melancholic. macabre art and literature, dark forests, photography and journaling. I love spending time with my best friends. art history enthusiast and vinyl collector. I was a pianist but am currently playing electric guitar (epiphone lp). I love fatal frame, haunting ground, rule of rose, silent hill, resident evil, alice madness returns. I also love horror rpg maker games.

Music

post-rock, post-punk, black metal, dbsm, metalcore and shoegaze. opeth, eths, candlemass, oathbreaker, lifelover, godspeed you black emperor, whirr and more. i own around 80 vinyl records and collect cds.

Movies

I love films about folklore and enjoy horror, psychological, thriller, dark mystery and witch/paranormal themes. I enjoy films that have religious themes and motifs, as I find spirituality and the culture around religious practice fascinating. notable directors: herzog, aronofsky, lars von trier, lynch, dario argento, tetsuya nakashima, kiyoshi kurosawa and more.

Television

the series hannibal is one of my all time favourites, i also loved castlevania, hellsing, ergo proxy, lain, lament of the lamb and trinity blood.

Books

i love to read the works of writers like dostoevsky, kafka, the brontë sisters, simone de beauvoir and sylvia plath. i am currently reading uncle silas, this year i’m planning to read lots. here are some book recommendations: slewfoot, mordew, winterset hollow, the fall of the house of usher, metamorphosis, if we were villains, interview with the vampire.

Heroes

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