The Most Terrifying Monster We Can Imagine

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WORLD ANVIL ► https://www.worldanvil.com/?c=CuriousArchive Use code "ARCHIVE" for 51% off ANY yearly subscription! --- There is a shadow lurking across cultures. An eternal struggle to depict ultimate evil. How can we, with our limited means of comprehension and storytelling, portray true darkness, make fear physical? What is the face of the most terrifying monster we can fathom? 0:00 The Most Terrifying Monster 0:48 The Devil You Know 3:31 The Lich's Oblivion 5:09 The Coldest Inferno 6:26 O’Dimm & The Strange Man 8:20 A Gentle Horror 9:47 Alas, Father of Darkness 12:12 Shadow of the Erdtree 13:46 The Pale Horseman 16:20 Absolute Darkness 18:07 Yeah, But… 20:09 The Answer to Ricky’s Riddles Media Shown: Adventure Time, The Witcher III, Häxan, Diablo II, Cuphead, World of Warcraft, Futurama, The Devil and Daniel Mouse, Mound, Ready or Not, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, Onibaba, Hellboy, Hellboy 2, Krampus, Psycho, Ferngully, Samurai Jack, L’Inferno, Faust, Dracula, Dragon Quest III HD, Tenacious D, Legend, Smiling Friends, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Animaniacs, Cuphead, The Simpsons, The Godess of Spring, Darksiders, Night of the Hunter, Dante’s Inferno, Fantasia (Night on Bald Mountain), The Emperor’s New Groove, Wizard of Oz, The Dark Knight, Deep Impact, Gods of Egypt, 2012, What If…?, Godzilla, Godzilla (2014), Satan’s Waiting, Sonic X Shadow: Generations, Game of Thrones, Thor Ragnarok, Red Dead: Redemption, House on Haunted Hill, Nosferatu, Wrath of the Titans, This is the End, The Legend of Korra, Diabel, Doom Eternal, Silence of the Lambs, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Elden Ring, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Coda, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Castlevania, Metropolis, The Void, Vemon: The Last Dance, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Berserk: The Golden Age, The Seventh Seal, Monty Python and the Meaning of Life, The Lord of the Rings, Elder Scrolls Online, God of War 3, Gravity Falls, Frankenstein, Clash of the Titans, Final Space, Super Friends, The Grim Adventure of Billy & Mandy, Time Bandits, XCOM Thumbnail Image - Necro Mary by Billelis Copyright Disclaimer: Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. All video/image content is edited under fair use rights for reasons of commentary. I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners. ♫ Music Used – Gaunter O’Dimm Theme (The Witcher III), Burning Man (World of Goo), Your Body Betrays Your Degeneracy (Disco Elysium), The Saint of the Bud (Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree), Left 4 Dead (Left 4 Dead), The Timefall (Death Stranding), Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven), Main Theme (Sons of the Forest), The Path to the Door (Dredge), The New Century (Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs), Nameless Song (Dark Souls), Knight Gael (Dark Souls III), Promise (Okami), Die Toteninsel emptiness (Signalis), The One Who Craves Souls (Demon Souls), Sword Search on Koholint Island (Zelda: Link’s Awakening) ♫ Additional music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio: Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: “The Concept of Evil” by Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/concept-evil/ “Monsters and the Moral Imagination” by Stephen T. Asma https://www.storymagazine.org/monsters-and-the-moral-imagination/ “How Ingmar Bergman masterpiece ‘The Seventh Seal’ teaches us to accept death” by Jude Leese: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ingmar-bergman-the-seventh-seal-accept-death/ “The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology” by Arthur Cotterell & Rachel Storm “Mythology of Typhon” by Liana Miate: https://www.worldhistory.org/Typhon/ “Mythology of Cronus” by Liana Miate: https://www.worldhistory.org/Cronus/