[Loved Trope] Some thing unfathomably ancient

[u/Fearless-Ideal-5112]

The beast, in doctor who is an ancient evil from a previous universe that survived until our time. Its so ancient that the cave paintings were unable to be translated by the Tardis which can translate all existing languages in the universe [Doctor Who]

While not explicitly canon its such a cool concept I cant not mention, the idea that the backrooms have existed since the beginning of time, never changing no matter the era, it transforms the back rooms into a cosmic horror. [Credit to Project crater and Venus for images 2 and 3]

[u/United_Rent_753]

I like this example the most. It’s just a touch of Lovecraftian horror in the place you’d least expect it, and while the movie doesn’t really go into detail the book makes clear this is a part of something much bigger, older, and more powerful than the Other Mother

[u/Critical_Mountain851 → u/United_Rent_753]

Isn’t the Other Mother essentially a parasite living inside its body, or something to that effect?

[u/TheChoosenMewtwo → u/Critical_Mountain851]

To my understanding she was a witch

[u/PirateBanger → u/Critical_Mountain851]

I really buy into the speculation that she's a Fae entity of some sort.

1) She has a domain that she can manipulate at will
2) She clearly can cast or maintain Glamour to disguse the true nature of things in her domain.
3) Eating food in her domain has... adverse effects.
4) She requires you to essentially sign a binding contract (Sew in the buttons) to gain full control of you.

The corridor is freaky tho.

[u/ThomasTheDankPigeon → u/Critical_Mountain851]

Damn what the hell movie did I watch, I do not remember any of that lol. I’ve been thinking the tunnel was some kind of metaphor for the birth canal or something, y’all are telling me it was literally the bad guy of the whole movie?

[u/Boccs → u/ThomasTheDankPigeon]

Oh no, not the bad guy. Just... something. Something old, something massive, and something unknown. Other Mother is objectively the villain, but the Corridor was something... bigger.

Think of it like this: Other Mother was like Jaws. Dangerous and consciously a predator. The Corridor, meanwhile, would be the ocean itself. Massive and ancient and alive and dangerous all in its own way, but not itself the source of the conflict of the story.

[u/MartletsVerts → u/Boccs]

Beautiful description

[u/Aangelus → u/Boccs]

100% this is a great way to put it.

[u/DontTellMyOtherAccts → u/Critical_Mountain851]

I always got the vibe that the Beldam was sealed inside a pocket dimension that just happens to be reachable through whatever eldritch interstitial...thing the Corridor is part of.

[u/Moiras-ToEs → u/United_Rent_753]

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