Why are babies and pregnancy so often used as a trope in horror? It’s becoming increasingly bizarre to me how often media takes these tender aspects of life and remolds them into something dark and frightening. Today, I want to take a deeper look at this and talk about something I like to refer to as “creation horror.”

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▶TIMESTAMPS

...So why babies? (0:00)

"Mommy please" (5:31)

Returning to the womb (8:44)

On equal footing with the gods (11:59)

Oroboros (19:05)

Coping with the cycle (24:36)

I admired its flaws (30:06)

Love is routine (35:17)

▶Games Shown

Routine

Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Resident Evil Requiem

Bloodborne

Dead Space

Dead Space 2

Silent Hill 2 Remake

Signalis

Cult of The Lamb

Mouthwashing

Oh yeah Luigi's Mansion lol

▶Movies/TV/Anime/Literature Shown

Frieren

Arcane

Alien

Aliens

Prometheus

Alien: Romulus

Annihilation

Uzumaki

Heavenly Delusion

Rosemary’s Baby

The Shining

2001 A Space Odyssey

The Age of Adeline

▶Music Sources (in Order):

Intro - Routine OST

Botany Music - Routine OST

Sevastopol Abandoned - Alien Isolation OST

Here, On Earth - Mouthwashing OST

Titan Station Elementary - Dead Space 2 OST

Redwood Colonnade - TUNIC OST

Lullaby For Mergo - Bloodborne Soundtrack OST

Bloody Escapade - Crow Country OST

Arachnophobia - OMORI OST

I Don't Want to Know - Crow Country OST

Adam Searching - ROUTINE OST

Dream Refuge - Bloodborne Soundtrack OST

Sea Smoke - Signalis OST

Hollow core - Citizen sleeper OST

Suffocating Reverberation - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 OST

The Bereaved and Those Left Behind - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 OST

No Reason - Mouthwashing OST

Hydro Music 2 (Version 1) - ROUTINE OST

Float Up From Dream - Silent Hill 3 OST

Alone - SOMA OST

MNHR - Signalis OST

Hex - Citizen Sleeper 2 OST

Founders Office - ROUTINE OST

Credits Theme - ROUTINE OST

Fireflies by Tenno:

www.instagram.com/tennomusic/

www.youtube.com/c/tennomusic

www.tennomusic.com

▶Media/Clips/Considerations:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwABHajSLTc9Ak4JZoF4YUiWCB6egGIT1&si=Z9K5qCuMBHmwjpUq

▶Research Sources

A Routine interview about crafting lunar horror

https://www.shacknews.com/article/75481/a-routine-interview-about-crafting-lunar-horror

C++ Of Tranquility: Lunar Software Explain Routine

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/lunar-software-explain-routine

Routine Story and Ending.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Routine/comments/1pg9tmu/routine_story_and_ending_explained_complete_maybe/

The dead dads and twisted moms of Aliens

https://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/1066-the-dead-dads-and-twisted-moms-of-aliens/

On Cuteness: Unlocking the Parental Brain and Beyond

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364661316300420

How cute things hijack our brains and drive behaviour

https://www.ox.ac.uk/research/how-cute-things-hijack-our-brains-and-drive-behaviour

OUROBOROS symbol - How the SNAKE THAT EATS ITSELF rules the Cosmos (Meaning of Eternal Cycle)

https://youtu.be/ln1gz-F29h4?si=RuIUdh29UrpoBZE6