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The 25 pages that link to Uncanny, each with the reason it gives.

• Gothic fictionRelated: Gothic fiction makes ordinary places and relationships feel disturbingly unfamiliar.

• Horror fictionRelated: Horror often makes ordinary people, places, or objects feel disturbingly wrong.

• GrotesqueRelated: The grotesque often makes familiar bodies or settings feel disturbingly unfamiliar.

• Body horrorRelated: Altered bodies remain recognizable while violating expectations about human form.

• David LynchRelated: Lynch turns ordinary faces, rooms, and routines into sources of unease.

• Cosmic horrorRelated: Cosmic horror often makes reality itself feel alien rather than merely frightening.

• Weird fictionRelated: Weird fiction turns familiar settings and beings uncanny, making recognition itself a source of dread.

• Supernatural fictionRelated: The uncanny lets supernatural fiction unsettle without fully explaining its events.

• DoppelgängerRelated: A double makes the familiar face uncanny by separating appearance from identity.

• E. T. A. HoffmannRelated: Hoffmann repeatedly makes ordinary settings feel unstable and threatening.

• Uncanny valleyRelated: The hypothesis draws its name from a broader idea about unsettling familiarity.

• Fantastic literatureRelated: The uncanny often turns everyday settings into sites of supernatural unease.

• Gothic romanceRelated: Uncanny domestic details turn familiar homes into sources of doubt.

• The Castle of OtrantoRelated: Ordinary spaces and objects become threatening as the castle’s supernatural events unfold.

• Dream imageryRelated: Dreamlike images often make recognizable objects feel unfamiliar without fully obscuring them.

• MonsterRelated: Monsters often unsettle by making the familiar body or home seem alien.

• The NightmareRelated: The ordinary bedroom setting turns into a scene of supernatural intrusion.

• BluebeardRelated: The domestic chamber becomes horrifying when its familiar privacy conceals repeated murder.

• Dark RomanticismRelated: Uncanny effects make ordinary settings reveal buried guilt, fear, or supernatural menace.

• Lovecraftian horrorRelated: Uncanny details make ordinary settings feel vulnerable to alien realities.

• Dino BuzzatiRelated: Buzzati’s ordinary workplaces, hospitals, and landscapes often acquire precisely this unsettling quality.

• Horror and terrorRelated: The uncanny can hold a threat between anticipation and disturbing recognition.

• Jules SupervielleRelated: Supervielle’s ordinary scenes often open onto an uncanny sense of hidden life.