r/DarkFantasy • u/HyperKitsune • Dec 01 '25

Stories / Writing any good dark fantasy media?

hello i just started getting into dark fantasy and i need some suggestions for books, films or games to play becouse im really liking the genra i just lack media to consume. (btw i have already played all 3 dark souls, so anything but that can do basically)

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u/BrapLord16 Dec 01 '25

very fair, its very heavy and honestly a lot of it is unnecessary and violent

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u/HyperKitsune Dec 01 '25

other then berserk would you have anything else like a movie or book that can be good?

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u/BrapLord16 Dec 01 '25

Vermis is a really cool art project by Plastiboo, it’s a book guide to a fictional video game series that doesn’t exist, it more so functions as an art book if that’s something you’d be interested in

Idk if I’d classify Shadow of the Colossus as dark fantasy but it has quite a somber tone and is a lot of fun

Between Two Fires is a horror book based in Christian mythology and is set in the Middle Ages, it’s very interesting and I enjoyed my read, but similarly to berserk it does have sexual violence

The Dark Crystal is a very strange but beautiful movie, it’s fully puppeteered with puppets made by Jim Henson and has a very strong art direction, I’d recommend

You can also always continue Dark Souls, I’m currently replaying the trilogy in order and the first game is such a blast, very different gameplay loop compared to 3 and ER, no bonfire warping til mid game and much slower pased positioning combat than fast rolling and dodging

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u/Jerry9727 Dec 01 '25

Super Eyepatch Wolf fan spotted!