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11. Spawn’s Outfit (Spawn) Spawn’s outfit is comprised of a torn red cape and a black body suit. What makes this one cool is that it’s actually a living entity that’s connected to Spawn’s brain—one that changes and adapts to what Spawn wants it to be, from suction cups (for walking on walls) to camouflage cover. During his fight with the crazy clown Violator, he morphed his suit into a horned bunker-like stronghold and used it to crush the oil tanker that was coming in his direction at full speed....

High Fantasy vs. Low Fantasy, Explained “High fantasy” and “low fantasy” are the broadest terms to describe a work of fantasy fiction. As you can imagine, these terms are vague enough to cause all kinds of misunderstandings and confusion. Strictly speaking,high fantasydescribes a narrative that mainly takes place in a fictional setting outside actual human history (e.g. Middle-Earth or Narnia), whereaslow fantasydescribes a story where magical elements exist in the real world (e....

11. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Grave of the Firefliesis the only animated film on this list, but just because the characters are drawn doesn’t make them any less sympathetic. After all, no film isactuallyreal, and there are several animations known for making viewers weep (Up,The Iron Giant,Your Name). ButGrave of the Firefliestrumps all of them with its hand-drawn yet morbid depiction of a bomb-devastated Japan during WWII. In fact, author Akiyuki Nosaka requested that the semi-autobiographical adaptation be animated, as it would be “impossible to create the barren, scorched earth” of his short story via live-action....

11. Mandy (2018) Psychedelics can lead to fun mind-expanding experiences that open gateways into whole new worlds. But they can also be traumatic. Panos Cosmatos’s psychedelic horrorMandyis like a slice of fantasy art come to life. Red saturates the screen in violent symbolism, and everything is lucid. Nicolas Cage stars as (aptly named) Red Miller, who’s out for revenge when a demonic cult kidnaps his wife. Mandyis savage and brutal, but artistically astounding....

11. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Harry Potter) We can start off with an obvious one: the majestic Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the trio of Harry, Ron, and Hermione lived as students under Gryffindor House. Hogwarts itself is already quite an unusual place, but the magical areas inside and outside the school make it truly one of a kind—like the moving staircases, the talking portraits, the Forbidden Forest, the Quidditch Pitch, and even the giant chess pieces underground....