https://vo.rs/tags/benson-and-moorhead/Latest from the Benson and Moorhead desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/screen/the-endless-lovecraft-on-a-mumblecore-budget/<p>Cosmic horror has a budget problem. The whole appeal of the Lovecraftian mode is a force so vast and indifferent that the human mind cannot hold it, and the moment you put that force on screen it becomes a rubber tentacle with a price tag. Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead solved the problem the only honest way, which is to refuse to solve it. Their 2017 film <em>The Endless</em> is a cosmic horror in which the cosmic horror is almost never shown, because they could not have afforded to show it and, more importantly, because the fear works better as a set of rules than as a monster. The result is one of the smartest low-budget genre films of its decade.</p>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000