INSPIRATION

Be inspired by many things, but these films, shows, and books might help jog your memory of Obscuria. While many are not precisely from 1913, most have some sort of monster or setting that inspires the Rangerverse.

While this list was made with our Roleplaying Game in mind, one informs the other. (Creatively for me, at least.)

MOVIES

  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 1989
  • Apostle, 2018
  • Atlantis, the Lost Empire, 2001
  • Big Trouble in Little China, 1986
  • Brazil, 1985
  • The City of Lost Children, 1995
  • Crimson Peak, 2015
  • King Kong, 2005
  • Gangs of New York, 2002
  • Labyrinth, 1986
  • There Will Be Blood, 2007
  • The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, 2010
  • The Phantom, 1996
  • The Prestige, 2006
  • The Rocketeer, 1991
  • The Shadow, 1994
  • Moonrise Kingdom, 2012
  • The Mummy, 1999
  • Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981
  • Shadow of the Vampire, 2000
  • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, 2004
  • Werewolf by Night, 2022
  • The Wild Wild West, 1999. (I know, I know.)

SHOWS

  • Carnivàle, 2003
  • Carnival Row, 2019
  • Chapelwaite, 2021
  • Deadwood, 2004
  • Gravity Falls, 2012. Alex Hirsch.
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, 2015 
  • The Nevers, 2021
  • Penny Dreadful, 2014

BOOKS & COMICS

  • Boneshaker, 2010. Cherie Priest
  • Doc Savage, 1933
  • Hellboy, 1993. Mike Mignola
  • Lumberjanes, 2014. Boom Studios
  • The Amazing Screw-On Head, 2006. Mike Mignola
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, 2005. Susanna Clarke
  • Kraken, 2009. China Miéville
  • Perdido Street Station, 2000. China Miéville
  • Boneshaker, 2009. Cherie Priest.