Between the open and grey market trade in serial killer memorabilia, and things like Haunted Collector, a horror setting could mix the two, with people tracking down and selling haunted or cursed items.
Cursed or magical items for sale have shown up in adventures for Call Of Cthulhu and an auction featured in an episode of Angel (so I’ve done it in TWH as well) and was sort of the premise for Friday The 13th: The Series, but who sources them?
I’m thinking about this after watching 8mm again recently, so imagining a dangerous underground trade where the supposedly cursed items aren’t the biggest risk to life and limb.
If you haven't already, you need to see John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0643109/?ref_=ttep_ep8)
ReplyDeleteI haven't, though I have read Ramsey Campbell's Ancient Images. Great minds and all that. Thanks!
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