Arkham
Notorious fictional sanatorium
Arkham is a fictional city in Massachusetts created by horror writer H.P.
Lovecraft, serving as the setting for many of his stories about cosmic dread and supernatural terror.
The name has become shorthand for gothic, eerie New England atmospheres in horror fiction.
It appears most prominently in popular culture through DC Comics' Arkham Asylum, the Gotham City psychiatric hospital housing Batman's most dangerous villains.
The new horror game has serious Arkham vibes.
Fictional tentacled cosmic deity
- NecronomiconFictional book of forbidden knowledge
- ProvidenceGod's protective care personified
- antiquarianScholar of old artifacts
Chaotic, disordered place
- sanitariumMedical recovery facility
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- JokerGotham's chaos-loving nemesis
- BatmanGotham's masked vigilante
Gotham · straitjacket · electroshock · lobotomy · cells · warden · breakout · criminally insane
Not allowed
- occultConcealed from view
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- ineffableBeyond verbal expression
nameless · unknowable · cosmic horror · tentacles · cyclopean · blasphemous · unspeakable · abomination
Intense anticipatory fear
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
sinister · uncanny · nightmarish · creeping · shadowy · unease · lurking · whispers
Cthulhu
Fictional tentacled cosmic deity
- NecronomiconFictional book of forbidden knowledge
- ProvidenceGod's protective care personified
- antiquarianScholar of old artifacts
madhouse
Chaotic, disordered place
- sanitariumMedical recovery facility
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- JokerGotham's chaos-loving nemesis
Batman · Gotham · straitjacket · electroshock · lobotomy · cells · warden · breakout · criminally insane · padded
forbidden
Not allowed
- occultConcealed from view
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
ineffable · nameless · unknowable · cosmic horror · tentacles · cyclopean · blasphemous · unspeakable · abomination · ritual
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- eerieDisturbingly strange
oppressive · sinister · uncanny · nightmarish · creeping · shadowy · unease · lurking · whispers · decay
Victorian
Of a prim era
- spiresTapering architectural towers
- gargoylesDecorative architectural waterspouts
- turretsSmall projecting towers
haunted · brooding · decrepit · cobblestones · manor · cemetery · wrought-iron · fog · gaslight · gables
- BatmanBatman, Bruce Wayne, Gotham, Gotham City, Joker
- TrilogiesLord of the Rings, Star Wars, Matrix, Back to the Future, Dark Knight
- Comic LocationsGotham, Metropolis, Batcave, Fortress of Solitude, Asgard
- Lovecraft Places
- LovecraftianCthulhu, Necronomicon, cosmic horror, Call of Cthulhu, Re-Animator
- Fictional PlacesGotham City, Hogwarts, Mordor, Narnia, Gondor
Arkhamsanctuary
Protected sacred space
haven · retreat · wellness center · spa · Eden
- Arkham Asylum
- Arkham CityCordoned criminal containment district
monarch, arcane, hierarchy, archaic, anarchy, matriarch, patriarch, Arkansas, oligarchy