Magic Realism in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

Please enjoy this in-depth analysis of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, created by ‪@DONTNOD‬! The first 30 minutes or so are free of major spoilers.

Content Warning: this video makes brief mention of DV and SA.

Written, recorded and edited by sapphixated. This video was produced entirely without the use of generative AI, and was created for educational and entertainment purposes only. This is my own interpretation based on multiple playthroughs and hundreds of gameplay hours, my own research, and my experience as a director, game developer and game writer. I am not affiliated with Don't Nod Montreal.

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Music by Milk & Bone; Ruth Radelet, Nat Walker, & Adam Miller

Clips & References:
Resident Evil: Village (2021)
The Last of Us Part I (2022)
It (1990)
Until Dawn (2025)
Buzzfeed Unsolved: The Search for the Mysterious Mothman (2018)
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Stranger Things (2016)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Outlander (2014)
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure (2024)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

CHAPTERS
0:00:00 Introduction
00:03:51 Magic Realism
00:07:38 Genre
00:09:19 Liminal Spaces
00:12:01 Cryptids
00:15:22 Witches
00:21:36 The Curse
00:27:39 The Abyss I
00:32:39 SPOILER WARNING
00:33:00 Revelations
00:36:13 Aftermath
00:41:31 Birdcage
00:43:35 Familiars
00:45:25 Coven
00:48:28 The Price
00:53:28 The Promise
00:55:26 Time Capsule
01:00:34 Epilogue
01:01:40 Through the Looking Glass
01:09:02 The Raven
01:12:00 Vortex
01:16:16 The Abyss II
01:24:04 The Veil
01:26:16 Watching Through My Window
01:29:03 Conclusion