The Legacy of Hieronymus Bosch

I've covered Netherlandish master extensively over the years, but fantastical works have never dominated an entire post, until now.

Due to design complexity, some properties are repeated several times.

Christ Carrying the Cross

BloodRayne (2005)

The Stendahl Syndrome

Gex: Enter the Gecko

The Temptation of Saint Anthony (centre panel)

BloodRayne (2005)

Gex: Enter the Gecko

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

The Last Judgment

In Bruges

Bedazzled (2000)
Left panel detail

Centre panel

Bartkowiak

BloodRayne (2005)

Copycat

Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport

Miscellany

Bedazzled (2000)
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Blood Fest
Christ in Limbo

Fright Night 2: New Blood¹
Tondal's Vision

¹ntbcw Fright Night Part 2 (1988).

Layers of Fear (2016)
Christ's Descent into Hell

No. 13: A Ghost Story
The Garden of Earthly Delights (centre panel)

The Lawnmower Man
Triptych of Temptation of St. Anthony

What We Do in the Shadows (S3 E6)
Visions of the Hereafter (centre panel)

Albums

The Big F - The Big F
The Garden of Earthly Delights - right panel detail

Pearls Before Swine - One Nation Underground
The Garden of Earthly Delights - right panel detail

Airto - Natural Feelings
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Empire State Bastard - Rivers of Heresy vs Tondal's Vision

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Birds and Buildings - Bantam to Behemoth
Left panel detail

Dead Can Dance - Aion
Centre panel detail

Cradle of Filth - Existence is Futile vs Prince of Hell

'Visible' details

Deep Purple - Deep Purple

Amidst the horror:

L-R: Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans, Nick Simper, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

Michael Jackson - Dangerous

Just in case you missed it.

Lovers' Bubble

Pretty sneaky, right?

One more.

Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte

Not nailed on by any means.

But the intent from Kim Poor was certainly there.

Music videos

Buckethead - Spokes for the Wheel of Torment

Metallica - Until the Sleep

Prince of Hell

Ecce Homo

The Garden of Earthly Delights

For the last time.

Devil's Diary
Left and centre panels.

Tokyo Vampire Hotel (S1 E3)
Centre and right panels.

The Simpsons - Bart Gets Hit by a Car (S2 E10)

The whole kit and caboodle.

Bosch (S3 E3)

The Mechanic (1972)

What Dreams May Come

More. More. More.

Gex: Enter the Gecko

Hanna (2011)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

Fright Night 2: New Blood

Tree Man

There's no proof, but it's widely speculated that face is a self-portrait of Bosch.

Anyway guys.

Fantasy: The Literature of Submersion - Rosemary Jackson

Berserk
Ubik's 'arrival' following the birth of Fantasia.

The Immortal Hulk - issue 42 (January 2021)

Red State

Salem's Lot (1979)

Slaughterhouse Rulez

The Boy (2016)

Laters.