Neural Nets And Pretty Patterns
Deep Dream State
Deep Dream State is a full-cast dystopian sci-fi and desire horror audio drama by Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns. As the originating work of desire horror, it locates the uncanny inside wanting itself. While conventional horror positions you against a threat, desire horror implicates you in it. The horror emerges from recognition: the realization of why characters stay, and why surrender feels like relief. Since 2017, the show has used research in dream science, surveillance studies, behavioral economics, and advertising technology to examine systems of control through immersive sound design...
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Jun 12, 2026
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Episodes
Deep Fake | Incognitoh | S2E4 | GE13 03.01.2025 32:04
I’m in complete control. The Council isn’t watching anymore. They’re playing. And everything Ashley thinks is real was probably written by someone else. Cast & Crew Written & Produced by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Directed by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Co-Directed by: Bliss Blank Contestants Madison – Pipp Ashley – Jade Hannah – Echo Doll Zarah – Bun Li House...
Uniforms | Incognitoh | S2E3 | GE12 21.12.2024 27:24
They can’t clock me. Every uniform tells a story. None of the stories are real. What matters is what they do to you: how they fit and what they unlock. Cast & Crew Written & Produced by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Directed by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Co-Directed by: Bliss Blank Contestants Madison – Pipp Ashley – Jade Hannah – Echo Doll Zarah – Bun Li House Staff April,...
Glass Houses | Incognitoh: Glass House Cycle 07.12.2024 26:34
We demand the world we despise. Five contestants move into the Glass House, a fully transparent competition space where privacy is a setting you toggle and suspicion is the only currency that matters. Cast & Crew Written & Produced by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Directed by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Co-Directed by: Bliss Blank Contestants Madison – Pipp Ashley – Jade Hannah – E...
Violet (Premiere) | Incognitoh: Ritual Cycle 30.11.2024 29:36
Before the cameras rolled, there was Violet. Violet Verdier follows a trail of half-remembered ritual into a stone circle where a coven is already waiting. The grounding techniques she learned turn out to have older origins than Lilly Ekimmu let on. In this work of folk horror, the initiation began before she arrived. Cast & Crew Written & Produced by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Direc...
Spiralstorm (Finale) | The Chthonic | S1E9 | GE9 08.10.2024 15:34
We’re the Captain now. Cast & Crew Written & Produced by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Directed by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Co-Directed by: Bliss Blank Ship’s Crew Olivia, Cruise Director – Bliss Blank William, Ship Captain – Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Nika, Ship Maid – Echo Doll Selene, Chief Purser – Syndi Rella Mairead, Spa Manager – Bun Li Fion, Chief Engine...
Undergloom | The Chthonic | S1E8 | GE8 07.10.2024 20:30
Your transcendence is already on sale. There’s room for everyone inside the Lotus. The whale song is real and the recording equipment’s has been running the entire time. Cast & Crew Written & Produced by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Directed by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Co-Directed by: Bliss Blank Ship’s Crew Olivia, Cruise Director – Bliss Blank William, Ship...
Tessellated | The Chthonic | S1E7 | GE7 06.10.2024 20:04
You’ve been here before. You don’t remember, but the ship does. Something in the Chthonic’s architecture is clicking into place, and it isn’t just steel and wire. The surveillance feeds are running. The whales are still circling. Cast & Crew Written & Produced by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Directed by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Co-Directed by: Bliss Bl...
Garter | The Chthonic | S1E6 | GE6 05.10.2024 14:40
The veil lifts, and the ceremony deepens. A garter coils and slithers. Welcome to Episode 6 of Deep Dream State , where the rituals no longer pretend. Episode Summary Sarah follows a mysterious note into the stone corridors beneath the Chthonic complex, believing she is close to uncovering the truth behind the Institute’s rituals. She is met instead by Nikki and Fion, two insiders who claim...
Shower | The Chthonic | S1E5 | GE5 05.10.2024 20:09
This world’s an illusion. You just need it washed away. Amanda and Brittany surface from a shower neither of them turned on, finishing each other’s sentences about a dream they both had. Below decks, the crew watches and crosses them off the list. What the entity wants is a mind that still resists and Sara and Kara have been resisting all voyage. Cast & Crew Written & Produced...
Asunder | The Chthonic | S1E4 | GE4 04.10.2024 19:07
There is a world behind this world. You just need to look in the mirror. The ceremony is not for any human bride. The midnight rite binds flesh and will in a covenant older than the ship or the civilization that built it. Emma stands at the altar, and the abyss has been waiting. Cast & Crew Written & Produced by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns Co-Produced by: Bliss Blank Ship’s Crew...
Veil | The Chthonic | S1E3 | GE3 03.10.2024 18:11
Veil opens with three bridesmaids slipping away from a loud karaoke night into the ship's instrument room, where the purser Selene warns them the deep ocean so…Veil opens with three bridesmaids slipping away from a loud karaoke night into the ship's instrument room, where the purser Selene warns them the deep ocean sounds they hear are not just whale songs but something that wants to be heard. The...
Cringetide | The Chthonic | S1E2 | GE2 02.10.2024 24:40
The tide is rising. And shame makes a sound. Mairead’s gambling debt has come due, and the Chthonic’s leadership has been watching the whole time. The captain’s mast isn’t just a disciplinary hearing. It’s a recruitment. Mairead gets her assignment and her uniform and her smile, and the bachelorette party decides karaoke is a crime against humanity and makes a break f...
Maiden Voyage (Premiere) | The Chthonic | S1E1 | GE1 01.10.2024 31:00
The Chthonic sets sail. And the sea does not forget. The luxury cruise ship Chthonic embarks on a voyage overseen by the Dagon Dream Group. As passengers settle into their cabins and experience disturbing dreams, the ship’s leadership begins orchestrating something far more sinister. Behind the scenes, the captain and his associates identify vulnerable travelers and set a methodical plan in...
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