A ceiling-strung contortionist, ghostly white-eyed cabaret dancers in fishnet stockings passing Champagne flutes and a hearse with flamethrowers and bat wings were all part of that aesthetic at their wedding.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/fashion/weddings/the-shining-stanley-hotel-weddings.html

In Japan, the infamous Unit 731 showered bubonic plague drops over China and conducted experiments on humans involving flamethrowers, water torture, vivisections without anaesthesia and the forced transfer of venereal diseases.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/03/26/bat-bombs-mind-control-and-umbrella-guns-this-over-the-top-spy-agency-was-the-forerunner-of-the-cia/