September 15, 2025
Anatomy of Cosmic Horror
Alien and The Thing pushed cosmic horror into the body, presenting creatures that unsettle the very notion of identity.
Topic
Alien
3 articles in this route.
August 15, 2025
Cosmic Horror: When the Alien Cannot Be Understood
Some extraterrestrials do not negotiate, invade with armies or fire laser beams. They are something else: a presence the human mind cannot contain.
July 18, 2025
Abjection in Alien: The Eighth Passenger
Giger's Xenomorph read through abjection: how Alien turns bodily invasion, birth and disgust into a grammar of horror.