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
The Thing
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.
June 12, 2025
The Two Versions of The Thing
Hawks's 1951 version as an allegory of McCarthyism, Carpenter's 1982 film as a study of paranoia.