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Curated Cosmic Horror Movies

Cosmic horror is fiction about forbidden truths, in which characters learn that reality answers to ancient, unknowable powers and the knowledge breaks them. The scariest idea in horror isn't the monster. It's the scale. Curated cosmic horror is built on the premise that the universe is vast, indifferent, and populated by things that don't register human existence as meaningful. Lovecraft started the conversation. These films continue it.

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Poster artwork for The Thing

The Thing (1982)

1982 · Movie
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A research team in Antarctica takes in a stray dog from a neighboring camp. What comes out of that dog is a very different problem.

1980sCreature FeatureBody Horror
Poster artwork for The Thing

The Thing (2011)

2011 · Movie

A Norwegian research team uncovers something in the Antarctic ice. The prequel explains what happened at the camp discovered at the start of the 1982 film.

2010sAlienBody Horror
Poster artwork for The Twilight Zone
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Rod Serling hosts a weekly anthology at the intersection of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and the deeply uncomfortable. The twist ending became its calling card.

1950sAnthologyPsychological