ALIENS Pt 24: The Mist (2007) & Annihilation (2018)

The Evolution of Horror

Mike Muncer

Tv & Film, Film History

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🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 131 minutes

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This week we discuss Lovecraftian wasp monsters, spiders with human teeth and mutant bears in this feel-bad double bill! Mike is joined by Louise Blain to discuss Frank Darabont's Harrowing THE MIST (2007) and is then joined by Leila Latif to discuss Alex Garland's mind-melting ANNIHILATION (2018)

Music by Jack Whitney.

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0:00.0	Throughout cinema history some of the best alien movies have shot a light on the monstrous
0:29.8	destructive nature of human beings. In 2007 Frank Daribont adapted a novella by Stephen King
0:37.6	about Lovecraftian creatures invading a small town, but the film seemed equally concerned
0:43.9	with giving us a gut-wrenching and unflinching portrayal of how human beings turn on each other
0:50.1	in crisis. Meanwhile in 2018 director Alex Garland adapted a novel by Jeff Vandermeer
1:04.1	about mutant alien creatures, but arguably it's a film more concerned with directly addressing
1:10.3	grief, depression and the human propensity for self-destruction. Join me as we continue exploring
1:25.7	the evolution of alien horror and we discuss Frank Daribont's The Mist and Alex Garland's
1:32.3	annihilation. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Munter and as ever I
1:45.2	am your host. If you're tuning in for the first time then welcome. In this podcast we explore and
1:50.3	dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre by looking at particular sub-jummers one
1:55.5	series at a time. We are currently in the middle of our seventh series exploring the evolution of
2:00.7	alien sci-fi and cosmic horror and this is part 24. This week's episode is sponsored by 20 dollar
2:08.0	Patreon subscribers Harpy Productions and in this week's episode as that intro suggested
2:13.4	we're really going heavy on the cosmic and sci-fi angles to give you a double bill of
2:20.9	real feel bad movies of The Mist from 2007 and annihilation from 2018. It's a heavy going
2:29.5	double bill but my god these are incredible films. We will be discussing them in spoiler-rific
2:35.1	detail. Please please please if you haven't seen them do yourself a favor and check both these movies
2:41.3	out before listening to our discussions. So later on in the episode I'm going to be joined by
2:46.7	the brilliant Laila Latif to discuss annihilation in depth but first of all it's time to discuss
2:54.3	Frank Darabont the Mist. I sat down with friend of the pod Louise Blaine to discuss one of the most
3:02.0	upsetting, harrowing and brilliant alien movies ever made. Enjoy.
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