What if instead of landing in Washington D.C. or New York City or Nevada, aliens landed

somewhere else? What would be the social, cultural and political repercussions on a particular

country or neighborhood when faced with an alien invasion? The government then established

an aid group that starts to ferry the aliens to a temporary camp that will sit up just

beneath the ship. In 2009, director Neil Blomkamp made a film about aliens landing in Johannesburg

during 1980s apartheid South Africa. And in 2011, Joe Cornish made a film about aliens landing

in a housing estate in South London. Both films used aliens as a storytelling device to look at race,

class and otherness in their respective cultures and they became two of the most innovative and

celebrated sci-fi horror movies of the 21st century. What is that? Join me as we continue exploring

the evolution of alien horror and we discuss Neil Blomkamp's District 9 and Joe Cornish's

Attack the Block. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Munter and as ever,

I am your host. If you're tuning in for the first time, then welcome. In this podcast,

we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre by looking at particular

sub-genre's one series at a time. We are currently in the middle of our seventh series exploring the

evolution of alien sci-fi and cosmic horror. And this is part 25. In this week's episode, as

that intro suggested, we're going to be looking at two brilliant alien invasion movies from outside

of the United States. District 9 from 2009 and Attack the Block from 2011. Both of these discussions

will be spoilerific. Both are brilliant films. Give them a watch before listening to our discussion.

So, later on in this episode, I will be joined by South London's finest Lou Thomas to discuss

Attack the Block in detail. But first of all, it's time to talk District 9. I sat down with

friend of the pod, broadcaster, journalist and fiance, Rihanna Dylan to discuss Neil Blomkamp's

brilliant film in depth. Enjoy. Nobody comes back late at night anymore. They have more security.

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