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Hitchcock’s <i>The Birds</i> Welcomes Us to the Abyss

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Screenshot from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, depicting a mass of crows roosting on a jungle gym and other structures.
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Hitchcock’s The Birds Welcomes Us to the Abyss

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Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook
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The Babadook Knows Terror Has No Boundaries

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A scene from The Venture Bros. episode "Spanikopita"
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The Venture Bros.’ “Spanakopita!” and the Desperate Quest for Joy

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Scene from The War of the Worlds (2019, BBC): an alien tripod looms over a church tower and a human figure.
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The Timely “Why” of The War of the Worlds — From Wells and Welles to Pal and Spielberg

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Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) drives a pale yellow convertible in an image from the television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker’s “Horror in the Heights” Misdirects in Many Dimensions

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Images of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) in Poor Things and The Female (Scarlett Johansson) in Under the Skin
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Poor Things and Under the Skin Try to Make Sense of Sensuality

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Asher (Nathan Fielder) and Whitney (Emma Stone) in a scene from The Curse
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The Curse’s “Green Queen” and the Plight of the Sacrificial Lamb

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Scene from Terminator 2: Judgment Day: A T-800 model terminator holds a machine gun; a fiery explosion is visible in the background.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the Line Between Symbiosis and Singularity

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Doppelgangers Number 6 (Patrick McGoohan) and Number 12 (Patrick McGoohan) meet in The Prisoner, "The Schizoid Man"
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The Prisoner’s “The Schizoid Man” Doubles Down on Imposter Syndrome

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Spielberg’s Jurassic Park Reshaped Our Dance With the Dinosaurs

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A Monster Calls Knows the Truth That Terrifies Us

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Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City Tests the Boundaries of Dreams

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“You want stories?" Thom Merrilin declaimed. "I have stories, and I will give them to you. I will make them come alive before your eyes.”

Robert Jordan, The Eye Of The World

TPG 2024 • Site Credit