THEME EXPLORATION

alien parasites

12 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel
2019 · Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
Stalker
Stalker
1979 · Andrei Tarkovsky
What Planet Are You From?
What Planet Are You From?
2000 · Mike Nichols
Independence Day
Independence Day
1996 · Roland Emmerich
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim
2013 · Guillermo del Toro
Home
Home
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
District 9
District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2014 · Jonathan Glazer
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
2026 · Kenichiro Akimoto
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007 · Tim Story
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
John Carpenter United States

His masterpiece 'The Thing' (1982) explores alien parasitism through body horror and paranoia as an extraterrestrial shapeshifter infiltrates and consumes humanity from within.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'Shivers' (1975) and 'Videodrome' (1983) obsessively examine parasitic invasion and transformation of the human form through graphic biological mutation.

 Scott Waugh United Kingdom

The 'Alien' franchise, beginning with his 1979 film, defines cinema's most iconic alien parasite through the xenomorph's lifecycle of impregnation, gestation, and violent emergence from human hosts.