Special: The Plant Conquered the World

In the theatrical cut of Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horrors, Audrey II is electrocuted; the electricity triggers a reaction that makes the plant explode. At the very end of the film, with Seymour and Audrey married, the camera zooms on their garden — revealing a little smiling plant. The original ending of the film… Read More Special: The Plant Conquered the World

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Special: Why was the Pilot fired from ‘The Thing’?

As Kate Lloyd enters the ancient spaceship — in the climax of Matthijs van Heijningen’s The Thing — she discovers a luminous, shapeshifting tower. Hologram pieces continuously assemble and disassemble, moving geometrically. It is here that she is attacked by the assimilated Sander, who has taken the form of a distorted creature. The final cut… Read More Special: Why was the Pilot fired from ‘The Thing’?

03/03/201310/04/2019 the monster philologist25 Comments