His purest addition to that genre is also one of its defining films a loose remake of a 50s monster movie where the emphasis was placed entirely on the monstrous transformation, subtly altering the genre’s DNA alongside that of his tragic protagonist, Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum). The Thing (1982)Įven when there’s no monster in sight, David Cronenberg’s icky body horrors can feel like creature features, where everything from TV sets to typewriters can become living, breathing organisms. To mark the film’s 35th anniversary, Rolling Stone even did a deep dive into how the film appeared to be a deeply personal satire for writer/director John Landis, with the werewolf in London acting as a metaphor for his own anxieties as a Jewish man.ĭid this Werewolf bite off more than it could chew when it came to throwing this weighty theme into the mix? Possibly – but it’s the creature features that offer food for thought which hold up the best, and this may be the secret as to why it remains a fixture in the modern horror canon. Yes, the transformation sequences are all-timers – there’s a reason this won the inaugural Oscar for Best Make-Up – but that’s far from the only reason why this bloodiest of horror comedies deserves to rank highly in any list of the great creature features.Ī gruesome spin on the classic fish-out-of-water narrative template, many critics have come to interpret the film as an allegory for otherness the anxiety of being an outsider in an unfamiliar town.
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