This week - it’s all about control. Power. Purpose. And what it means to lose both. From a jungle that stares back, to a droid that starts to think and a team of heroes still learning what being human really means. Predator (1987) — where the hunter becomes the hunted. A brutal, sweaty fever dream of war and survival. Murderbot (2024) — a machine built for obedience, suddenly self-aware and searching for autonomy. Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) — science, spectacle, and the danger of mi...
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This week - it’s all about control. Power. Purpose. And what it means to lose both. From a jungle that stares back, to a droid that starts to think and a team of heroes still learning what being human really means. Predator (1987) — where the hunter becomes the hunted. A brutal, sweaty fever dream of war and survival. Murderbot (2024) — a machine built for obedience, suddenly self-aware and searching for autonomy. Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) — science, spectacle, and the danger of mi...
Episode 5: Cabin in the Woods, All of Us Are Dead & The Substance
What Have I Missed?
19 minutes
4 weeks ago
Episode 5: Cabin in the Woods, All of Us Are Dead & The Substance
With horror’s obsession shifting from monsters to what makes us one, this week’s episode of What Have I Missed? explores three stages of the body in crisis. Three films. Three states of undoing. The Cabin in the Woods - controlled. Flesh and fear orchestrated for sacrifice. All of Us Are Dead - infected. Bodies as battlegrounds, spreading faster than mercy. The Substance - transformed. Youth, beauty and power devouring themselves from within. A study in control, contagion an...
What Have I Missed?
This week - it’s all about control. Power. Purpose. And what it means to lose both. From a jungle that stares back, to a droid that starts to think and a team of heroes still learning what being human really means. Predator (1987) — where the hunter becomes the hunted. A brutal, sweaty fever dream of war and survival. Murderbot (2024) — a machine built for obedience, suddenly self-aware and searching for autonomy. Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) — science, spectacle, and the danger of mi...
