But even though Garland’s movie is based on the book by Jeff VanderMeer, as we and other outlets have covered, it bears little resemblance to the source material. ![]() Up to now, most of the best Lovecraftian movies were done by John Carpenter The Thing is a glorious cosmic horror story akin to At the Mountains of Madness, and In the Mouth of Madness is a fun riff on the “Cult of Lovecraft” idea. In that way, writer-director Alex Garland has made Annihilation one of the most Lovecraftian movies ever made, even cribbing from one of the author’s best stories. ![]() Like Natalie Portman’s Lena, we can’t fathom a universe where something like this could exist, and yet it does. Terrifying not because of any jump scares or monsters or even the general spookiness inside “the Shimmer” itself, but because of the implications of what we’re watching: an alien something undoing everything we know on Earth and creating something new. I saw Annihilation a week ago and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind, both for its themes of isolation and change and its deeply terrifying final act. And just go see the movie anyway because it’s great. Please see the movie before reading further. ![]() The following contains major plot spoilers for Annihilation.
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