These horror movies are the best food to provoke some cosmophobia

Defined as “cosmophobia”, this concept is linked to the fear of the world, to be more precise, of the unknown, of that part of existence that generates uncertainty due to its ignorance and, at worst, an awareness of our place. In the universe. But these horror movies explain it to you best.

Black Mountain

Compared to John Carpenter’s’ The Thing ‘,’Black Mountain’ is a horror film that embodies cosmophobia in the worst way. A group of scientists discover an artifact that seems to indicate the existence of a much older civilization than any other record, but their desire to understand it seals their fate.

Annihilation

In cosmic horror, philosophy plays a central role in seeking knowledge of its characters. ‘Annihilation’ by Alex Garland with Natalie Portman and Oscar Isaac, is a horror film that presents these concepts, like few others, with the story of a biologist tasked with saving her husband from a mysterious place that changes the laws of physics. Available on Netflix.

Color out of space

One of the most faithful adaptations to the spirit of HP Lovecraft’s philosophy and its “Fear of the unknown” It’s inside ‘Color out of space’, an adaptation of the novel of the same name, starring Nicolas Cage. Here a father of a family sees a meteorite fall on his farm, and from there it is only misfortunes. Available on YouTube.

Possession

Fear of the unknown can be represented in a thousand ways, but one of the most unexpected is in ‘Possession’, a film of terror French that has gained popularity in recent years. The story follows a couple who break up because he suspects his wife has a lover, but never sees what’s behind them.

The haze

Writer Stephen King has borrowed a lot from Lovecraft mythology in his stories and his best example can be found in “The Mist”, a horror film that inspires cosmophobia. Inside, a small town is invaded by the arrival of a mysterious fog that hides terrible creatures that seem to come from another dimension. Available on Amazon Prime Video and HBO Max.

The void

Finally, directors Steven Kostanksi and Jeremy Gillespie have released “The Void,” which takes all the cosmic horror to tell the story of a sheriff who finds a wounded man and rushes him to the hospital. But what he doesn’t know is that the reasons he is like this could be even worse.