Why pop culture now flirts with extraterrestrials as much as it fears them. By June Thomas Every generation gets the extraterrestrial invasion its times demand. In 1938, conflicts simmering in Europe ...

Abstract.--Hyperreality occurs in a culture when that culture loses the distinction between image and thing, appearance and reality. By reifying the image, the hyperreal culture opens a new level in ...

Every so often a high-toned arthouse director dips a toe into the horror genre and the results are uplifting: You realize vampires and space aliens are subjects too rich to be the sole property of ...