Episode 16: Attack the Block and John Carpenter's The Thing (Monstoberfest: My Favorite Martians)

Published: Oct. 30, 2015, 4:28 a.m.

b"This week at the Nighthawks Cafe, Monstoberfest continues. Trevor and Matt invade their coffee and pie session with a discussion of two later additions to the intergalactic menace canon. First up is the 1982 Masterwork of paranoia and practical monster effects, John Carpenter's THE THING. Following that, the 2011 debut film from Joe Cornish, featuring a pre-THE FORCE AWAKENS starring role for John Boyega, ATTACK THE BLOCK.

Earth may never be the same."