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Central to the tradition of cosmic horror is the suggestion that the ultimate truth about our universe is at once knowable and unthinkable, such that one learns it only at the cost of one's sanity and soul. John Carpenter is one of a handful of horror directors to have successfully ported this idea from literature to cinema. This episode is an attempt to unearth some of the eldritch symbols buried in a selection of Carpenter's apocalyptic works, including Escape from New York, The Thing, They Live,_ In the Mouth of Madness_, and the little known Cigarette Burns.

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REFERENCES

John Carpenter films discussed:
\nThe Thing
\nCigarette Burns
\nIn the Mouth of Madness
\nPrince of Darkness
\nHalloween
\nThey Live
\nEscape from New York
\nEscape from L.A.
\nBig Trouble in Little China

Other References:

Pascal Laugier (dir.), Martyrs
\nSrdjan Spasojevic (dir.), A Serbian Film
\nWeird Studies, Episode 90 on The Owl in Daylight
\nRoger Corman, American director
\nNorthrup Frye, Words with Power
\nJ. R. R. Tolkien, forward to The Fellowship of the Ring
\nGilles Deleuze and Felix Guatarri, \u201cPercept, Affect, and Concept\u201d in What is Philosophy
\nWeird Studies, Episode 72 on the Castrati
\nWeird Studies, Episode 46, Thomas Ligotti\u2019s Angel
\nGabriel Garcia Marquez, \u201cA Very Old Man with Enormous Wings\u201d
\nChina Mieville, British author
\nKarlheinz Stockhausen, comments on 9/11
\nH. P. Lovecraft, Nyarlothotep
\nH. P. Lovecraft, \u201cThe Haunter of the Dark\u201d
\nNick Land, Fanged Noumena
\nZack Snyder, American director
\nHaeccaity and Quiddity, philosophical concepts
\nSamuel Delaney, Dahlgren
\nWeird Studies, Episode 98 on Exotica
\nQuentin Meillasoux, After Finitude
\nRainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies