Thanks to director Leigh Whannell’s Wof Man, among others, grotesquely beautiful body horror classics of the 1980s have never felt more relevant.Themes of infection, mutation, and transformation made famous by celebrated cinematic touchstones such as John Carpenter’s The Thing and David Cronenberg’s The Fly take on fresh weight in a post-pandemic world, and filmmakers are taking full advantage of the storytelling possibilities.
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