This scene establishes the unknown through its outlandish monster, which defies the audience's eyes. The fellow scientist dies because he hits his head, and the rest of the crew attempt to bring him back with an AED however, as one of the men slides the shock pads onto the deceased scientist, the body morphs into a monster with sharp teeth and a foreign head pops out of the stomach (Carpenter, 1982). MacReady, pushes a fellow scientist over because he is afraid of whose body an unknown creature is inhabiting (Carpenter, 1982). During a scene in the film, the paranoid protagonist, R. The tension in the movie builds as the monster is unidentifiable and if people cannot understand or identify their threat, they do not know how to eliminate it. The Thing (1982) uses its antagonist as a vessel for the fear of the unknown. This movie is scary for a variety of reasons, including the unfamiliar terrain, strangers in an isolated environment, and a creature with an unknown origin (Nummenmaa, 2021, pp. The movie follows a group of scientists in Antarctica who come across an unknown threat that shape-shifts into its victims (Carpenter, 1982). The horror film, The Thing, directed by John Carpenter (1982), is a great example of this. Some filmmakers will even use a monster to embody the unknown (Bordwell, 2017, p.
A myriad of people are afraid of the unknown, and that is why filmmakers in the horror genre use this trope to make people afraid (Bordwell, 2017, p. People suffering from anxiety disorders, O.C.D., depression, eating disorders, and hoarding disorders are more prone to xenophobia because of its lack of predictability and control (Gorka, 2017). This causes the same effects as anxiety within the body, such as shortness of breath, weakness, and a racing heart (Stanborough, 2020). People suffering from xenophobia may undergo a severe stress state called "intolerance of uncertainty," as they cannot bear the stress of unknown circumstances (Stanborough, 2020). It is an umbrella term for the unfamiliar, ranging from unrevealed outcomes to mysterious creatures, death, and anything incomprehensible to the human mind and psyche (Stanborough, 2020). The scientific term for the fear of the unknown is "xenophobia" (Stanborough, 2020). It is something more ominous in its nature, as humans cannot comprehend what they do not know. Fear of the unknown differs from learned fears, such as snakes and spiders (Stanborough, 2020).
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