Threat Quality Press

I am fighting a losing battle with horror movies, because ultimately I find ideas a lot scarier than images. And horror movies (and the devoted FX people who work on them) tend to focus on the visuals.

But while individually, these movies – particularly those in a sci-fi/horror vein – often lack in the story area, the visuals carry an overarching theme: DO NOT SCREW AROUND WITH SCIENCE.

If you think it’s a good idea to unlock primordial urges? DON’T, or this will happen.

If you want to unlock the doorway to other dimensions – specifically if you are prone to violent rape fantasies – DON’T, or you will start doing this weird crap!

If you see a weird glowy meteor thing, DON’T TOUCH IT, or you’ll become Michael Rooker on a particularly bad day.

And finally, if you were thinking about dabbling in teleportation technology?

DON’T! Not even your Jeff Golblum-y charms will save you from horrible mutation.

See? Sci-fi horror is nothing if not a public service announcement against playing with Mad Science.

Movies teach us lessons, children.

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