NIGHTBREED and A QUIET PLACE: Surviving the Horror of Fascism

2025-10-23

Horror has always mirrored our real-world fears—and important socio-political issues. In this Halloween double feature, host The Pop Mythologist and special guest Sapient, from the blackened death metal band Abomnium, explore NIGHTBREED (1990) and A QUIET PLACE (2018) as dystopian allegories of fascism, oppression, survival, and strategic resistance. From Clive Barker's underground outcasts of Midian to John Krasinski’s silent survivors, the two films reveal how horror can expose the machinery of fascism—and the courage and ingenuity it takes to survive and resist it. ⚠️ Spoiler Warn...

Horror has always mirrored our real-world fears—and important socio-political issues. In this Halloween double feature, host The Pop Mythologist and special guest Sapient, from the blackened death metal band Abomnium, explore NIGHTBREED (1990) and A QUIET PLACE (2018) as dystopian allegories of fascism, oppression, survival, and strategic resistance. From Clive Barker's underground outcasts of Midian to John Krasinski’s silent survivors, the two films reveal how horror can expose the machinery of fascism—and the courage and ingenuity it takes to survive and resist it.

⚠️ Spoiler Warning⚠️

*Spoilers for: Nightbreed (1990), A Quiet Place (2018)

Lyrics for excerpt of "The Machine Awakens" by Abomnium:

Broken
Cratered
Impact scarred
Eon dust layers
Hidden

Photon cascade
Electron displacement
Sensors flicker
The machine awakens
[...]

For the rest of the song, go find Abomnium on Bandcamp or the streaming service of your choice!

Links:

Abomnium on Bandcamp
https://ukemrecords.bandcamp.com/album/of-time-and-dying-stars
Bridge 11 on Bandcamp
https://bridge11.bandcamp.com/
Sapient / Abomnium on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/abomnium/

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