In 2020 everyone had a pod: a handful of people you saw over and over while the world stayed on pause. Looking back, the 2020 Horror-Thon lineup that year was weirdly on the nose. Aliens are swapping your neighbors for calm, blank copies. A woman hides from the world behind a mask. A red goo swallows a town while the adults insist everything is fine. Around those are witches, a woman with a “twin,” a cursed fashion illustrator, and one sweet transvestie from Transexual, Transylvaia.
THIS YEAR’S SELECTIONS
I
THE BLOB
1958
8.5/10
IV
SISTERS
1972
THE CRAFT:
LEGACY
1972
7/10
VII
3/10
II
EYES WITHOUT
A FACE
1960
THE ROCKY HORROR
PICTURE SHOW
10/10
V
1975
VIII
CAT PEOPLE
1972
10/107/10
III
INVASION OF THE
BODY SNATCHERS
1956
8/10
VI
SEASON OF
THE WITCH
1972
5/10POD PEOPLE AWARDS
Every movie takes home a trophy for one thing or another. Some earned it. Some probably wish they didn’t. Here are the official Pod People Awards, with no voting, no appeals, and no acceptance speeches because the Blob ate the podium.
POD PEOPLE OF THE YEAR
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
MOST COPIED COSTUME
Frank-N-Furter, Rocky Horror
BEST SUPPORTING FURNITURE
Sisters
EARWORM OF THE YEAR
“Beware of the blob”
SCARIEST FACE (OR LACK THEREOF)
Eyes without
a face
BEST OF THE YEAR
EYES WITHOUT
A FACE
FINAL RANKINGS
8.5
10
10
THE BLOB (1958)
EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
SISTERS (1972)
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
5
7
7
3
8
SEASON OF THE WITCH (1972)
THE CRAFT: LEGACY (2020)
CAT PEOPLE (1942)
Best to Worst
KEEP WATCHING
One year was never going to be enough. There is plenty more Horror-Thon to explore. Zombies, Michael Myers, demonic house cats, and more B-horror movies than you knew existed.