It's funny you mention that -- I was watching Adrienne Barbeau watch the supernatural fog creep across the beach and into her town, and I couldn't help but think of the current situation.mtwentz wrote: The Thing is the most relevant Carpenter movie to today’s situation...
But yeah, The Thing is most relevant and, in my opinion, Carpenter's best flick. It's just not on Shudder (or any other streaming service I subscribe to).
I wonder if any TP fans are reading any of the current situation in The Return. I feel Part 8, with healthy drivers fleeing dirty men, who, in turn, bring (differing levels of) suffering to all they come across, could be viewed as reminiscent of the panic and randomness of illness. Also the imagery following the a-bomb explosion -- it's almost like we are traveling into some deep, microscopic world where bacteria and viruses roam freely.
Granted, I have no doubt that we could project our current anxieties onto anything we were to watch right now, from Westworld to Will and Grace re-runs. But just thought I'd throw that out there about Part 8.