Reading Elise Turcotte’s The Alien House is a little like overhearing the thoughts of one of Ingmar Bergman’s nearly silent film heroines. Like Liv Ullman in The Hour of the Wolf, Turcotte’s nameless ...

Every installment in the Alien franchise resembles the format of haunted house horror movies. Each Alien movie stalks its characters through dark environments, turning familiar settings into perfect ...

When his grandfather moves in, Ben tells his friends that an alien has invaded his house. By the way he describes the old man’s removable teeth and hair, taste for greens, and apparent fixation on ...