The Fleshy Frontier: Body Horror’s Morbid Influence on Star Trek’s Utopian Vision

The Fleshy Frontier: Body Horror’s Morbid Influence on Star Trek’s Utopian Vision

Body horror in Star Trek serves as a thematic counterbalance to its utopian vision. While Star Trek often portrays a hopeful representation of humanity’s potential, body horror highlights the precariousness of the human condition. By showcasing characters’ bodies transformed against their will, these episodes interrogate themes of bodily autonomy, personal identity, and existential vulnerability.

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