Color Out of Space story
Strangeness ensues after a pinkish meteor lands outside a rural farmhouse. It is based on the short story "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft.
18 total · 10 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien point of view | major | a farm was invaded by some sort of alien life that was utterly incomprehensible to humans |
| brother and sister | major | Lavinia and her pot smoking brother Benny, and her kid brother Jack. The relationship between Lavinia and Benny was particularly important to the story, as the two had to rely on each other more and more as the strange situation with the meteor escalated. |
| descent into madness | major | Nathan gradually went insane from the malignant influence of the pink meteor. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | The grand revelation of the film is that the pink meteor harbored an alien entity that probably came to Earth by accident and was working to transform its surroundings to be similar to those of its native habitat. |
| father and daughter | major | Lavinia had a borderline rocky relationship with her parents. |
| father and son | major | Nathan and his two sons Benny and Jack. |
| human vs. inexplicable adversity | major | Everyone was at a loss to explain all the weirdness that went on in the wake of what appeared to be a pinkish meteor outside the Gardner's family home. |
| husband and wife | major | Nathan and Theresa Gardner moved their family to Nathan's father's rural farm in an effort to lead more tranquil lives outside of the big city. |
| invasive life form from outer space | major | a pink meteorite brought with it some sort of alien life that started to subvert Earthlife, creating monstrosities |
| mother and daughter | major | Lavinia had a borderline rocky relationship with her parents. |