When Winston Churchill gave his iron curtain speech declaring that “an iron curtain had descended upon the continent, I’m not sure the world realized the truth of his statement. With the end of the 2nd World War, the struggle between the ideologies of the victors began because they believed in very different things. People were forced to live under the threat of nuclear attack. Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union wanted to be the first to attack, but the race for power was fueled by this constant threat of destruction. The lifestyles of the people who lived during this time were not the only proof that people lived in constant fear. Not only did people build shelters under their homes and save up food in the fear of nuclear disaster, but even the media portrayed a certain amount of fear. This is evident in the films that were produced during the Cold War. There are a few movies that are indicative of the indescribable fear described by the iron curtain. The fifties film The Blob was released in 1958. The film is about a bizarre blob that has come to earth from a different planet. The blob terrorizes the world by going around swallowing humans and growing exponentially as it does so. It all sounds kind of silly but it indicative of what people during the Cold War were interested in watching. It shows that people were looking to put a face on the indescribable fear. The media worked to alleviate this fear by giving people a ridiculous monster to associate fear with and make the nuclear scare into a satirical thing. Another film that is a shows the fear felt during the Cold War is called the Thing or later The Thing from Another World. It follows a faceless thing that takes over human bodies again showing this indescribable villain that is trying to devastate all humanity. I think films such as these were an interesting way to make the very real fear of nuclear destruction seem a little silly and help make everyone living under constant threat feel more at ease.