Okay, I can't do all of your work for you. You also have to participate, and as of now you have a homework assignment - watch the films Stalker (1979) and Annihilation (2018). Both are on the major streaming services right now, so you have no excuse not to start watching as soon as you finish reading this brief post.
They're basically the same story told two very different ways, so you can watch them in either order. It makes some sense to watch Stalker, the earlier film, first, followed by Annihilation. But Stalker is more of an "art" film than the latter, and it's easier to understand and follow Stalker if you're already familiar with Annihilation.
Minor, minor spoilers ahead, but both films involve an extraterrestrial presence that comes to Earth and resides in a secured area sealed off from the rest of humanity by the military (the "Zone" in Stalker and the "Shimmer" in Annihilation). Both films follow a small group of explorers who enter thee forbidden zone - three men in Stalker and five women in Annihilation. Both films have ambiguous endings leaving the viewer to decide what ultimately happened in the Zone/the Shimmer. I'll say no more.
Go watch the films. You can thank me later.
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