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June 25th, 1982

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Horror-master John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape From New York) combines Kurt Russell's outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of Christian I. Nyby's 1951...
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Directed:
John Carpenter
Written:
Bill Lancaster, John W. Campbell Jr.
Starring: Thomas G. Waites, Larry J. Franco, Nate Irwin, John Carpenter, Richard A. Dysart
Starring: Thomas G. Waites, Larry J. Franco, Nate Irwin, John Carpenter, Richard A. Dysart
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I'll be honest as good as the old film was I actually thought the remake was a lot better. In fact it's actually not just my favorate film from my favorate movie director John Carpenter but it's also one of my personal top ten favorate horror...
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Posted jul 29, 2009 2:35 pm pt
The Thing is a classic horror movie. A remake actually of the 1951 The Thing, which was also a great movie.
The Thing has a claustrophobic feel, very similar to Alien. The Thing itself is basically a shape-shifting alien creature that...
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The Thing has a claustrophobic feel, very similar to Alien. The Thing itself is basically a shape-shifting alien creature that...
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Posted sep 16, 2008 5:05 am pt
The Thing is a John Carpenter Classic, There's not much to say, its about guys in the arctic who are compromised by an alien disease that replicates what someone looks like so you never know who's human or an alien ready to eat you. It's from 1982...
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Posted jul 5, 2008 3:59 pm pt
John Carpenter, in his remake of Howard Hawk's classic horror film "The Thing", has created not only his greatest masterpiece, but one of the greatest films in the history of cinematic horror.
The film follows a small band...
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The film follows a small band...
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Posted feb 12, 2008 3:09 pm pt
John Carpenter's The Thing is quite possibly the best remake I have ever seen, and one of the best overall horror films. Though technically, it really shouldn't be considered a remake. The story's quite different this time around, enough to make...
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Posted jan 3, 2008 7:46 am pt
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