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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...
Credits:
Directed:
John Carpenter
Written:
Bill Lancaster, John W. Campbell Jr.
Starring: Kurt Russell, John Carpenter, Adrienne Barbeau, William Zeman, Nate Irwin
Starring: Kurt Russell, John Carpenter, Adrienne Barbeau, William Zeman, Nate Irwin
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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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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
This is a great movie. It tells the story of 12 men trapped in antartica with no where to go. They discover that another expedition has found an alien who can turn into human beings. What is does is kill the human and take over his body. Now they...
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Posted oct 13, 2007 1:50 am pt
John Carpenter's The Thing is one of the those movies you either love it or hate it, but the nostagatia of it does prove to be good. Based upon a chilling version of Christian I. Nyby's 1951 classic "The Thing". "The Thing" is...
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Posted sep 1, 2007 10:35 am pt
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