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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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 movies ever (number 6 to be persise).

There isn't much I can say that hasn't already been said so I'll keep it brief. What I love about the film is in it's atmosphere, setting, music score, and of course the special effects which I felt were the biggest highlight for the film. The atmosphere and setting were excelent because you really felt that sense of isolation from how remote and far they were located. The snow, cold, and darkness were palpable because it really felt like The Thing could be anywhere in the dark enviorment. The music score was excelent which also was one of the factors that gave me chills, from the begining theme which to me is one of the most memorable horror theme songs I've ever heard.

And of course the creature and gore effects which I'll never forget. They were just excelent grade A stuff because there is no CGI. It's the old fashioned real deal from the make up effects and pupetering it really made The Thing monster look terrifyingly real. The Thing monster was truely a menice because the fact it can replicate itself and shapeshift made it all the more threatening because just like the Macready character I couldn't tell who was The Thing myself. The effects really added to the sense of intensity, I know when I watched the film I was tense I was litterally at the edge of my seat and grip it hard. And there were three scenes I actually jumped in my seat which doesn't happen to me often and thats a great feeling. (Don't read this if you haven't seen the film)Like that blood test sense but most of all for me it was when the doctor was trying to put the panels on this guy that was supposedly having a heart attack and then suddenly his chest suddenly opens up.

Some say you never really get into the character totally but that's the point, because it's a feeling of paranoia where you can't trust anyone because anyone can be the Thing. And that of course was the whole theme of the film it was all about paranoia and distrust, this was something that really fit from the 80's decade which had their issue with the cold war to even now the 2000 era with our issue with terroism and everything else happening. Heck in the schools I've been to hardly may people trusted each other because some were bullies or sell outs, I've had some people I thought were friends but then they turned out to acually be enimies that wanted and tried to destroy my life.

Well that's all I really have to say about the film, so "The Thing" is awdsome but remember be careful of who you trust.

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 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 can replicate the appearance of anyone. This creates an atmosphere of paranoia since nobody can trust anybody.

The Thing is also super gory, especially for its time. I'm not a huge fan of gore, so I would have preferred less, but it does have a certain shock value.

It's very well done. Very taut with an especially tense ending.

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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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 so there's not hardcore computer graphics just good old makeup and props. Overall it delivers a fun scary night for any bored viewer regardless of your favorite genre.

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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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 of Antarctic researchers at the start of the polar winter who find that their dullness and tedium is disrupted by two members of another expedition in pursuit of one of their dogs, which they are trying to kill. In investigating, they find the other expedition excavated an alien which can turn into any animate living form (though it must kill whatever it's taking the form of). And now the alien is in our heroes outpost, and it could be any one of them.

As you can imagine about the premise, this is a horror film with a very human plot. Yes, there's a beastie, and it wants to kill everybody, but the beastie isn't really on screen, in a recognizable fashion, very often. The film's really about the humans - who are trying to get by, trying to find the monster, and trying to find out who they can trust. This paranoia builds up the predominant tone of the movie.

Consequently, this makes for one of Carpenter's bleakest, grimmest film. None of the wry humor that has become Carpenter's trademark (especially in his collaborations with Kurt Russell) is present here, giving the film a really serious tone that sets it completely apart from all the rest of Carpenter's work. Likewise, the tension of the film is augmented by the claustrophobic feel of the sets. The interiors of the film are tight, and kind of cluttered. The exteriors, on the other hand, despite their vastness, greatly enhance the isolation and confined feel of the film - there's nothing for hundreds of miles in any direction, so where can you run to?

In conclusion, for all of the excellent films (Halloween, Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13, Big Trouble in Little China) that Carpenter is known for, it is for The Thing, that he shall go down in history. With this film, he sets his place in the history of cinema, with what is, beyond a doubt, his greatest work.

Whoever said remakes had to suck?