The Thing (1982)
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies and they don't know who may already have been taken over.
29 July 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
20 November 1948, New York City, New York, USA
17 November 1947, Los Angeles County, California, USA
18 December 1956, New York City, New York, USA
3 October 1951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4 June 1956, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
11 June 1945, Sacramento, California, USA
27 September 1934, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
30 March 1929, Brighton, Massachusetts, USA
9 July 1946, Germany
5 February 1940, Oakley, Ohio, USA
February 28, 2017
With a thick, thick air of intense paranoia and jaw-dropping monster effects work, The Thing stands as one of the greatest films of both the horror and science fiction genres.
October 10, 2016
John Carpenter's The Thing boasts outstanding special effects, skilled direction and cinematography, and a tension-filled story, making for one of the legendary director's most cherished works.
June 24, 2006
Russell's sub-Eastwood heroics hardly compensate for the absence of all characterisation, while Bill Lancaster's script boasts the most illogical climax any monster movie ever had.
July 26, 2014
Something close to an absolutely perfect exercise in how to construct a thriller.
May 20, 2003
Mr. Carpenter has demonstrated that he can make good, comparatively plain, old-fashioned scare movies and effective suspense thrillers, but he seems to lose his own head when he combines two or more genres, as he [does here].
June 06, 2007
If it's the most vividly guesome monster ever to stalk the screen that audiences crave, then The Thing is the thing. On all other levels, however, John Carpenter's remake of Howard Hawks' 1951 sci-fi classic comes as a letdown.
July 01, 1982
This is one of those rare remakes that remains faithful to the premise of the original but does something unique with the concept.
October 23, 2004
Because this material has been done before, and better, especially in the original The Thing and Alien, there's no need to see this version.
October 11, 2016
Like Ridley Scott's 1979 classic "Alien" before it, "The Thing" is science-fiction/horror with a visionary punch that continues to resonate and inspire filmmakers decades later.
May 25, 2011
Carpenter's direction is slow, dark, and stately; he seems to be aiming for an enveloping, novelistic kind of effect, but all he gets is heaviness.
October 08, 2014
It personifies the definition of "popcorn entertainment" - that is, the kind of film that relishes the thrill of its many ambitious moments without seeking total transcendence.
