The Thing

2011 "It's not human. Yet."
6.2| 1h43m| R| en
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When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.

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Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Dotbankey A lot of fun.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
paulclaassen A prequel to 1982's classic The Thing. Very interesting with equally good effects. I do prefer the original, though, as this version seem to follow cliches of the genre towards the end.
orexsandpxssy I can not believe they remade one of the best horror movies ever made
Vile Fly I feel I was biased, being a fan of the original, so I recorded the reaction of a 16yr old 2yrs ago. He had never seen either movie before, but was desensitized because he was a horror fan. (used to gore-violence)This prequel never made him jump out of his seat, but the original did. (2 inches, in fact) He said the creature had no consistent strategy, except at the end. "there was a little paranoia, but not enough to put you on edge." The creature effects weren't as scary as the original, because it wasn't "juicy and organic and messy". He also noted that there were no uncomfortable silences, either. He did like the alternative test idea to find out who was who....but wondered why they didn't go for the blood test 1st thing. I told him it would have been copycat work to do so....and this had to be different. He agreed. The rec room gore scene did make him cringe, though. To sum up: this prequel was a creature-feature movie, the original was a horror movie.For me, I knew there was too much to live up to, and simply accepted it. Would have loved more final dialogue between the Thing-guy and the heroine when she had the flame thrower pointed at him....something like: "where are you from?" "I don't know." "Are you a weapon of some kind?" "I don't know." "What are you?" "That which survives." "Not this time." "Not here, but somewhere else for sure."
shawn-dulmage-58-413341 For those who are not aware, check out The Thing from Another World from 1951. This is the first movie adaptation that I am aware of. Both of the later movies in my opinion are good movies. Who Goes There? is a science fiction novella by John W. Campbell, Jr., written under the pen name Don A. Stuart. It was first published in the August 1938. The novella has been adapted four times as a motion picture: the first in 1951 as The Thing from Another World; the second in 1972 as Horror Express; the third in 1982 as The Thing directed by John Carpenter;[1] and most recently as a prequel to the Carpenter version, also titled The Thing, released in 2011.