The Thing

1982 "Man is the warmest place to hide."
8.2| 1h49m| R| en
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In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.

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Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie
Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
tammygerome John Carpenter's The Thing is such an atmospheric film that even now three decades on it feels as though it was shot last night. It's a remake of a 1950s film and one of the few examples of the remake being better than the original. The plot concerns an American team stationed in Antarctica that suddenly find an alien creature that imitates other life among their midst. One by one this alien entity starts devouring the team. Kurt Russell is in sublime form as Macready the station helicopter pilot and the only one with balls and a rational outlook. This is not just a science fiction film but a character study of humans, done so very subtly. Carpenter is a filmmaker magician and The Thing is one of bis finest tricks.
adonis98-743-186503 A crew in Antarctica finds a neighboring camp destroyed and its crew dead. Whatever killed them is nowhere to be found, unless it's hidden in plain sight. John Carpenter's The Thing benefits from a very strong perfomance from Kurt Russell but also terrific special effects that take the horror to a whole new level plus the movie is very stylish and builts terror slowly and then quickly when it wants to and since it's a Carpenter movie it makes total sense of being that damn good, definitely check it out it's really damn good although not flawless. (9/10)
ilovemovies2016 A great sci-fi horror a monster classic horror this movie never ages an arctic horror that's gripping and scary this movie truly never ages. downside can be a little slow at times but soon picks up if you're looking for a classic horror that will make u jump out of you're seat this is it
cianlyons-18565 Really tense horror movie with some great body horror and really good performances. Reminds me a lot of Alien.