Thing

Pros: Direction, Story, SFX, Ensemble Cast, Score
Cons: This one is hard to fault

The Thing (1982) “I don’t know what the hell's in there, but it's weird and it’s pissed off.” Clark Sometimes a monster movie is the right thing to do, so I popped my copy of John Carpenter’s The Thing into ...

Pros: Fantastic story, great direction and cinematography, solid performances from an ensemble cast, a memorably haunting score, and some of the best gore of all time
Cons: It would be nice if the characters were slightly more developed

John Carpenter’s The Thing: Universal Pictures
Rating: USA: R/UK: 18/ Australia: R

"This thing doesn’t want to show itself, it wants to hide inside an imitation. It’ll fight if it has to but it’s vulnerable out in...

Pros: One of the best Sci-Fi films around
Cons: None

MacReady : I know I'm human. And if you were all these things, then you'd just attack me right now, so some of you are still human. This thing doesn't want to show itself, it wants to hide inside an imitation. It'll fight if it has to, but it's ...

Pros: The music, acting, mood, effects,story and scenery.
Cons: None.

This is the quintessential horror film! It opens with a panorama of the frozen desolation of Antarctica. Chilling music plays in the background as we witness a helicopter flying over the windswept landscape shooting at a dog. Thus begins the bizarre tale ...

Pros: Russell and the entire caste, special effects (for 1982), the screenplay
Cons: It drags a bit in the middle

Yes the word “THE” does appear in the title, as tempting as it would be to talk about John Carpenter ...

Pros: Great Plotline, and Special Effects
Cons: none

This is my frank opinion on of the best sci-fi/horror flicks to be made and is a definite sleeper hit in the horror/sci fi genre.

There are so many reasons to like this film, yet it was universally panned by the critics when it was originally...

Pros: THE THING is a true classic of modern horror. People will remember this one.
Cons: E.T. killed this movie!

I love this movie. Love. Love. Love. If this movie were a woman, I'd sent it flowers every day. So imagine my glee when I got my very own copy of the DVD yesterday. I figured that I'd already spent over 15 bucks renting the damn thing, so why not...

Pros: A Fantastically Suspenseful and Immersive Horror Film
Cons: It's Just Short of Being Perfect

For many years I had heard nothing but praises for John Carpenter's The Thing, but knowing how much goes over hyped in modern times, I had my reservations. I can't quite remember why I finally took the plunge, but what's important is that I did. Am I ...

Pros: Outstanding ensemble cast; great music score; AMAZING GORE EFFECTS!!
Cons: Absolutely none; the film is a masterpiece

From the opening moments of this film, I was hooked.

It starts out with a bizarre scene. A helicopter zooms along above the frozen tundra of Antarctica. A passenger leans out of the copter with a rifle and takes aim. His target: a sled dog...

Pros: Scary, suspenseful, well written, well directed, gory to the extreme, creature effects
Cons: None

John Carpenter's The Thing is one of those rare films in which the remake is better than the original. Based on 1951's The Thing From Another World, Carpenter's version is an intense, scary, psychological thrill ride that will have you in ...

Pros: Horrifying movie that is both creature feature and psychological thriller.
Cons: Gory, technical goofs, and dated special effects.

The Thing (1982) Directed by John Carpenter. Based on the short story, “Who Goes There?” by John W. Campbell Jr. R. J. MacReady: “Trust is a tough thing to come by these days.” Life at the South Pole is stressful. The harsh environment, ...

Pros: some cute dogs
Cons: rampant human stupidity, laughable special effects stolen from Alien, no suspense

Apparently John Carpenter saw Alien and thought, "Hey, I can do that, and I can toss in bits of The Thing from Another World and

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"The Thing" (1982) Starring: Kurt Russell Directed by John Carpenter In an isolated arctic military base, a team of American marines on station find themselves infiltrated by no ordinary intruder. For thousands of years an alien ...

Pros: Benchmark makeup and visual FX mix with a cold, intense mystery/character study.
Cons: The high-tech gore still can churn your stomach even after 26 years.

This review is part of captaind's The Good Movies EpiGuide 2 write-off: http://www.epinions.com/conten t_5245804676.In the wake of my recent review for Candyman, fellow Epinions.com horror buff Mike Bracken ...

Pros: Tense, pretty decent FX, Russell, script
Cons: Slight character development, FX is a little dated

John Carpenter's reputation is such that his name appears in the movie title; along with Wes Craven and Stephen King, his is a name that can boost a film's street cred by a good bit. Anyone who's seen a Carpenter film from the last decade may wonder why ...