Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

lukem-52760 The Thing is a true classic movie & has become so well loved & has a huge fan base & i can see why!!! I love this film the whole creepy atmosphere & dark cinematography by the legend Dean Cundy & the awesome music by Carpenter & of course the AMAZING practical FX & the awesome casting.........except it's missing the perfect guy for this film the legendary Horror icon TOM ATKINS!!! it makes No sense as to why he's not cast? I mean he was good friends with John Carpenter at the time he had just starred in carpenters The Fog (1980) & Escape from New York (1981) & Tom said in an interview that he had discussed how much he loved the 50's original film & so did carpenter so they talked about the movie & John must've known how excited Tom would have been to be apart of it & yet he cast every other guy but him? Makes No sense & Tom Atkins would have lifted the movie even more so as he would have been the best in it!!! Anyway that was a huge missed opportunity. Back to the Thing, yes it's a classic gory horror film & many class this as Carpenters masterpiece but no Where near in my opinion, my absolute favourite carpenter movie is THE FOG (1980) it's BRILLIANT!!! Kurt Russell is awesome & cool as Mcready & the location is isolated & scary & like i said the fx are amazing so much better than the silly cheap looking c.g.i today!!! Another classic carpenter movie but still looses some points for Not starring TOM ATKINS. My Top 5 CARPENTER films: THE FOG (1980) ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) HALLOWEEN (1978) ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976) & PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987).

clarencebutler John Carpenter's the Thing is a hugely atmospheric horror science fiction set in the cold settings of an Antarctican base camp. A dog is rescued by the American team of researchers out of which arises an alien entity that has the capability to take any organism's shape or form. One by one the base camp members are "afflicted" and the way this goes about is what makes The Thing so special. You really don't know who would become the next victim and we are as much in confusion as the researchers. The set design is so good it still hasn't dated at all and the performances from everyone of the cast is excellent. Carpenter was at the height of his directing prowess at the time and the film is expertly shot and edited. The Thing is a rare film: An excellent science fiction as well as horror entry.

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)

funtasticfour I saw this movie as a kid, and loved it. It freaked me out, and the effects were awesome. I loved it so much I read the book, and owned it on VHS. Now I've watched it with my daughters, separately and they loved it too. The effects still hold up and it's still tense and exciting. And funnily enough, I wondered out loud if this movie is why I'm not a dog guy :P