The Thing is a 1982 sci-fi horror film directed by John Carpenter and stars Kurt Russell as Mack MacReady, a researcher based in Antarctica and our protagonist in the film. Upon its release, The Thing was met with a lot of mixed reviews and overall a negative reception, however over the...
Crazy Credits The title of the movie is revealed in the same style as in The Thing from Another World (1951). The effect was achieved with a plastic bag placed on a stencil that was melted by a heat source placed below it. See more » Quotes Garry: [1:26:18] I know you gentle...
The Thing(1982) I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is. —Clark Share Tweet Post More Title sequence Composer Ennio Morricone Category Film Styles main title,mixed-media,typographic Film Director ...
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3. The Thing (1982) The movie: Perhaps you’ve been buried in snow and have missed John Carpenter’s ultimate creature feature. Entirely understandable. Why don’t you come closer to the fire and defrost? The title might sound hokey but The Thing remains one of the most gloriously splatter...
The film also pays homage to John Carpenter’sThe Thing(1982),with its transmogrifying frights, sense of creeping paranoia and rising conflict. But rather than a group of men fighting each other Elizabeth and Sue turn on each other over ownership of their physical existence and Hollywood status...
Positive Reviews Mixed Reviews Negative Reviews 75 New Orleans Times-Picayune Oct 14, 2011 Yes, it is derivative, but in a year in which films from the 1980s are getting needless remakes seemingly every other week, this one stands out as a rare one that works. That's a good "Thing." ...
The Thing: Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.. With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen. At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate
Claiming to have taken his cues from both Christian Nyby/Howard Hawks’The Thing from Another World (1951)and John Carpenter’s seminal 1982 re-imagining, debut directorMatthijs van Heijningen Jr. seemingly had high aspirations for his 2011 ‘prequel’ if he thought he could bring anything new...
Swamp Thing-1982 Director Wes Craven Starring Adrienne Barbeau, Louis Jourdan, Ray Wise Scott’s Review #1,445 Reviewed October 14, 2024 Grade: B+ Wes Craven’s murky swampland, Adrienne Barbeau’s cleavage, and a battle of good versus evil make Swamp Thing (1982) a titillating watch. ...