Starring a young, bearded and incredibly on-form Kurt Russell, it was in itself a kinda-remake of Christian Nyby’s The Thing From Another World (1951) and they were both based on John W. Campbell Jr.’s 1938 novella, Who Goes There? A couple of years ago, it was revealed that...
The studio didn't want John Carpenter to score The Thing, so he ended up getting to work with the legendary Ennio Morricone. By Kevin Burwick Jul 8, 2020 Movie News The Thing Remake Coming from Blumhouse Based on Long-Lost Original Book Universal and Blumhouse have partnered to produce...
The good news is that The Thing for PC lives up to a good amount of that promise. Its first smart decision is beginning the story soon after where the film left off instead of doing a predictable remake of the same plot. You play Blake, commander of a military team that has been sen...
A scientific research station in the Antarctic is seemingly attacked by researchers from a nearby settlement, but things are not quite as they seem...The Thing is one of the rarest of all breeds. A cinematic remake that is actually BETTER than the original. Easily John Carpenter's finest mo...
"The Thing" Universal Pictures Based on John W. Campbell, Jr.'s novella "Who Goes There?" (which was previously filmed by Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby in 1951), "The Thing" starred Kurt Russell, whose Antarctica research station becomes the setting for a showdown against an alien creat...
Kurt Russell leads a team of Antarctic researchers who discover a shape-shifting alien creature lurking amongst them, resulting in a harrowing test of loyalty and sanity. The Thing's nerve-wracking suspense and nightmarish special effects amount to a true classic of the sci-fi/horror genre. ...
“Who Goes There?,” the source novella by science fiction titan John W. Campbell Jr., first published in 1938, had been adapted in 1951 asThe Thing From Another Worldby Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby. Carpenter’s film is often referred to as a remake, but it isn’t because screenwr...
The Thing Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter 1,716 votes In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the cam...
It is not the brutal display of body-crunching and gut squelching that takes place.No, the most disturbing thing is that this film got made at all.The Thing is the second remake of The Thing From Another World. When John Carpenter did the first remake in 1982 it was given the cold ...
Yes. I feel that the action is pretty timeless. Some effects did look a little cheesy, but that was what made it fun. This movie stands the test of time on its own. If it was ever remade, the remake would pale in comparison. So leave this movie alone, Hollywood!!!