Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter
An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leavi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001
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September 8, 2009One of the best horror films ever made, tons better than the original! Full of unlikely characters and old school special effects that have yet to be bettered. The head/spider scene and the tied to a bench scene are two of the best in the genres. 'You gotta be fucking kidding' - ...( read more)
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July 29, 2009"Man is The Warmest Place to Hide."
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.
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June 17, 2009Obviously from Carpenter's golden era, this is probably the best of his big production movies and certainly one of the most thrilling. The plot is chock full of tense thrills and the grotesque horror is first rate.
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January 30, 2009Wow, this movie is really something special. Who knew that Ant/Arctic Horror could be such a fruitful genre? If I had seen it when I was younger, it would have given me nightmares for weeks. Even now, after all the horror films I've seen, this one gave me genuine chills. The scen...( read more)
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January 27, 2009zowie!
classic. that means it's all good, everything, everybody, even the friggen location.
even the alien.
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November 17, 2009One of my favorites. John Carpenter and Kurt Russell at their best. The plot is executed perfectly and there is a great combination of suspense, action and chills. Not only is it a great sci-fi and horror, but one of the best movies of it's generation. Kurt Russel gives another g...( read more)
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November 11, 2009To move from the slasher horror genre to a horror sci-fi genre may seem a commonly mediocre decision nowadays, simulating the transition that Alien (1979) suffered with Aliens (1986), but Carpenter actually surpassed the brilliance of Halloween with extreme lunacy! An influential...( read more)
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November 8, 2009A brilliant, scary mash up movie of sci-fi and horror that, in my opinion, has yet to be topped.
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November 7, 2009The build-up and suspense surrounding the paranioa is the best part about The Thing, with the all male cast really setting in the tone for the suspicions and uncertainty that the viewer must also share.
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November 3, 2009Si alguien la tiene ke mela preste para copearla porfis.
Muy terrorifica,
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October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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November 12, 2008AN AWESOME horror movie!! One of the best ever made in my opinion. The only reason that I didn't give it 5 stars is bc what is pretty much the 2nd to the last scene, right near/at the end of the movie the character Nauls just disappears!
You don't see him die, you don't see him get buried in anything; ...tho this does heavily imply that his character does die at the end, ... he just disappears! He could have gotten away, but bc they didn't show that we assume that he died. -
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July 21, 2007Love this film. Used to scare me to death when I was younger but as I've grown up I started to apreciate the psychological element. Still think those effects (especially the arm munching stomach and dogs scene) are great and puts some of our more recent CGI monsters in the shade.
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July 13, 2007I'm just curious, wouldn't the blood from Palmer's Petri dish have splashed onto McReady's arm or face since it splattered everywhere?
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