Dewey Martin, Douglas Spencer, Eduard Franz
According to many film fanatics, The Thing belongs in the pantheon of science fiction classics. This celluloid chronicle follows a team of scientists and researchers who discover an unclassifiable cre...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 5, 2003
Stats: 386 reviews
An absolute classic and probably in my top 5 favourite sci-fi films of all time. I do prefer the remake but to be fair they're both very different films. One thing this version does have above Carpenter's though, is its fantastic script. A great film!
Along with Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, this is probably my favourite of the 50s Sci-Fi horror movies I've seen to date. Watching it again, what impresses me most is the sheer volume of dialogue crammed into these 90 minutes. Produced by Howard Hawks, with ...( read more)
Unfortunately for this film the remake completely overshadows it in every imaginable way. Though the plot and events are rather similar John Carpenter's version is truly terrifying. He made the most of the isolated setting, here however it is never fully capitalized on. The monst...( read more)
Good buildup, but then a hokey veggie-man runs around the camp, trying to scare us. I recommend the John Carpenter 1982 version only.
Good sci-fi. I actually was very fond of the fine script. The plot may seem a little cheesy and classic, but was very well managed for its time.
79/100
Although old as fuck this was a sweet film though it did seem to start the trend of awful romantic subplots The Thing and main story was kick ass. hahaha BURN CARROT BURN!
Psychological, creepy. Good Cold War stuff...not as pretensious as "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
Vastly subpar and substandard in comparison to the John Carpenter remake of 1982! The only real good thing about this movie that I was able to comprehend was the plot, which John Carpenter made excellent use of in his version.
Christian Nyby & Howard Hawks didn't even try!
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