The Thing (Collector's Edition)
by John Carpenter
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Actor: David Clennon, Donald Moffat, Kurt Russell, T.K. Carter, Wilford BrimleyDirector: John Carpenter
Brand: Universal
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-26
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Pictures
Movie Reviews of The Thing (Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Maybe the best horror film ever made
Summary: 5 Stars
I've loved this film for many years, so I thought it's about time I got around to reviewing it. Along with John Carpernter's other masterpiece, Halloween, The Thing is not only my favorite horror movie of all time, but it is in my top 5 if you include all genres. I was first introduced to this film by my mom when I was a teenager. She has loved it ever since she saw it in theaters back in 1982, so now I share the passion. What makes this flick so great? When there are more great things to say about a movie than fingers on your hands, you know it's something special. I'll just quickly talk about a some of them.
The atmosphere is number one in my book. Isolated at a remote research facility in Antarctica creates an amazing claustrophobic setting. Tension really builds when you have no where to go. The music is undeniably one of the creepiest and most suspense building stuff you will ever hear. Ennio Morricone of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly fame creates another masterful composition here. Other than Jaws, no other film's score has done more with two bass notes. Fear of the unknown plays a huge part, especially the first time you see it (I wish I could erase the film from memory and watch it for the first time again). Not being able to trust anyone but yourself becomes the motto. The special effects are way before the days of CGI and 27 years later they still look very impressive. The gore level is also quite high and disturbing. Some images will forever be burned in my mind. Maybe most importantly of all, this film is actually scary. I still get chills watching this alone at night with the lights off and I've seen it more than ten times. Just thinking about what might have went on at the destroyed Norwegian camp is enough to make the hairs on your arm stand up. There is not a weak link in the cast. Everyone is believable and you never for once think you are watching a bunch of actors. Even with someone as familiar as Kurt Russell, who wisely doesn't overplay the part. I also loved the ending. Sure it's a cliffhanger, but it still leaves that element of mystery that kept the movie going from the start. Pure class.
So do you think I like John Carpenter's remake of The Thing? I was trying to think of some flaws, but a few minutes went by and I gave up. The bottom line is, this belongs in every DVD collection.
Summary of The Thing (Collector's Edition)
Scientists in the antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/14/2006 Starring: Kurt Russell Keith David Run time: 109 minutes Rating: R Director: John CarpenterDirector John Carpenter and special makeup effects master Rob Bottin teamed up for this 1982 remake of the 1951 science fiction classic The Thing from Another World, and the result is a mixed blessing. It's got moments of highly effective terror and spine-tingling suspense, but it's mostly a showcase for some of the goriest and most horrifically grotesque makeup effects ever created for a movie. With such highlights as a dog that splits open and blossoms into something indescribably gruesome, this is the kind of movie for die-hard horror fans and anyone who slows down to stare at fatal traffic accidents. On those terms, however, it's hard not to be impressed by the movie's wild and wacky freak show. It all begins when scientists at an arctic research station discover an alien spacecraft under the thick ice, and thaw out the alien body found aboard. What they don't know is that the alien can assume any human form, and before long the scientists can't tell who's real and who's a deadly alien threat. Kurt Russell leads the battle against the terrifying intruder, and the supporting cast includes Richard Masur, Richard Dysart, Donald Moffat, and Wilford Brimley. They're all playing standard characters who are neglected by the mechanistic screenplay (based on the classic sci-fi story "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell), but Carpenter's emphasis is clearly on the gross-out effects and escalating tension. If you've got the stomach for it (and let's face it, there's a big audience for eerie gore), this is a thrill ride you won't want to miss. --Jeff Shannon
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