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The Thing (1982)
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Howard Hawks's original 1951 production of The Thing from Another World can be glimpsed playing on a TV that fateful October evening in John Carpenter's blockbuster hit, Halloween (1978). A few years later, Carpenter reteamed with his Escape from New York star Kurt Russell to do a remake. But while the first movie version of The Thing was in atmospheric black and white, Carpenter's 1982 version is in widescreen, full color, and features some of the most revoltingly explicit, surreally imaginative special effects (courtesy of FX-meister Rob Bottin) that have ever been seen on the screen. Researchers in the remote...
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The Thing Movie Review by Jarrod  (9/23/2007) |
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John Carpenter's 'The Thing' is a remake of an old 1951 sci-fi movie, and is so much better one may be inclined to think he is watching something entirely different. This is Carpenter's best film outside of Halloween, and it is a greater accomplishment in terms of technical achievement, with awesomely gruesome and...
(complete The Thing review by Jarrod)
| The Thing Movie Review by Thom (10/20/2007) |
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John Carpenter has been around for a long time and, while many have been entertaining, few of his films are considered high quality; none has ever illustrated the same level of skill and precision as The Thing, a remake of Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World (1951).
Carpenter's Thing features a group of research...
(complete The Thing review by Thom)
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