The Thing Comments

  • Brady 2022-03-24 09:01:10

    It’s really good for 1982. The monster shape is cult and bloody. The grasp of human nature is also very good, but the rhythm is still slow. The cohesive technique is...

  • Wayne 2022-03-24 09:01:10

    story-driven, tension, special...

  • Kimberly 2022-03-24 09:01:10

    Science fiction is just a cover, and monsters are just a cover. As always, this film is still discussing the human suspicion in desperate situation, and it is extremely exciting. Unfortunately, Carpenter’s B-level film is fun to discount the style of the entire film, and it cannot be matched. Alien has become a...

  • Hassie 2022-03-24 09:01:10

    Maybe it still doesn't have the technology. It seems that the taste is a bit bad now, although it is still quite scary, but there is too much plasma juice. The atmosphere can still be created. These stupid Americans killed the Norwegian boy with a single shot at the beginning, but in the end they didn't end well. Are they telling stories about...

  • Clotilde 2022-03-24 09:01:10

    It's really bloody and heavy! But also very profound! As a movie 30 years ago, its extremely disgusting and authentic scenes can still be seen shuddering and even can't bear to look directly at it. The special effects and makeup are so awesome! The setting that monsters can imitate human beings also shows human suspicion and unfeeling killing. It's really an awesome horror movie! The open ending is endless. It is a pity that the structure is slightly procrastinated and...

  • Bertha 2022-03-23 09:01:09

    Now, no matter how good the computer-made special effects are, no matter how realistic they are, I still think they are fake, and this kind of special effects made decades ago with makeup and props has a very strong sense of reality. A few close-up shots really can’t bear to look directly at them, and they are a little...

  • Name 2022-03-23 09:01:09

    Carpenter's movies during his creative period are always so fascinating, and the shell of a well-made science fiction thriller packs his strong B-level feelings. The foreplay of this movie is very long, but the slow plot amplifies the psychological fear conveyed by the enclosed space and strengthens the dramatic tension between the characters. The horror and bloody scenes were absolutely unprecedented in history. This is a movie. A classic that has been imitated by countless future...

  • Dan 2022-03-23 09:01:09

    It’s quite disgusting. Some sections are very classic. I haven’t watched this type of movie for a long time, and the excitement is back~ Especially, this is the first film that I watched patiently without any...

  • Elinore 2022-03-22 09:01:08

    8.4; Actually I was scared by the fade...

  • Krista 2022-03-22 09:01:08

    Among the science fiction films in the early 1980s, they were pretty good. The atmosphere is full, if you haven't seen the alien first, this film is definitely worth watching. In addition, this film also involves the issue of human nature, which is a rare part of science fiction horror...

Extended Reading

The Thing quotes

  • Fuchs: [whispering] I have to talk to you.

    MacReady: I'm tired of talkin', Fuchs. I just wanna get up to my shack and get drunk.

    Fuchs: Mac, it's important.

    MacReady: What is it?

    Fuchs: Outside.

    MacReady: It's 40 below zero outside.

  • MacReady: I don't know. Thousands of years ago it crashes, and this thing... gets thrown out, or crawls out, and it ends up freezing in the ice.

    Childs: I just cannot believe any of this voodoo bullshit.

    Palmer: Childs, happens all the time, man. They're falling out of the skies like flies. Government knows all about it, right, Mac?

    Childs: You believe any of this voodoo bullshit, Blair?

    Palmer: Childs, Childs... Chariots of the Gods, man. They practically own South America. I mean, they taught the Incas everything they know.

    Garry: So, come on now, MacReady, Norwegians get ahold of this... and they dig it up out of the ice.

    MacReady: Yes, Garry, they dig it up, they cart it back, it gets thawed out, it wakes up... probably not the best of moods... I don't know, I wasn't there!

    Nauls: [skates in with ripped long johns] Which one of you disrespectful men been tossing his dirty drawers in the kitchen trash can, huh? From now, I want my kitchen clean, all right? Germ free!

    Childs: So how's this motherfucker wake up after thousands of years in the ice?

    George Bennings: And how can it look like a dog?

    MacReady: I don't know how. 'Cause it's different than us, see? 'Cause it's from outer space. What do you want from me? Ask him!

    [motions to Blair]

    Childs: You buy any of this Blair?

The Thing

Director: John Carpenter

Language: English,Norwegian Release date: June 25, 1982