The real monster is hidden among us

Eriberto 2022-03-22 09:01:08

I saw this movie by accident. 35 years have passed since 1982 and 2017. Science fiction horror films have advanced by leaps and bounds in these 35 years, but looking back at this old film, it can still be said to be great.
At the beginning of the story, a group of people drove a plane to chase a husky frantically, and chased them all the way to an Antarctic scientific expedition team. Everyone in the scientific expedition team was surprised to face the sudden killing, thinking it was aimed at them, a gun battle. The pursuer died inexplicably, leaving many questions. Who are they and why are they hunting down a husky? Soon the mystery was revealed. Huskies are monsters. The doctor inferred through computer analysis and the remains of alien spacecraft that this creature is an alien, which can invade the host, imitate its cells, and eventually replace it. As the monsters continue to evolve and constantly simulate humans perfectly, the scientific expedition team is jealous of each other, and fighting has become the focus of this film.
For so many years, science fiction horror films have two branches. One is based on the setting of science fiction to give people a sense of horror, such as "Awakening of Alien Stars" and "Aliens". Many classics of horror movies. This kind of horror film needs new ideas, once there is no new ideas, it can only rely on vulgar and ugly monsters to attract people. Another kind, dressed in science fiction, is exploring human nature, such as "Terror Cruise Ship" and "Parasite Beast". The introduction of science fiction introduces human suspicion and gives people personal horror. In view of that era, the film itself has many new ideas and bright spots. For example, monsters parasitize, imitate the host, incomplete to complete changes and mutual suspicion between humans, blood identification, etc. This setting can’t help but reminiscent of the parasitic beast in 1988. However, due to the length of the work, the parasitic beast has also discussed whether the parasitic beast also has human emotions and morals after simulating people. The overall level has risen to a higher level. .
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Extended Reading
  • Mona 2022-04-22 07:01:02

    I just watched this after watching the prequels~ It feels really good, but the way of explaining events in the movies at that time was not the same as it is now, so you need to think about it. The most rare thing is that there is no woman in the whole film~ Haha

  • Velda 2022-03-24 09:01:10

    Ma Weidu said well, "You can't do this thing, but you can leave it in the soil for 20 years, and you can take it out as a treasure." Now watching science fiction horror movies 30 years ago, it feels like the same thing.

The Thing quotes

  • MacReady: [Holding TNT in one hand, and a lit flare in the other] Anybody touches me, and we go.

  • Fuchs: There's something wrong with Blair. He's locked himself in his room and he won't answer the door, so I took one of his notebooks from the lab.

    MacReady: Yeah?

    Fuchs: Listen: "It could have imitated a million life-forms on a million planets. It could change into any one of them at any time. Now, it wants life-forms on Earth."

    MacReady: It's gettin' cold in here, Fuchs, and I haven't slept for two days.

    Fuchs: Wait a minute, Mac, wait a minute.

    [reads from the book]

    Fuchs: "It needs to be alone and in close proximity with the life-form to be absorbed. The chameleon strikes in the dark."

    MacReady: So is Blair cracking up or what?

    Fuchs: Damn it, MacReady!

    [reading from the notebook]

    Fuchs: "There is still cellular activity in these burned remains. They're not dead yet!"