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Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction 109 min R
Rotten Tomatoes85%Metacritic57IMDb
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A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Bleak, intimate, meticulous and overwhelming.
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The best practical effects ever put on film, and they are not the point. The point is the room, and who is looking at whom. Carpenter's masterpiece.
The Thing got under my skin. The darkness is earned, not worn for effect. Completely sincere, without a wink in sight. Already want to watch it again.
Practical effects that still look like nothing else, and a last scene that refuses to let you off. The best film about not trusting the person next to you.
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Antarctic scientist finds creature. Gory horror remake. Power-of-suggestion original was much better.
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“Is this John Carpenter's best work?”
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