The Thing is 1982 horror film and technically a remake of the 1951 film The Thing from Another World. Both those movies were based on John W. Campbell Jr's novel Who Goes There? It's produced by The Turman-Foster Company and distributed by Universal Pictures. The Thing was written by Bill Lancaster and directed by John Carpenter.
The story is a group of research scientist in Antarctica are distributed when a helicopter pilot and his sled dog arrive at their base. Then everything becomes a horrifying nightmare. A strange alien creature is consuming and taking the shape of the one of the group members one by one. Now they must find out which one of them is infected and stop this monster.
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One of the best things to praise about John Carpenter's The Thing is the amazing designs to all the different appearances to The Thing. They are so creative and nothing I've ever seen before. And not only are the good monster designs there also spectacular practical effects as well. They effects team did such an excellent job with these monsters. They even pull off some amazing stuff considering this film didn't use any CGI on them especially since this was a time when CGI wasn't a common thing nor was it ever used.
Another thing to like about the movie is the performances. Not only does our main star Kurt Russell give an awesome performance but really everybody does. There was never a seen where I felt like they were just phoning it in or their not even trying. What really help give them was the fact that they were actually filming in freezing weather and they also felt sick to their stomachs when they looked at the prosthetics.
The movie also gives you a great guessing game. Because like the characters you don't know who's infected with The Thing unless they do either a blood test or when it's too late for them. Now I've seen this movie at least three times and I knew when a something bad was going to happen I just didn't know from which person. I don't know if that's just great filmmaking or I suck at remembering things either way I love it.
I also liked how the ending is left ambiguous. Because at the end of the movie we don't know which survivor is infected or maybe there not infected at all and like the characters were such being paranoid.
The Thing (1982) is one of many great horror movies. It has great performances, gives you a very creepy guessing game throughout it's runtime, I love the ending, and above all else the special effects are amazing and one of the best highlights of the movie.
My final rating is A Must Watch
I also liked how the ending is left ambiguous. Because at the end of the movie we don't know which survivor is infected or maybe there not infected at all and like the characters were such being paranoid.
The Thing (1982) is one of many great horror movies. It has great performances, gives you a very creepy guessing game throughout it's runtime, I love the ending, and above all else the special effects are amazing and one of the best highlights of the movie.
My final rating is A Must Watch
Initial Reactions
Now today The Thing is regraded as one of the all time great horror movies but when it was released in June 25 of 1982 many critics and audience members hated it. People while praising the technically effects also found them repulsive and excessive. Even Roger Ebert, one of the best film critics thought the movie was disappointing and even thought he found it scary and thinks it's a good "barf-bag" movie. He also criticized what he felt were poor characterizations and illogical plot elements giving the movie 2½ out of 4 stars. Vincent Canby of the New York Times called The Thing , "a depressing, overproduced movie that mixes horror with science fiction to make something that is fun as neither one thing or the other. Sometimes it looks as if it aspired to be the quintessential moron movie of the 80's". The movie was also criticized for being too slow and not only that but it was also nominated for a Razzie Award for Worse Musical Score. So yeah people weren't very happy with the film they got.
John Carpenter's Response
John Carpenter would let respond to the negative feedback twice. He's first time was back in 1985 and he had this to say "I was called a pornographer of violence. I had no idea it would be received that way. The Thing was just too strong for that time. I knew it was going to be strong, but I didn't think it would be too strong. I didn't take the public's taste into consideration". Then in a Time Out magazine back in 2010 he said this "I take every failure hard. The one I took the hardest was The Thing. My career would have been different if that had been a big hit...The movie was hated. Even by science fiction fans. They thought I had betrayed some kind of trust, and the piling was insane. Even the original movie's director, Christian Nyby, was dissing me.
Accolades
The Thing would later go on to be nominated for Best Horror Film and Best Special Effects by the Saturn Awards but lost to Poltergeist and E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. The film was also nominated for Worst Musical Score from the Razzie Awards and thankfully lost to The Pirate Movie. Seriously The Thing nominated for a Razzie what the hell?
Cancelled Sequels
In 2003 the Sci-Fi Channel (SyFy) was planning to do a four hour miniseries titled Return of The Thing on was planned to come out in 2005. John Carpenter thought the series should proceed, but Sci-Fi later removed all mention of the project from their homepage. Then in 2009 there was a positive review of the abandoned screenplay published in Corona's Coming Attractions.
In 2004, John Carpenter said during an interview for Empire magazine that he had a story idea for The Thing II. The story centers around the two surviving characters MacReady and Childs. However Carpenter felt that due to the higher price associated with his fee, Universal Studios will not pursue his storyline. Carpenter also indicated that he would be able to secure Kurt Russell and Keith David for the sequel. In his story, Carpenter would explain the age difference of the actors between the two installments by having frostbite on their face due to the elements until rescued. The assumption of the sequel would rely on a radio signal being successfully transmitted by Windows before Blair destroyed the communications room. After the explosion of the base camp, the rescue team would have arrived and found MacReady and Childs still alive. Since then John Carpenter hasn't giving any other details about the story.
Prequel
In September of 2006, Strike Entertainment the studio that produced Slither(2006) and the 2004 remake of Dawn of The Dead announced in a Fangoria magazine that they were looking for a writer or writers for their prequel to The Thing. The studio would later accept a script written by Eric Heisserer also titled The Thing and filming began in March 22, 2010 and ended in June 28, 2010. The movie was released on October 14, 2011 and received mixed reviews.
Theme Parks
The Thing also received it's own attraction in 2007 for Universal Studios' the Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando, Florida. The attraction is called The Thing - Assimilation, guest walk though Outpost 3113, a military facility where the remains of Outpost 31 were brought for scientific research. Scenes and props from the movie were recreated for the attraction, including the bodies of MacReady and Childs. Then in 2009 the event's icon house Silver Screams contained a room based on the film. Universal Studios would feature an attraction based on the 2011 prequel during it's 2011 edition of Halloween Horror Nights.
Comic Books
Now today The Thing is regraded as one of the all time great horror movies but when it was released in June 25 of 1982 many critics and audience members hated it. People while praising the technically effects also found them repulsive and excessive. Even Roger Ebert, one of the best film critics thought the movie was disappointing and even thought he found it scary and thinks it's a good "barf-bag" movie. He also criticized what he felt were poor characterizations and illogical plot elements giving the movie 2½ out of 4 stars. Vincent Canby of the New York Times called The Thing , "a depressing, overproduced movie that mixes horror with science fiction to make something that is fun as neither one thing or the other. Sometimes it looks as if it aspired to be the quintessential moron movie of the 80's". The movie was also criticized for being too slow and not only that but it was also nominated for a Razzie Award for Worse Musical Score. So yeah people weren't very happy with the film they got.
John Carpenter's Response
John Carpenter would let respond to the negative feedback twice. He's first time was back in 1985 and he had this to say "I was called a pornographer of violence. I had no idea it would be received that way. The Thing was just too strong for that time. I knew it was going to be strong, but I didn't think it would be too strong. I didn't take the public's taste into consideration". Then in a Time Out magazine back in 2010 he said this "I take every failure hard. The one I took the hardest was The Thing. My career would have been different if that had been a big hit...The movie was hated. Even by science fiction fans. They thought I had betrayed some kind of trust, and the piling was insane. Even the original movie's director, Christian Nyby, was dissing me.
Accolades
The Thing would later go on to be nominated for Best Horror Film and Best Special Effects by the Saturn Awards but lost to Poltergeist and E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. The film was also nominated for Worst Musical Score from the Razzie Awards and thankfully lost to The Pirate Movie. Seriously The Thing nominated for a Razzie what the hell?
Cancelled Sequels
In 2003 the Sci-Fi Channel (SyFy) was planning to do a four hour miniseries titled Return of The Thing on was planned to come out in 2005. John Carpenter thought the series should proceed, but Sci-Fi later removed all mention of the project from their homepage. Then in 2009 there was a positive review of the abandoned screenplay published in Corona's Coming Attractions.
In 2004, John Carpenter said during an interview for Empire magazine that he had a story idea for The Thing II. The story centers around the two surviving characters MacReady and Childs. However Carpenter felt that due to the higher price associated with his fee, Universal Studios will not pursue his storyline. Carpenter also indicated that he would be able to secure Kurt Russell and Keith David for the sequel. In his story, Carpenter would explain the age difference of the actors between the two installments by having frostbite on their face due to the elements until rescued. The assumption of the sequel would rely on a radio signal being successfully transmitted by Windows before Blair destroyed the communications room. After the explosion of the base camp, the rescue team would have arrived and found MacReady and Childs still alive. Since then John Carpenter hasn't giving any other details about the story.
Prequel
In September of 2006, Strike Entertainment the studio that produced Slither(2006) and the 2004 remake of Dawn of The Dead announced in a Fangoria magazine that they were looking for a writer or writers for their prequel to The Thing. The studio would later accept a script written by Eric Heisserer also titled The Thing and filming began in March 22, 2010 and ended in June 28, 2010. The movie was released on October 14, 2011 and received mixed reviews.
Theme Parks
The Thing also received it's own attraction in 2007 for Universal Studios' the Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando, Florida. The attraction is called The Thing - Assimilation, guest walk though Outpost 3113, a military facility where the remains of Outpost 31 were brought for scientific research. Scenes and props from the movie were recreated for the attraction, including the bodies of MacReady and Childs. Then in 2009 the event's icon house Silver Screams contained a room based on the film. Universal Studios would feature an attraction based on the 2011 prequel during it's 2011 edition of Halloween Horror Nights.
Comic Books
The Thing would later appear in comic books but it went under the 1951 title The Thing from Another World to avoid possible legal issues and confusion with the Marvel Comics' character the Thing. All of the comics were be published by Dark Horse Comics. Here's an entire list of the comics, number of issues and links expect for the last two stories. Sorry about that.
The Thing from Another World - 2 issues
The Thing from Another World: Climate of Fear - 4 issues
The Thing from Another World: Eternal Vows - 4 issues
The Thing from Another World: Questionable Research - 4 issues and appeared in Dark Horse Comics #13-16
The Thing: The Northman Nightmare - 1 issue and a promotional tie-in for the 2011 prequel
So The Thing (1982) didn't get the big approval the studios and filmmakers hoped for when it first came out but through time it definitely became one of the kings of horror. And today we are all love this timeless classic.
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Oct 4th -The Thing (1982) Review
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So The Thing (1982) didn't get the big approval the studios and filmmakers hoped for when it first came out but through time it definitely became one of the kings of horror. And today we are all love this timeless classic.
State of The Project (Sept 23rd - Oct 7th)
Sept 23rd - The Lego Ninjago Movie Review
Sept 25th - The Top 4 Cinematic Universes That I'm Skeptical About
Sept 28th - Plans for October
Oct 2nd - Cinematic Disasters - Jason X
Oct 4th -The Thing (1982) Review
Oct 7th - Blade Runner 2049 Review
NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU.
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