The Thing

Ulrich Thomsen

Another take on John W Campbell's Who Goes There? This was framed as the prequel to John Carpenter's film of the same name done in the early 80's. Here they were able to use CGI to enhance the reality of the monster stuff which was very convincing and dramatic.

Too much of the film was shot in the dark which I eventually found annoying. One character waving around a flashlight gets old after a while. But the premise and, for the most part, the execution of the story did justice to the story. But I'll always have a warm spot for the Howard Hawks version (1951) starring James Arness. It scared the shit out of me when I was a kid and I've since seen it many times.

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