The Thing [VHS]
by John Carpenter
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Actor: Keith David, Kurt Russell, Richard Masur, T.K. Carter, Wilford BrimleyDirector: John Carpenter
Producer: David Foster
Producer: Larry J. Franco
Producer: Lawrence Turman
Producer: Stuart Cohen
Producer: Wilbur Stark
Writer: Bill Lancaster
Writer: John W. Campbell Jr.
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); Norwegian (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 109 minutes
Release Date: 1992-03-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Universal Pictures
Studio: Universal Pictures
VHS Movie Reviews of The Thing [VHS]
Movie Review: One of the best sci-fi monster flicks of all time
Summary: 5 Stars
This film was ground-breaking at the time it was released, and still stands up to the movies of today in many respects. Even though I've watched it MANY times since it was released, it still gives me the creeps. The best way to view this film is in the dark with a decent 5.1 home theater system and a big bowl of popcorn. The extra features on the disk shed light on the difficulties the cast and crew encountered while making the film. It's great to see Rob Botin explain how he did the FX - he clearly has a passion for his work. A definite "Must-Have" for any sci-fi, hoorror or John Carpenter/Kurt Russell fan.
Summary of The Thing [VHS]
Howard Hawks's original 1951 production of The Thing from Another World can be glimpsed playing on a TV that fateful October evening in John Carpenter's blockbuster hit, Halloween (1978). A few years later, Carpenter reteamed with his Escape from New York star Kurt Russell to do a remake. But while the first movie version of The Thing was in atmospheric black and white, Carpenter's 1982 version is in widescreen, full color, and features some of the most revoltingly explicit, surreally imaginative special effects (courtesy of FX-meister Rob Bottin) that have ever been seen on the screen. Researchers in the remote Antarctic dig up the remains of a spacecraft that has long been frozen in the ice. But the alien life unthaws and infects the living (not only humans but sled dogs too), living and gestating inside them. (This horrific concept was also explored in the two versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the Alien movies.) This Thing is chilling in every sense of the word, with plenty of terrifying, adrenaline-pumping moments that build it to a powerful and shockingly nihilistic conclusion. It's a harsh and uncompromising movie (hewing more closely to the original 1930s story "Who Goes There?")--so much so that it probably never would have been given a green-light by any studio in the more cautious and doggedly upbeat 1990s. --Jim EmersonHorror VHS Video
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