The Thing
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- ukit
I watched this again last night...one of the greatest sci fi/ horror films of all time.
Anyway apparently they are making a sequel (prequel actually) due out next year.
- ukit0
- ismith0
I have this on VHS.
- prophet0
best horror flick for me second only to the shining.
- < A joint first with The Thing for me, depends if i want chills or monsters!sneakybadger
- ukit0
- Ancillary0
I'm sorry Prophet but people who think The Shinning was the greatest horror movie of all time, haven't watched enough horror movies
- prophet0
aside from the human spider heads and the wacky sprinkler dogs, it's great because it focusses on the paranoia and the isolation the characters are feeling. in the end, it's a hopeless situation.
- ukit0
Totally...and I love how the Kurt Russell character doesn't even try to be heroic all that much. He's just completely downbeat the whole time and seems to want to blow everything up.
- Anyway, hopefully this sequel will be good. I can see some potential there if it is like the "Dawn of the Dead" remake.ukit
- I don't care what anyone says Dawn of the Dead remake was killer,Ancillary
- they could do a decent sequel for sure. the key would be gathering a group of A+ seasoned actors.prophet
- prophet0
exactly, in the end, he's like "fuck it."
- Ancillary0
I'm not saying it's not an amazing film, it's just that because it's so famous and directed by Stanley Cubrick, people always pipe in and say how great a horro movie it is without really knowing anything about the genre.
There's a whole list of classic BnW horror films I'd put in front of The Shinning, The Wolfman, Frankenstien, Nosferatu
- Ancillary0
How many Carpenter films was Kurt Russel in?
Big Trouble In Little China,
Escape From New York
- fooler20
I watched the original when I was a kid and it scared the living crap out of me.
- ukit0
Also not sure if you guys liked "Pitch Black" but apparently there is a third film on the way...supposed to be more in the style of the original
- Ancillary0
People are always talking about sequels that never happen.
They were supposed to be remaking A Nightmare On Elm Street a couple of years ago
- sneakybadger0
- Can't watch itsneakybadger
- ahrrrm GELFLINGAncillary
- "Trial by stone!"neandersthal
- elahon0
YES YES YES, I absolutely fucking LOVE "The Thing". Scared the living shit out of me when I saw it as a kid, must have been 10 or so.
- Same here.. My dad passed out on the couch only to be awakened by the head-spider scene .. He was like "HOLYSHIIIIT... what are you watching?"Ramanisky2
- "HOLYSHIIIIT... what are you watching?" .. Haha I was 11 years old..Ramanisky2
- Hahaha, awesome!elahon
- lol. similar for me like 9 or 10.prophet