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Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from New York)
teams Kurt Russell's outstanding performance with incredible
visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing.
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote
Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow
for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing alien
wreaks havoc, creates terror and becomes one of them.
Bonus Content:
* John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
* Feature Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Kurt
Russell
* Production Background Archives
* Cast Production Photographs
* Production Art and Storyboards
* Location Design
* Production Archives
* The Saucer
* The Blairmonster
* Outtakes
* Post Production
* Production Notes
* Cast and Filmmakers
* Theatrical Trailer
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Director John Carpenter and special makeup effects master Rob
Bottin teamed up for this 1982 remake of the 1951 science fiction
classic The Thing from Another World, and the result is a mixed
blessing. It's got moments of highly effective terror and
spine-tingling suspense, but it's mostly a showcase for some of
the goriest and most horrifically grotesque makeup effects ever
created for a movie. With such highlights as a dog that splits
open and blossoms into something indescribably gruesome, this is
the kind of movie for die-hard horror fans and anyone who slows
down to stare at al traffic accidents. On those terms,
however, it's hard not to be impressed by the movie's wild and
wacky freak show. It all begins when scientists at an arctic
research station discover an alien spacecraft under the thick
ice, and thaw out the alien body found aboard. What they don't
know is that the alien can assume any human form, and before long
the scientists can't tell who's real and who's a deadly alien
threat. Kurt Russell leads the battle against the terrifying
intruder, and the supporting cast includes Richard Masur, Richard
Dysart, Donald Mof, and Wilford Brimley. They're all playing
standard characters who are neglected by the mechanistic
screenplay (based on the classic sci-fi story "Who Goes There?"
by John W. Campbell), but Carpenter's emphasis is clearly on the
gross-out effects and escalating tension. If you've got the
stomach for it (and let's face it, there's a big audience for
eerie gore), this is a thrill ride you won't want to miss. --Jeff
Shannon
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The bonus features are exemplary, notably the excellent
80-minute documentary, "Terror Takes Shape," which covers all
aspects of the production, and the relaxed, friendly, informative
commentary by director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell--a
model for how all commentaries should be. There's also an
outtakes reel with some tantalizing stills of unused footage.
Text and stills-based montages illustrate the location design,
conceptual artwork, and various other aspects of the production.
The sound mix is Dolby 5.1, although the non-anamorphic
widescreen picture is not all it could be. --Mark Walker
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