John Carpenters: The Thing.. Is it any good?

[EvilBoB]

After a conversation on IRC though I'd ask what everyone else though about this movie. I though it rocked but others don't.

[maltloaf]

its tripe

[wizer]

rubbish, the f ucking DOG better not die tho!

[fe_man2000]

Wow !! Really surprized by this - I loved this movie, special effects were cutting edge at the time and it was generally scary.

[k11jrp]

I can only reiterate what Jim Royale would say

" My Arse " what a load of Shite

[wizer]

I have turned it off after 25mins.. I tried..

[EvilBoB]

I have turned it off after 25mins.. I tried..

nooo... it's a quality movie! Maybe I should watch it again and re-assess with these figures!

[daz73]

WTF!!! this film is class, remember it was out in the eighties, not much cgi back then..

thought it was sheer class myself.. gory as hell watching it at the age if 12 i know that much!

[wizer]

thats just it, its a kids movie... its aged like jaws... laughable

[EvilBoB]

It's nothing like Jaws! Jaws was crap even when I watched it way back when!

[lizardo]

Love this movie, along with pretty much everything JC directed earlier in his career. Really should invest in the DVD at some point as I hear the commentary's a real hoot.

[monsta]

Love it

[Epiphany]

i thought it was great, it was scary too. And Jaws was a waste of time. I thought it was crap when i was young and watched anything that moved

[Shotgunjim]

The film is class... and the origional B/W B-movie is even better and in some cases creates more of a tense atmosphere.....

Must be an age thing... if it hasnt got 80% CGI 'its crap' :nowords: :nono

[Tattooed Freak]

Quality film, this is the first of his film's that I saw that got me hooked on the rest...

[N3R0]

WTF!!!!

If you'd seen it back in its day (1982 i reckon) it literally blew everything else sfx wise out of the water, just chillout and watch it.The original wasn't bad but no where near as as gory as this. top flick don't knock it cos its a classic!.

[EvilBoB]

Hmm... Someone's fiddling the figures!!!

[hangmansjoe]

The thing is undeniabley one of the most influentail horror films of the eighties, and class in its own right

[crazyal]

Superb film - spooky music was superb aswell.

Suprised so many ppl don't like it :nowords:

ah well, diff'rent strokes an' all that...

PsxGalaxy

[AnarKi]

I remember watching this film way back in the 80's, my gran had hired it from one of those mobile video stores, you remember the ones that came every week and hired you 5 movies. Anyway, she was out and me and my little brother watched it then, it was the scariest movie i had ever seen, that film lived with me all through-out puberty.
And then a few years ago, i came across the dvd release of it, and it wsa pretty much exactly how i remembered it. SCARY!
Now i want a dog like that one Oh and a Hand too