The Thing Movie Review
The Thing Review
"The Thing" Overview
Rating: R
1982
Cast and Crew
Director : John CarpenterProducer : David Foster,Lawrence Turman
Screenwiter : Bill Lancaster
Starring : Kurt Russell,Wilford Brimley,T.K. Carter,David Clennon,Keith David,Richard A. Dysart,Charles Hallahan,Peter Maloney,Richard Masur,Donald Moffat
John Carpenter made one of his better films back in 1982 but had the unfortunate bad luck to have to release it two weeks after E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial came out. Luckily, The Thing endures as a very good horror flick: genuinely scary and full of tension, and populated by one bad-ass monster. Russell does some good work as the star, but it's the supporting cast that set the pace for dozens of trapped-with-a-monster knockoffs to follow over the next 20 years.
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Review by Christopher Null 
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