Horror Review #8 - "The Thing" (1982)

Horror Review #8 - "The Thing" (1982)

If I had to name my top 3 favorite horror movies of all time, The Thing would definitely be on the list. To this day, it still holds up. The amazing practical creature effects, the tension between the characters, the increasing paranoia, and the creepy synth score. The damn blood test scene still managed to scare me last night when I watched it.

If you haven't seen The Thing, it's about a shape shifting alien that enters a base and begins to inhabit its occupants. The movie always has this eerie feel and you are never sure who's who. 

During the occasions where the creature's cover is blown, we get these extremely grotesque transformation break outs where it tries to get away. The effects are absolutely fantastic and it makes me wonder how they even managed to pull them off so perfectly. One of the first scenes where we get to see the creature is in a dog pen. It's truly impressive but I never want to know how they actually did it. I love watching behind the scenes footage but on certain films like Star Wars and The Thing, I do not want the movie magic to be ruined.

Watching the characters dealing with the situation is part of the fun. When they gather together to talk about it, one of them asks,

"So, how do we know who's human? If I was an imitation, a perfect imitation, how would you know if it was really me?"

It's a great question that later leads up to a suspenseful scene where they find the answer.

The Thing is one of the greatest horror movies of all time. It's one of my favorites and I try to watch it every year around October. See it if you haven't. 5/5