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Yup, could get pretty uncomfortable. If one of the crew
went a little barmy it could get a bit freaky with help being
so far away. Mind you, it could be worse, one (or more) of
them could be an alien.
And that's the problem poor old Macready (Kurt Russell) faces
in The Thing.
One, two, three or 12 of his fellow base-dwellers may well
have been taken over by a thawed-out creature from space that
had crashed on Earth thousands of years before.
What makes it worse is the fact that if the alien hits mainstream
civilisation then it can have the world completely overtaken
with shape-changers within a matter of weeks.
This remake of The Thing is John Carpenter at his
best with moody music, scary imagery and an overpowering sense
that something really nasty is going to happen soon.
The performances from the ensemble cast are superb as they
become increasingly more paranoid about who, or who hasn't,
been taken over by the Thing.
The increasing disintegration of authority and the loss of
concern for colleagues speeds up and self-preservation becomes
the prime need for the trapped men.
The internal conflicts between the team members are crucial
to adding real substance to what could have just been a straight
horror movie and the characterisations are superb.
Both rivals and friends are divided by the fear that each
person, other than themselves, has been taken over and as
they are whittled down, the strain on both the in-film characters
and viewers becomes intense.
Scared minds try to work out how to pinpoint the victims
and the scene where bloodtests are done at the nozzle of a
flamethrower is one of the most tense ever filmed.
Cinematography in The Thing is excellent, whether
it be landscape widescreens of the harshest terrain in the
world, or claustrophobic close-in shots where the iced facial
hair and steamy breath is not the only thing to send icy shivers
up your spine.
This is a masterpiece of terror with special effects that
will have you jumping or just hiding your eyes behind your
hands. Brilliant stuff!
Conclusion: Movie: 90% DVD Extras:
90%
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