Starring: Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart Directed By: John Carpenter Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: HD DVD Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Universal Pictures Number of Items: 1 Release Date: October 24, 2006 Running Time: 109 minutes Theatrical Release Date: June 25, 1982
Product Description: 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 100000 years. Once unfrozen the form-changing alien wreaks havoc creates terror and becomes one of them.System Requirements:Run Time: 109 minsFormat: DVD HD Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 025192778223 Manufacturer No: 27782
Amazon.com: 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 fatal 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 Moffat, 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
A Perfect Blend This story is just plain scary. It is a perfect blend of terrain, characters, and storyline. It is easy to tell when something is well done..........
Sci-Fi at it's best, now in HD My favorite Sci-Fi/Horror movie of all time, now in 1080p HD. Although some of this movies effects are starting to show their age after 24 years, it's still light years ahead of "modern" movies and Hollywood's obsession with CG.
The picture quality of this HD-DVD is really amazing, the features are the same as the standard DVD I rented a while ago but that's not a bad thing. It's just a shame that the superior format, HD-DVD, is being discontinued because Sony bribed the studios into using Blu-Ray.
Best (and nastiest) shapeshifter, ever! Okay, you've read all the praise, and it's all true, this is a helluva scary movie, well-made, the effects are outstanding, and it holds up well over time.
But that's not all there is to it.
We've all seen morph effects, one critter transforming smoothly into another, we were pretty bored with them by the early 1990's. Big deal.
But this was made before cheap, cheesy CGI morphs. There's nothing smooth about these transformations. Much the opposite. What's so monstrous about this Thing, is that everything about its transformations is so WRONG. This critter has a rather nasty disregard for the rules, it doesn't care that heads aren't supposed to sprout legs and walk off on their own.
Very imaginative special effects.
OK OK movie, I thought the HD side of this movie was a bit ordinary, not much better than DVD. I wouldn't spend the extra to buy this again in HD, DVD is good enough. Story OK, entertainment value OK.
The Thing on HD!!! This is a terrific movie with an absolutely terrific transfer. The Thing is a horror / sci-fi remake(this version was released in 1982) and as most reviewers have described it looks fantastic. Obviously if you compare it to a more modern film with digital filming and post production you will see a difference but I decided to give this film 5 stars due to the top-notch treatment that the transfer has undergone. I highly recommend this movie based on the content, special effects(1982), and the pristine picture/sound.
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