John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’
Man is The Warmest Place to Hide.
1982 | 14 A | United States of America | John Carpenter | English, Norsk | 109 minutes
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on January 12 with a seminal work of winter-y horror, John Carpenter‘s THE THING. This 1982 remake of Howard Hawke’s 1951 classic is a bleak, tense and frightening sci-fi thriller that delivers some truly memorable practical and makeup effects, in addition to Kurt Russell‘s pitch-perfect performance. THE THING is an ice-cold white-knuckle chiller about about scientists in the Antarctic who are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.
“THE THING is a peerless masterpiece of relentless suspense, retina-wrecking visual excess and outright, nihilistic terror.” (Empire Magazine)
“THE THING is one of [Carpenter‘s] greatest moments, creating a terrifying atmosphere of claustrophobia, suspense and paranoia. And Kurt Russell is as good as he’s ever been, wearing one of the best beards in movie history.” (Total Film)
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