Holy Crap! John Carpenter's The Thing

[Darkstar757]

Such A great movie I agree, I love the scene of the crash site. I would have pissed my pants seeing the ****** ship let alone the CPR scene.

 

[weirdichi]

I know the CPR gif is somewhere.. just don't know the file name. Anybody?

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: K1052
One of the Holy John Carpenter Trifecta:

The Thing
Big Trouble in Little China
Escape from New York

I always wondered if Carpenter had a thing for Kurt Russell.

MotionMan

 

[MotionMan]

The blood test scene in The Thing was awesome.

MotionMan

 

[Mermaidman]

This movie (and Alien) seriously scared the fvck out of me when I saw it in the theater. I still hold it against my mother for taking me to see it. I wonder what she thought of all the gore.

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: Nightfall
Aliens was a great action movie, but didn't have horror in it. Alien was a great Sci-Fi horror movie. The Thing was also excellent. Another movie I really liked from John Carpenter was the Prince of Darkness. Other great horror movies were The Ring and Event Horizon. A lot of people despised Event Horizon, but I thought it was quite good.

I never understood why Event Horizon was ripped on, it was a pretty good flick. I didn't like The Ring that much though.

The Thing rocked. Although I wouldn't call it a survivor flick, considering they probably weren't going to survive

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Kyanzes

Originally posted by: Strk
It is a pretty great movie. It is probably one of the best remakes in general as well.

Remake???? Arghhh!!!!! I can't believe I haven't heard about it!!! Have to check it out...

Besides some cool cheeky 50's dialogue, it really doesn't stack up.

 

[Rubycon]

Kurt Russell pouring his drink in the computer (chess) was a classic. I wouldn't mind pouring a drink or two in a computer now and then but the guilt over the alcohol abuse would be too great. :Q

Originally posted by: MotionMan

I always wondered if Carpenter had a thing for Kurt Russell.

MotionMan

Who wouldn't?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: PingSpike
I'd say thats definately me favorite John Carpenter film.

I'm gonna have to go with They Live.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I think The Thing is definitely unfairly overlooked, in that it's a lot better than some iconic horror films, like Friday the 13th. Its special effects were amazingly creative and ahead of their time (they still look good IMO, 25 years out), it's well-written and acted, and creates geniune fear. Really a masterpiece in its genre.

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: Kyanzes

Originally posted by: Strk
It is a pretty great movie. It is probably one of the best remakes in general as well.

Remake???? Arghhh!!!!! I can't believe I haven't heard about it!!! Have to check it out...

Besides some cool cheeky 50's dialogue, it really doesn't stack up.

Cheeky goes a long way

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: PingSpike
I'd say thats definately me favorite John Carpenter film.

I'm gonna have to go with They Live.

They Live rocks.

"I'm here to chew bubble gum and kick some @$$. And I'm all out of bubble gum!"

MotionMan