The Thing Movie Review

A team of scientists at a remote Antarctic outpost discover a buried spaceship with an unwelcome alien survivor still alive. Bombastic special effects overwhelm the suspense and the solid cast. Less a remake of the 1951 science-fiction classic than a more faithful version of John Campbell's short story “Who Goes There?,” since the seeds/spores take on human shapes.

1982 (R) 127m/C Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, Richard Masur, Keith David, Richard Dysart, David Clennon, Donald Moffat, Thomas G. Waites, Charles Hallahan; D: John Carpenter; C: Dean Cundey; M: Ennio Morricone. VHS, Beta, LV MCA