| | Thing DVD (16 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Action DVDs, Horror Movies, Thriller Videos, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Recommended, Classic, Essential Cinema, Vintage, Aliens, AFI Top 100 Thrills | | Starring | Kenneth Tobey, James Arness, John Dierkes, Eduard Franz, Robert Nichols, Douglas Spencer, William Self, Robert Cornthwaite, Dewey Martin, Margaret Sheridan, James Young | | Director | Christian Nyby | | Art Director | Albert S. D'Agostino, John Hughes | | Composer | Dimitri Tiomkin | | Director of Photography | Russell Harlan | | Director Uncredited | Howard Hawks | | Editor | Roland Gross | | Producer | Howard Hawks | | Story | Charles Lederer, Donald Stuart |
Members of an Antarctic research team are killed off by a frozen alien they uncover. One of the great science fiction classics made in the 50s -- the period when the genre thrived.
A group of US scientists and servicemen, stationed on the North Pole, encounter an odd magnetic phenomenon that confuses all of their instruments. When the crew goes out to investigate, they find a block of ice containing an odd life form. But this is no archeological discovery -- because when the block melts, an invincible, grotesque creature, smarter and more powerful than humans, rises and goes on a rampage, almost destroying the polar station. Now the occupants of the station have to stop The Thing before it kills them... and embarks on its plan to destroy the planet. A wonderfully crisp script and quick-paced direction distinguishes this film about an alien creature discovered near an Arctic outpost. Members of a scientific research team cart the frozen pilot back to camp where it thaws out--much to their regret. The Turner videocassette is part of the "RKO Collection." Thing Reviews: "...[A] sci-fi classic..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...THE THING is a rare cautionary Cold War tale that's also plain fun..."
-- Joshua Rich, Entertainment Weekly 5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a Cold War masterpiece, paranoid tension building slowly as a team of egghead scientists and square-jawed air force officers discover a deep-frozen UFO."-- Jamie Russell, Total Film "Dimitri Tiomkin's rousing score cranks up the tension while Russell Harlan's atmospheric cinematography helps convince us that we really are in some icy wilderness."-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound
This is the only Margaret Sheridan video. Thing Movie Review Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Good Old Fashioned Horror Fare
Remembered cowering behind the sofa when this was on as a Kid, and just had to have it. It's a great Old Sci-Fi film, full of the cliches that populated the Movies of that time. The Monsters were simple and direct, the Guys had square Jaws and were decent blokes, and there was always some Girl who happened to be in the most unusual place and was threatened by the Monster. The Mad professor is also evident in this flick. The story stands up even after all these years, and is worth a look to see the basis on which Most Modern Sci-Fi films were built. It really is a great film, and is a thoroughly diverting 90 Minutes of shock, Horror & Triumph.
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THE THING F.A.W.
CRISP, CLEAR DVD VERSION. EXCELLENT SCI-FI THRILLER! GREAT CAST OF CHARACTERS & MONOLOGUE. ONE NEGATIVE "THING"--NOT IN STEREO! I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A REMAKE OF THIS ONE-WITH SWARTZZENEGGER AS THE GREEN THING!
Submitted by DJTHEDJ2005 (CAMBRIDGE, MASS.)
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We enjoyed watching this classic. The remake just wasn't the same. Classic Horror.....it doesn't get any better than that.
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Just like I remembered it.
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One of the best Sci-fi movies ever
This is one of the very best sci-fi movies (one of the top 3 from the 1950s). Moreover, its well constructed, well acted & intelligent (with a real thorough & cohesive story, but without the ususual stereotypes).
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