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The Thing (2011)
The horror thriller starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead follows a team of explo.rers who journey to the isolated Arctic outpost to investigate an alien ship buried in ice. Unfortunately they discovered an organism which will pose a threat to humanity and be their worst nightmare
7 December 1978, Oslo, Norway
13 September 1967, Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
31 May 1977, Eugene, Oregon, USA
23 June 1978, Trondheim, Norway
4 February 1965, Vadsø, Norway
18 August 1965, Sandnes, Norway
28 June 1973, Copenhagen, Denmark
23 June 1974, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
April 30, 2012
Gets the externals but can't duplicate the authentic chill and isolation of the original.
October 14, 2011
It's no great thing, just a better Thing than expected.
October 14, 2011
It's not rocket science, but The Thing does offer solid cheap thrills for the slick gore crowd, proving once again: Horror doesn't have to be horrible.
September 22, 2012
The fact that The Thing falls flat is proof positive that unlike the film's industrious alien, parasitic remakes can't easily carbon copy the host.
February 15, 2013
Since Heijningen already had dibs on The Thing's hallowed name, he didn't even bother trying to conjure any of its slow-burning suspense or claustrophobic vibe.
June 23, 2013
There's just no sense of dread in this "Thing," no notion that these people are truly at the edge of the world, with nowhere to escape and no one to trust.
October 14, 2011
The line between homage and apery is a fine one, and The Thing teeters on it at times.
January 01, 2013
For a creature feature set on the South Pole, it lacks urgency, or even a sense that it's very cold in Antarctica.
October 14, 2011
"It's big on the grotesquery but short on genuine scares."
October 14, 2011
John Carpenter should approve of this reasonably respectful and tough-minded prequel to his 1982 The Thing.
November 29, 2011
Efficient enough for newcomers perhaps, but never that chilling, and the predictably dull CGI underlines how far movie magic has regressed in the past couple of decades.
August 11, 2013
A misguided and generally worthless prequel...