One of the best.

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2006)

It's true, The Thing is one of the best horror/sci-fi movies of all time, definitely the best out of John Carpenter's Apocalyptic Three (The Thing, Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness).
There are certain movies that can make me love/hate a certain actors and actresses and The Thing is the movie that made me love Kurt Russel. Playing the part of MacReady he comes across as one of the more memorable bad-ass heroes in our time: long hair, full beard, shotgun, whiskey and the weirdest hat i've ever seen in a movie... what's not to love? Okay, that aside, the acting IS stellar. Paranoia and suspicion are the leading emotions in this film and you really begin to wonder which of the handful of men in the outpost are infected by the alien. Keith David and Wilford Brimley are definite stand-outs in the acting department.
The special effects are also quite a treat. Considering that it was released the same time E.T. was they're both realistic, disgusting and terrifying.... hilarious, if you, like me, have seen the movie upwards of twenty or so times.
It's nice to see a horror movie without the dynamic of love, sex or romance in it. This movie is raw and brutal. Once you've seen it there wont be many other horror movies that can really 'do it' for you.
I can't recommend it highly enough.