One of my all time favorites!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (19 April 2004)

This is a masterpiece of horror/sci-fi cinema! The best ever along with original Alien (although I like The Thing better). I`ve seen this movie at least 50 times and I never get enough of it.I was 6 when i first saw it and it scared the shit out of me (most horror/thriller movies do when you`re 6 year old kid) but in a different kind of way then most of the other movies. I just cant praise it enough!I John Carpenter is still one of my favorite directors (mainly because of his early works) and it`s shame that he isn`t making movies more often. Halloween,Dark Star,The Fog,The Thing,Big Trouble in Little China,Escape From New York are all no-budget wonders and cult favorites. But The Thing remains his greatest achievement! Direction is flawless,the script wellwritten,acting great from everyone involved (Kurt Russel just isn`t the same actor when he isn`t working with Carpenter),the score is amazing (this is,after all,a Carpenter movie) and creature effects are simply breathtaking! The movie captures the feeling of paranoia and isolation like none before or since. What other 20+ years old movie features stuff that you see here?
I could write about this movie or its director for 5 hours but the fans already know-this is one of 50 greatest movies of all time (and all time top 10 when it comes to horror) and it is shame that The Thing isnt on IMDB Top 250! What kind of world is this when movies like Amelie,Memento,The Pianist and Requiem for a Dream are all top 50 while this movie didnt make Top 250 list????? It just shows what most of us already know-peoples taste in movies is getting worse for every minute. For those who didnt like the movie - stick to romantic comedies and "based on a true story" crap dramas. For the fans of this movie - it deserves to be on the list and we have to do something to get it there! Thanks God for giving us different tastes!