Remains to be one of my favorite horrors

Rating: 9/10 (3 January 2010)

I have probably added +1 to my rating of this movie due to nostalgic reasons. I watched this movie when I was young and I loved it and remains to be one of my favorite horror movies. However, this is probably more an indictment on the horror genre in general, as it seems that not many great horror movies are made now-a-days.
I love the setting and atmosphere of the movie as well as the storyline. Stuck in Antartica on a base with a handful of men and a deadly morphing alien that takes over your body which was dug out of the ice.
Considering the age of the movie, the effects are OK. I can get past them...even the "spider head", which was quite horrifying to a 10 year old boy.
Another thing I like about this movie was the absence of any pointless love affair. In fact the movie lacked females altogether, which seems to be quite rare in today's movies. In all honesty, I felt this added to the atmosphere of the movie.
There are a few minor dumb dialog and plot decisions, but does not detract from the movie for me. One thing I found a little silly, was the ending with the alien managing to almost build a spaceship out of spare parts. Ummm.... A little illogical and far fetched, but I will forgive it.
Overall if you like a good horror and have overlooked John Carpenter's The Thing, then it is very much worth your while to give it a look.