This is one of the scariest remakes ever made!

Rating: Null/10 (8 January 2000)

John Carpenter's remake of "The Thing" is without a doubt, one of the scariest films ever to grace the silver screen! I remember watching the original version of "The Thing" and it managed to make me jump a few times. Although it still has maintained the qualities of a legitimate artistic sci-fi film, some of the "creep-out" factors have now aged into silliness. As for the new version of "The Thing", it's not here to make us feel comfortable. It's here to scare the living shit out of us! What scares me more than anything is not the creature itself, who plays a constant game of hide and go seek with the other crew members of the research team, but the suspense. The idea of a creature being able to recreate a perfect duplicate of another living creature was bad enough. But when things started to get out of control, and nobody knew who was who, if they were a person or a thing, then it got really scary. It was very paranoid, like you couldn't trust anybody except yourself. In some moments, the characters look as if they can't trust themselves either. Worst of all it's set in Antarctica, the coldest, loneliest place on the face of the planet. It's like an alien world, a perfect place for an alien creature to live. The creature is an incredible creation of design and special effects. I liked it because it seemed like a walking germ, that had no definite shape. We never knew what it was going to look like. Better still, I won't spoil it for those who have not seen it, but lets just say that the fear and terror of the film is not resolved or finished even when the end credits are rolling! And oh, that theme music that plays over and over again, brings the creep-out factor to it's peak. It's a real tour de force of suspense, terrifying images and special effects, which are used sparingly so as to not turn the film into a mindless special effects bonanza. This makes the old version of "The Thing" look like a comedy by comparison. Even on a standard television set, the creep-out factor is never lost. If your looking for a great scare that won't leave you, this is it. It's groundbreaking!