One of the great horror films

Rating: 10/10 (17 November 2018)

This is one of the best horror film ever made and I am sad that by the time this was released, it receive almost negative reviews. Nowadays, "The Thing" is now considered as a one of the best horror film (even one of the best films ever made) and is considered a cult film.
The direction of John Carpenter is great at this film. The cinematography of Dean Curry is also great. Performance by the actors (especially Kurt Russel), the practical effects, pacing, everything is just great.
According to FilmRadar, a YouTube Channel, there is a lot of ways that The Thing use to exploit the fears of the audience. The use of setting is one of those ways the film uses. The film is set in Antartica, a place that is so cold and very remote. The setting gives the characters a sense of isolation, the feeling of being unable to call for help.The setting also gives a sense of "claustrophobia". The feeling of being trapped in a confined place. Also one of the thing that this film uses is "paranoia". Since the organism can perfectly imitate the host after it fully assimilates it, the characters (and also us) don't know who to trust. Another thing that is uses is "the fear of the unknown". Since we don't fully understand on what even this organism is, we don't know what is will do or what it truly is. Another way is the use of "phobias". The creature can look like a dog (cynophobia), it can have spider legs (arachnophobia), it can have a serpent-like tail (ophiodiophobia), the creature even looks bloody (hemophobia), etc. It's this that why The Thing works in a lot of ways.