As fresh as the day it was made.

Rating: Null/10 (10 June 2001)

I just watched "The Thing" again for the first time in years. I am amazed by how well it stands up almost 20 years later. The only distracting anachronism is that one of the characters is named "Windows," evoking thoughts of Microsoft throughout. The effects are still cutting-edge, except for one brief stop-motion animation scene. The suspense is amazing and the characters all act very naturally-- there is an almost complete absence of clichés, and the clichés that are left don't seem like clichés. The cast is solid. There is also a blessed absence of gratuitous false-alarm scares-- no cats jumping out of cupboards. Definitely one of the best sci-fi/horror movies of all time.