one of the all time greats along with Halloween, hellraiser and so on

Rating: 9/10 (11 May 2007)

I'd always known of the existence of the thing but never really bothered to read the back or research it. But when it was going quite cheap at a sale i grasped the opportunity.
I had seen Escape from New York City, Halloween and the remake of The village of the dammed but this is by far the best john carpenter film. I hadn't seen the 50's version of the thing but after seeing this i didn't bother. The thing is good because of the suspense it carries you sit there wondering which one is carrying this alien. And when the alien shows it self it is rather spectacular. The effects were amazing for the time and the acting was top notch. Although it won a razzie award for worst music i actually thought the music was quite good. Well come on the music hasn't totally wrecked the film altogether.
This is definitely an essential horror title along with hellraiser,Halloween,evil dead,the exorcist,dawn of the dead,night of the living dead, an American werewolf in London and so on.