a fantastic movie

Rating: 10/10 (16 November 2013)

Is it just me, or does Kurt Russel just play himself in every movie? Throw an eye patch on him and he's no longer MacReady - he's Snake Plisken. I digress.
This movie is excellent. The pacing, the sound design, the effects are all outstanding for today, let alone 1982. If you like horror movies, you need to see this one.
I only recently learned that this is part 1 of what Carpenter refers to as his Apocalypse Trilogy, followed by Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness, two other movies that you should definitely watch if you enjoyed this one.