Flamethrowers. No Questions.

Rating: Null/10 (10 November 2002)

More a mystery/thriller than a horror The Thing is packed with special effects, which were probably some of the greatest at the time. Tame by today's standards, The Thing will only get to the weak of stomach and the unsuspecting. The Thing has many moments where the viewer can literally not move, it will have you in such suspense and awe that your eyes will be locked onto the screen until the scene is done.
The Thing takes place in Antarctica mainly in a U.S. Research Base, what they are researching in the middle of nowhere on a block of ice in 1982 is a complete mystery. We know this movie is about an alien when we see a spaceship crashland on Earth. Soon after this a helicopter from Norway is opening fire on an Alaskan husky, it doesn't take much thinking to know this is the alien. The chopper doesn't shoot it and lands in front of the research base, unfortunately the gunman can't speak English and accidentally shots one of the workers in the arm, thinking that he is hostile the leader of the base shoots him in the eye, and this is where the mystery begins. The men travel to the Norweigan base which is completely destroyed and contains odd looking corpses which have been warped and mangled, lucky for them they bring them over their base. The Thing can be based up on a few things ; flamethrowers, tentacles, the ice, and the blood test scene.
The ultimate ending is rather anti-climatic. Everyone thinks something will happen at the very end of the movie, then the credits roll. The one is missable, if your weak of stomach watch it, it might desenseitize you, if you are totally unable to see horror and laugh at mutilation scenes like me, don't watch this one, you can miss it. If you have ever played Resident Evil 2 for PSX, you'll know exactly what this movie is, and won't feel a thing towards the monsters. This movie is very overrated by tons of people today, The Thing by no means works on the 2000 level, but sure did scare people 20 years ago. One last thing, don't let the cover fool you, nobody in this movie goes underwater even though the box of the movie looks the exact same as The Abyss, a much better movie by the way.