This Monster really has the legitimation to be called a "thing".

Rating: 8/10 (15 April 2007)

These days, where we get overwhelmed with horror movies which fail to build up suspense without falling into stereotypes, its hard to single out a horror movie different from todays "teenie shockers". There are two main aspects which ought to captivate the watchers attention. On the one hand you have this really disgusting "thing," incomparable to anything i have ever seen before in other movies. On the other hand there is a constant distrust evolving from the beginning to the end which affects every action of the characters, whose feelings the viewer is compelled to identify with. Not knowing who is infected, you suspect nearly everyone, even "R.J. MacReady," who can be seen as the main character. For me this was a new experience insofar as there is actually no one in the story you can sympathize with.