Man is the warmest place to hide!

Rating: 10/10 (2 April 2020)

Most film fans, indeed most horror fans, will have seen this classic or own it in some media format but here is the sypnosis anyway. A science research team consisting of 12 men are disturbed when a Norwegian helecopter enters their base in pursuit of a sledgedog. Upon investigating further, they discover the Norwegian camp and remains of something not quite human. The dog meanwhile, is placed in a kennel facility with others and soon begins a hideous transformation revealing itself to be an alien being capable of replicating any living creature it comes into contact with. In a shortwhile, the scientists, find themselves fighting to survive against a creature, not afraid to reveal its gory self once exposed in a hostile environment. Watch as a dog gets turned inside out, watch as a man loses his arms during a heart resuscitation sequence and in the same scene, somebodys head is pulled clean of their torso in a blaze of splatter. In the wake of the success of Alien (1979), there were many similar films in the early eighties that attempted to gross out an audience but none of them could hold a candle to this iconic movie, which i was fortunate to see as a youngster, around 1984 or thereabouts. This is highly recommended and has enjoyed many re-releases over the years. Look at your neighbour, trust no-one, they might be The thing!