Great eternal horror classic from master Carpenter.

Rating: 10/10 (13 February 2016)

Great story (loosely based on novel "Who Goes There?"), suspense (it will give you constant chills and goosebumps), cinematography, practical SFX!!! (created by Roy Arbogast) and climatic music thanks to another master: Ennio Morricone. Very good cast (one of the best roll of Kurt Russell and Keith David - not only in my opinion, check on YouTube top 10 lists for example on WatchMojo.com) If you want to watch good horror you should definitely pick this one (do not consider remake/prequel from 2011) It's in my opinion The Best movie of John Carpenter (he also stated that "The Thing" is his favorite one) During watching you will gonna constantly guessing and feel trapped (just as one of tag-lines says: Man is The Warmest Place to Hide) Even now (2015-2016 and It was released in 1982 that is 34 years ago - it seems like in different historical era) it still holding strong (It's practical SFX are much better than most CGI used in todays horror movies) I love it - it's on my top list.
In summary: Timless Horror Masterpeace!!!