A Great Classic Horror Movie

Rating: 10/10 (12 July 2007)

I remember when this one came out I was 11 and I begged my dad to see it. He took me but he warned me that it would be too violent and bloody. I didn't care. We left right after the dog kennel scene. 25 years later I saw and boy, that was one hell of a movie. Seriously speaking, it was pretty scary and gory for younger kids. The outline of this story is an arctic research team stumbles onto a 100+ year old space ship buried in the snow and a frozen alien life-form. The problem is, the alien is loose and it takes the form of its host, so now you don't know who's who. What a twisted storyline. The writers finding clever ways to play tricks with us, and it works.
The acting was there, though at times wooden, but still nonetheless there. What I really like about it was the weirdness and the excessive alien gore. It reminisced of such films like "Alien" (1979) and "The Exorcist" (1973). The way that the alien presents itself throughout the film is both disturbing and very clever like, a huge mass of skin and teeth, a human head with spider legs coming out of it, a huge "face mouth" and so many more. The general sound that this creature makes is frightening.
The only problems that this movie has are, it drags on too long with some pointless scenes and chitchat. It tried to add character development, but it seemed as though the characters were like that before the alien even came.
However, thanks to ET, this movie didn't receive the populatiry that it should have had.
But aside from those, this movie is pure frightening, gory and scary fun. I do not recommend little kids to see this movie. If it doesn't affect them right away, it will later on. I do recommend this film to those who like great remakes and general horror genre.