No longer relevant... also not that good.

Rating: 5/10 (4 November 2014)

This is a movie I somehow avoided seeing for a while. Turns out my gut feeling was right, because this movie is just not good.
I'm glad this genre kinda died out. We have seen this too many times. And the graphics are .. well.. this is a 1982 movie..
So, the movie itself, starts of kinda slow, but very intriguing.
Once that "the thing" is introduced, we get into all the charades about who is infected, who is not, surprises, kills, etc..
Like I said before if that were my first time taking this kinda ride, I probably would've been impressed. But, as it is, it's just like, wow, so they did that back in 1982... cool. Good for them. Props.
I have to give them credit for sure, and that is why I gave in 5/10 stars. But I really disliked this movie a lot.
I guess the only reason I would recommend it just so you can cross it off the list. Which is a terrible reason. I'm also not a horror fan.
I can definitely see why it was(!) popular. Your heart rate will be up throughout the entire movie. Which was new back then.
But really , horror movie, what is the point.. why do we like to be scared?? To feel something. Bad excuse, we should strive for greater things.
Real rating: 4.0 + props because it's old = 5.0