A great movie EXCEPT for one thing

Rating: 8/10 (21 July 2014)

Carpenter is a great director, and this is a great movie. The acting, the cinematography, the timing, everything contributes to make it a masterpiece. Carpenter shows us that he knows how to use closes, wide- views, fast and slow action, all in order to portray the misery and grandeur of men facing danger. But the goo, the gore, the trash, in one word, is absolutely ridiculous. Childish minds will tremble with terror and shrink down in the couch while seeing it, but adult people will just laugh at it. Why not create a "reasonable" monster, with no harm to the story? Or perhaps it wouldn't even be necessary to show it. The knowing that it is present and acting would be horror by itself.