Paranoia in Antarctica

Rating: 9/10 (16 March 2008)

"Paranoia, paranoia, everybody's coming to get me!" Harvey Danger, Flagpole Sitta
John Carpenter's "The Thing" is a remake of the 1950's classic science fiction movie where in his updated version, paranoia has never gotten so creepy. After his 1978 movie "Halloween" where horror pictures proved that evil will never die, Carpenter takes evil to a whole new game.
Set in the Antarctica region where like "Alien," nobody would hear anybody scream, a group of researchers doing God-knows-what happen to stumble upon a Norwegian rifleman shooting at a dog where after the gunman is shot down, questions are being asked by the group including the no nonsense pilot R.J. MacReady (Kurt Russell) in which they see more what they bargain for.
During the film after an attack scene involving an alien dog, the investigation group fears that something has hit them and will never get out. Paranoia leads to fear, fear leads to questioning and those seeking questions will finally have their answers.
John Carpenter's The Thing is a "don't turn off the lights" movie where even during it's time despite the fact that E.T. hogged all the credits, it proves to be a classic thriller from icky special effects to make you either scream or shield your mouth to scenes that you'll remember in your nightmares.