it grows on ya

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 2002)

some people watch re-runs of A Wonderful Life to cheer them up. I take out the video of The Thing (1982) when all else seems bleak(like the state of television programming or the sort of horror movies churned out nowdays) After all these years it looses none of its impact. The only scene I wish would be updated is the primordial computer graphic scene showing the Thing multiplying to take over the world in x number of days(1981 PC technology is a give-away) There being no females in the camp has saved the film from any chance of a romantic twist developing, which usually deteriorates a good tight plot (for example the way the plot of the Matrix was corrupted) This movie is great fun!