Nicely done but wont knock your socks off.

Rating: 8/10 (10 March 2005)

"The Thing" was the remake of the 1951 classic "The Thing From Another World". Being a John Carpenter fan to the tune of about a 7.5 stars a movie I have to give this production a bit more lovewe will say 8 stars or so. The story might have been a stunner "back in the day" but to the modern movie fan it will come off like twenty or so other horror movies that have crossed the silver screen over the recent yearsand about a hundred other that went straight to VHS or DVD. Despite that it holds in there with a nice little cast of B+ actors led by the B one day A the next actor Kurt Russell. Fear not movie fans Russell was on one of his A days for this one. The movie itself is a quality production and will do your widescreen, surround sound system proud when playing the collectors edition DVD. The movie certainly has a couple scenes that are classic for the horror fan and that alone makes it worth the time. I won't promise it will make you hide under your couch in fear but its special effects are nicely done and you might find yourself uttering an occasional "eeeuuuwww" or "Yuck".