One of the better examples of its genre

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 2003)

Actually quite a freaky tale, Carpenter's The Thing is one of the better horror films of the early 80s [and there were some awful ones!] and one of Kurt Russell's best performances.
An alien life form is waken from a deep sleep by some Norwegian [well, it wasn't going to be American was it?] Antarctic residents, and begins to morph into earth life forms and wreak havoc -- starting with huskys and then getting into the men themselves.
Worth watching, and had dated well.