Back to the days of early 80's monster horror.

Rating: 8/10 (2 August 2011)

With all the fancy technology of today that are used to create all the special creature effects there are only a few films in my opinion that really have some cool special effects and the best part is all of them came out in the 80's, before the days of overused CGI.
The films that stand out are A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, Clive Barker's HELLRAISER, Clive Barker's NIGHT BREED and John Carpenter's THE THING, now THE THING is the only one out of the bunch where I actually get grossed out when I looked at the creature effects, I mean as I'm writing this review this film is 29 years old and I've watched it again recently and the effects still gross me out, that's how well this film is made, put it back in the cinemas and it'll wipe the floor with every other new horror movie out there.
The acting is outstanding, many of today's actors will struggle to match this caliber of performances and the plot is simple, very well paced and does a great job of creating a high sense of paranoia.
Overall, its a classic worth revisiting.