Best practical effects ever in a horror movie

Rating: 9/10 (25 February 2016)

The Thing is a masterpiece of suspense and gore. It's about paranoia, and there's plenty to be paranoid of in this movie. Is the man standing next to you a man, or an imitation? Will he suddenly burst from his skin and attack you? the whole theme of who's who pervades the entire movie, and it's just great. You gotta watch it. It is without a doubt Special effects master Rob Bottin's greatest work. It's amazing what people came up with before computers replaced almost everything with CGI. All the monsters are real, in the sense that everything you see on screen is really there. So real in fact that even though it was made in 81-82, they still look better than everything today, even 30+ years later. this is my favorite horror movie of all time. The cast is great, the direction is fantastic, the score is absolutely creepy and memorable. I watched The Hateful 8 recently and recognized some of the music from this movie straight away. I didn't even know it was the same composer. All in all this movie is a classic that will still hold up in another 30 years.