Right Movie at the wrong time.

Rating: 9/10 (31 January 2014)

Back in the mid 70s into the early 80s, John Carpenter was making a great name for himself doing independent films such as Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, and Escape from New York. It was only a matter of time when a big studio was going to jump on the "JC" wagon. In comes John Carpenter's Thing. His most ambitious project possibly to date.
The movie was amazing, although it was loosely...key word loosely, a remake, you wouldn't even notice. It's a completely different beast from the 1950's version. It plays more on the tension of atmosphere, betrayal, mistrust, oh and really remarkable special effects for it's time. Just one problem.... It came out a week after Steven Spielberg's E.T. The thing was unfortunately a flop at the box office. If only it were release at a different time, I think it would have really boosted up John Carpenter's career greater.