Atom User Reviews for The Thing (1982)

4.9
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POPULAR TAGS
WR
Wilfred Rodriguez

My friend fell asleep, but I loved it

CD
Chase Duplissey
#creepy
#mustseebro
#original
TF
Tyler Flesher
#terrifying
#mustsee
#greatcast
AM
Antonio Mendoza
#creepy
#heartpounding
#surprising
TV
Tony Vessels
#heartpounding
#great
#terrifying
JA
Jonathan Aguiar
#original
#terrifying
#heartpounding
AF
Anthony Fuentes
#heartpounding
#greatcast
#original
TP
Trevor Palmer
#mustsee
#heartpounding
#creepy
LD
Louie De La Cruz
#heartpounding
#clever
#original
SZ
Shannon Zhang
AF
Anthony Francis
#creepy
#heartpounding
#original
SF
Seth Freilich
#heartpounding
KG
Kirk G.
AA
Alec Adams-Luong
SM
Sam Mercier
BM
bruh Machine
BC
Bryant cruz
SS
Sarah Jane Santiago

Metacritic

30

Carpenter's direction is slow, dark, and stately; he seems to be aiming for an enveloping, novelistic kind of effect, but all he gets is heaviness.

Metacritic review by Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
75

Carpenter creates an atmosphere in Thing; it's a weird one, an odd landscape and clearly alien territory, but it's entertaining nonetheless. And for those who have not been to a creep show in the last couple of years, The Thing has some very nasty surprises. [25 June 1982, p.D1]

Metacritic review by Bill Cosford
Bill Cosford
Miami Herald