The Thing from Another World (1951)

Currently Snowed in… and it brings back childhood memories of blizzards and how my father and I would shovel for what felt like hours before settling in to watch Charlie Chan movies or something like The Thing from Another World.  Cherished memories. So when the skies…

Ian West

I liked that this version, there was a very palpable sense of disillusionment and betrayal that the government you dedicated years of life and service to doesn't care about you even slightly. You don't really get that from the 80s version where, of course they don't! Where…

The Horror of Marna Larsen

Hard to compete with Carpenter's more gruesomely apocalyptic and atmospheric vision of the same material but a lot of the remote, isolated, frosted imagery is still very good and it's a lot of fun to see Hawks' more relaxed, economical approach to professional group…

Josh Lewis

Christian Nyby's "The Thing from Another World" is a nicely executed slice of mid-century horror. It is well shot, assuredly directed, and thick with dialogue. Its major issue is that, despite its memorable moments, the film is dry, bordering on stale, and that there is…

Travis Lytle

I’m glad John Carpenter went on to remake this into one of the greatest pieces of cinema ever. This had the makings of a good film but just couldn’t keep me hooked. After recently watching some older horror movies I know it was entirely possible to create a genuinely scary…

𝚣𝚎𝚞𝚜

I’ve watched an awful lot of ‘50’s creature features since the kids came along and The Thing eats apples off their heads.  What a banger. The boy gives it 1000 stars.  The girl gives it 3000 stars. The Warner Archive blu-ray is merely okay.  Surely this is worthy of a…

carrieandtracy

We all feel sorry for the scientist and kinda agree with him, right? Ok, moving on. I knew I would love this, and I did, but it was not at all what I was expecting. You've got to see this at least twice, the jokes are so perfect and the interactions so fast that I can't…

sydney

This is the “Impossible Burger” version of the original novella. Plant-based humanoids? Feh! The story is familiar but this is an entirely different experience than John Carpenter’s 1982 remake. This version strays further from the original source material “Who Goes…

Digital Press

A well done film, but inaccurate to the original novella in the worst way. The shapeshifting element of the Thing (and the resulting paranoia of the group) is what elevates Carpenter's version above this version.

DLamb