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The Thing
At a glance...
- Directed by John Carpenter
- Released in 1982
- Runtime 109 minutes
- Watched at a friend's house
- Final feelings: so goopy, so tight, so good!
I do think I still like They Live more. But, this movie is fucking amazing. It's also so much fun to watch with other people who haven't seen it before to start the timer on how long it takes before they realize that it's amongus. And the effects in this movie are so good, I love like 80s meat and flesh effects, just so goopy and stringy and textured.
Now that I think about it, I really appreciate how constrained this movie is compared to something like They Live. Just the right amount of science-fiction exposition and speculation, then immediately into the consequences. I'm sure I will rewatch this movie again someday.