Now Viewing: the_thingTag type: Copyright Tag refers to images referencing the 1982 American science fiction horror film. It is the second film adaptation of the 1938 John W. Campbell story Who Goes There? This adaptation is more faithful to the original story, but still has quite a few differences. It is also significantly bloodier than the previous adaptation. It is directed by John Carpenter and written by Bill Lancaster. This is the first film of Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy, a series of horror films directed by Carpenter that involve apocalyptic scenarios. The film's soundtrack is composed by Ennio Morricone who gives the film an electronic soundtrack different from his usual style but similar to Carpenter's style. Carpenter wanted Morricone to do the music because he actually played Morricone's music during his wedding. The film features an all male cast that includes Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Donald Moffat, Richard Masur, and Keith David. The film's special effects and monsters were primarily designed by Rob Bottin. The film is set in the Antarctic, the station commander of the U.S. Outpost 31, Garry, rescues an Alaskan Malmute dog from a Norwegian pilot trying to kill it for some reason. To investigate, the Americans send helicopter pilot MacReady and Dr. Copper to head to a Norwegian weather research installation called Thule Station to figure out what happened. Once there, they find out that Thule Station is completely in ruins, but they find a peculiar piece of evidence, a charred human body with two faces, which they bring back with them along with some video footage. Besides the two faces, the body has an otherwise normal set of organs. The men at the U.S. Outpost 31 soon realize that they, in fact, had just rescued a terrible monster once the Malmute attacks the other sled dogs and assimilates them. They manage to put down the Malmute with a flamethrower and proceed to do another autopsy where they discover that this 'thing' has the power to perform a perfect assimilation; it can perfectly emulate other living beings, including humans, and it uses this ability to deflect suspicion before it attacks again. To make matter worse, even though the men used a flamethrower against it, The Thing isn't dead yet. . . Besides the film's eponymous monster, the film is notable for leaving many key plot points ambiguous. When the film was first released, it received very mixed reviews and the soundtrack was even nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Soundtrack. Carpenter considered the film's failure to be the most difficult for him to accept. Fortunately for Carpenter, the film's reception has gradually improved over time, with quite a few critics and fellow filmmakers praising the movie. In 2008, Empire Magazine included the film on its list The 500 Greatest Movies of all Time, and one scene from the movie made it on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. The soundtrack's reception has also improved over time. The film spawned a prequel in 2011, also titled The Thing, directed by Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr. The film also received video game and comic sequels. The film is also viewed annually by the members of the winter crew at Amundsen-Scott Pole Station, who are in a similar location as the characters in this film. The film notably has three different endings, a happy one, ambiguous one, and a tragic one. Although the filmmakers did film the first ending, it was never used. The canon ending is the ambiguous one, but the TV broadcast of the film uses the tragic ending. Other Wiki Information Last updated: 03/22/15 2:03 AM by jojosstand This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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