i know i be human . and if you be all these thing and then you would just attack me right now and so some of you be still human . this thing doesn not want to show itself and it want to hide inside an imitation . it will fight if it have to and but it vulnerable out in the open . if it take u over and then it have no more enemy and nobody leave to kill it . and then it win . john carpenter the thing be one of the most entertaining horror film ever make fast and clever and purely excite from start to finish . this be how all movie of the genre should be make . take place in the antarctic in 1982 and the movie focus specifically on a group of american scientist . we be give no introduction to their mission and but be thrust into their existence when a pair of seemingly crazy norwegian appear at their base camp and chase an escaped dog . the norwegian be kill and and the dog find it way into the colony and which be when thing really start to get crazy . it be soon make quite clear that the dog be actually a shape shift alien organism and which manifest itself upon the physical form of it victim in other word and it begin to eat the american and and imitate them so well that the remain human can not discern the difference between their friend and enemiesthe pack of scientist and lead by macready ( kurt russell ) and begin to fight for their own survival and use wit instead of brawn . if the thing be indeed amongst them and then how be they to go about reveal it . how many thing be there . how can the thing be kill . ( or can it be destroy at all . ) the creature origins in the film be explain easily represent thirty thousand year ago a spacecraft plummet to earth and and be freeze in the antarctic ice . the thing try to escape and and be discover in the ice by the norwegian and who unknowingly release it from it natural prison . the thing and the movie itself and be similar to ridley scott iconic alien ( 1979 ) . many comparison have be make the protagonist be strand in a desolate area and stalk by a seldom see foe that manage to kill them off one by one . however and the thing for all practical purpose come first . base on the famous short story who go there . by john w. campbell and jr. ( write under pseudonym a don a. stuart ) and the film be originally adapt a a feature production in 1951 by howard hawk and christian nyby . the result be the thing from another world and an unarguable classic . but to be fair and it bore little resemblance to the short story and and carpenter remake do it more justice . the idea of the thing be able to adapt the physicality of anyone be what essentially make this movie so great and and be the most vital link to the short story . in 1951 the special effect be simply too poor to reasonably portray the shape shift organism and but thirty one year bring many advance in sfx . creature effect artist rob bottin do an excellent job of turn what could have easily become a cheesy gore fest into a startlingly frightening ( and realistic ) mess of blood and fear . the thing and although never actually take one specific form and be constantly see in a morphing stage and and the effect be simply superb . they still pack a punch twenty two year later . ennio morricone score ( nominate for a razzie award at the time ) be a bit too electronic and tinny and but nevertheless haunting when use correctly . from the fact that it cast consist entirely of male and to the fact that it end be one of the most thought provoking and untypical conclusion of all time and the thing by any standard be unconventional hollywood at it best . it come a no surprise that and at the time of it release and the thing perform poorly in theater and and e. t. release the same year and feature a much kinder alien become the high grossing picture of the two ( by far ) . in the long run and however and the thing be superior in almost every conceivable way . spielberg tale be outdated and flop during it 20th anniversary re release . the thing and on the other hand and have gradually climb a ladder of cult classic it be one of the most famous non famous movie ever make . carpenter be notorious for have a very uneven career from his amaze assault on precinct 13 ( 1976 ) to the magnificent halloween ( 1978 ) to the disappointing and silly escape from l. a . ( 1996 ) and the thing remain his very best motion picture . although it reputation over the year have never be honorary enough to land it a spot on most great movie list and the thing be still one of my favorite horror film and and upon close inspection masterfully craft . it be a daring and ingenious thrill ride that be simultaneously unique and chill a genuine relief for film buff who be tire of the same old horror knock offs . this one and at the very least and be genuinely unpredictable .