when john carpenter masterly version of the thing be release in summer 1982 and it be pan by critic and bomb at the box office . the audience couldn not handle another bad alien and they want et . their loss in the long run . i would kill to be able to see this great movie on the big screen . this be a movie that be way ahead of it time while now it have influence a new generation of filmmaker and show it trail on thing like se7en and alien 3 and and even the x file and which unceremoniously rip it off page by page . and the structure and which eschew character development in favour of incredible sfx and be commonplace in today blockbuster flick . carpenter show the same skill he hone in halloween and use the camera to create an unsettling and claustrophobic atmosphere . the performance be all fine and and the end be terrific still unique today . a paranoid masterpiece .