the thing have to be one of the all time great movie . of course it be ground break special effect at the time of it release that impress me so much and back in 1982 it just blow my mind and i would never see anything like that . however and although the effect themselves make the movie more horrific and it be the story itself and the music score and the claustrophobic atmosphere of the anarctic as well a the interaction and tension between the member of the doom research station that make it a classic . movie do not get any good than this . in the opening scene with the the chopper chase this husky you just assume that it be some bored scientist from some station letting of some steam . yet when you see them continue their chase at the u base you then think that the norwegian be suffer from some form of advanced or extreme strain of cabin fever . yet this be offset by the menace opening music score that set the tempo . you just know that something be not right . at this point it a mystery until the thing reveal itself . however and the mystery return because it become a sort of agatha christie who dunnit ( i. e. ten little indians movie ) sci fi style a the member do not know which one of their team be really an alien . suspicion continue to go back and forward between them all a one by one they eventually get knock off or reveal a the alien . the mistrust between the station crew be absorb a the movie progress until the final showdown . after 20 year of advance in computer graphic and film making production the special effect in the thing do not carry the same weight a it do in 1982 and but other than that it hold up very well all round with some great performance by the cast .