the thing be john carpenter best movie . merge his talent for tension building and shock with decent production value he turn out a perfectly craft sci fi or horror movie . by film in truly difficult condition he create a very believable isolate research base which set the tension before anything have even happen . the ensemble cast work well together with kurt russell prove a charismatic leading man even under all that beard . by build the tension slowly with moment of gory horror ( courtesy of effect meister rob bottin currently direct freddy v jason ) carpenter create a movie that have rarely be match . consider this come out the same year a et it could not be more different . worth a watch or rewatch . positive . p. s. the dvd be excellent . lot of extra plus the best dvd commentary go ( with carpenter and russell ) . plus remixed in dolby digital for even scary sound effect .