When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
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sah reviewed The Thing (2011)
HP Lovecraftian
The monsters are very absurd and fascinating; somewhere between gross and compelling--it saved the releatively mediocre movie.
Nate H. reviewed The Thing (2011)
Review from the comment
There are a lot of people who look at John Carpenter’s The Thing(1982) and don’t see what the big deal is with it or why it is has such a broad cult fanbase. Those people are idiots. Carpenter’s masterpiece is a must see study on how to build suspense and features some of the most advanced creature effects in the history of film. This 2011 prequel of that film (which was a remake of another great film, 1951’s The Thing From Another World) neither recaptures that suspense nor breaks any ground in special effects, opting for the CGI that is so prevalent today. Its impossible to not judge a prequel or sequel of a classic without comparing it to the original, but if you can take away some of that bias, then this Thing is not terrible. It is just another average monster movie, albeit one from a much higher pedigree.
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