The Thing Turns 40: A Look Back At The Ice Cold Horror

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The past couple of months have marked a few anniversaries of some of cinema's favorite alien characters. Not that long ago, the troubled third sequel to Ridley Scott's original Alien had reached thirty years. Meanwhile, June finds film fans celebrating two alien flick's 40-year anniversaries, one being Steven Spielberg's massive success with everyone's favorite friendly Extra-Terrestrial in E.T., and another alien that was released alongside E.T.: the ultimate in alien terror with John Carpenter's cult classic, The Thing.

Although The Thing was released extremely close to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the former has created its own cinematic alien legacy and was an absolute powerhouse in practical effects. It set the bar so high in this regard that few other films have been able to clear it, especially in the horror genre. Although The Thing was initially met with icy reviews, it is now a cinema icon and a look at what the magic of filmmaking can really be.

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Those who aren't familiar with the horror classic should go see it now. Not only are there some spoilers are ahead, but it is also an essential viewing for horror fans. The film takes place in the most isolated of all isolated cinematic settings: the chilling loneliness of Antarctica. Kurt Russell stars as what may be one of his greatest performances of all time as MacReady, a helicopter pilot stationed at a research facility U.S. Outpost 31, alongside a number of other men. After a couple of men are shown shooting at a dog in the first minutes of the film, their investigation into the incident leads them to discover that the dog is actual someThing else entirely. In fact, this being can assume the shape of every man it has killed at