Buried upon its release by another extra-terrestrial story, the GOAT remake perfectly blends science fiction and horror into a still-arresting symphony of terror. Christopher Lloyd

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 17, 2025

In my eyes, The Thing is as perfect as a movie can get: it knows exactly what it wants to be and what it’s trying to do, and succeeds on every level I can conceive.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 12, 2024

Incredible atmosphere and simple effective thrills

| Nov 3, 2024

Carpenter stresses the slimy ET at the expense of characterisation, mood and practically everything else, yet it's precisely this one grisly facet that makes it such compelling science fiction.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 13, 2024

The solemnity of the frozen wastes contrasts brilliantly with the sweaty paranoia of the men, who are unsure which of their colleagues is next going to erupt with hidden jaws and shooting tendrils.

| Feb 16, 2024

... an alien invasion horror masterpiece, a kind of survivalist chamber drama set in a remote research station in the icy Arctic where a small group men without women are confronted by an insidious takeover.

| Oct 20, 2023

While the close-quarters direction is stellar, full of tight, terrifying spaces, and the cast is excellent (led by Kurt Russell), the real strength of the film lies in the special effects by Rob Bottin.

| Jul 18, 2023

Tremendously fun. [Full review in Spanish]

| Apr 11, 2023

This is a nihilistic look at survival at all costs, in which the men become as dangerous as the thing they’re hunting.

| Feb 27, 2023

Since no one knows who has been infected until it is too late, The Thing becomes a nightmare guessing-game which Carpenter exploits most efficiently.

| Jan 13, 2023

The Thing is full of terrifying sequences, but one stands out as one of the most innovative and scary set pieces of John Carpenter's entire career.

| Jan 9, 2023

Every October, I revisit John Carpenter’s “The Thing” to celebrate the month of Halloween, and every year I arrive at the same conclusion: it's one of the most effective horror films ever made.

| Sep 28, 2022

THE THING (1982) was not exactly John Carpenter's breakthrough film, but it may well be his best film.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 14, 2022

The Thing fully realizes its potential as a thriller of nightmare proportions.

| Jul 29, 2022

The film sets the stage for a piercingly chilly descent into the unraveling human condition.

| Jul 12, 2022

The Thing's brilliance rests on the equilibrium between implied and visceral horror, often incompatible ideas that Carpenter stirs together in a stylish, engrossing way.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 21, 2022

This version is so full of "the thing" that it strangles our imagination and becomes a mere exercise in ugly, mechanical horrorifics. Very dumb, very disappointing.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 11, 2021

The Thing is like The Howling, a showcase for fiber and latex and the products they produce, by and for people who need their nightmares to be completely comprehensible and completely unreal.

| Nov 10, 2021

Such a pity. John Carpenter is too gifted a moviemaker to let nauseating special effects take over his biggest film, but that's what happened in The Thing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 9, 2021

...a methodically-paced endeavor that essentially (and effectively) captures the viewer's interest and attention right from the get-go...

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 1, 2021