The Thing (Carpenter, 1982): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 8.45pm
This film is part of the 'Scala: Sex, drugs and rock and roll cinema' season at BFI Southbank. The movie also screens on January 13th. Full details here.
Time Out review:
Time travel has many enticing possibilities, but one of the most
enjoyable would be to travel back to 1982 and tell John Carpenter that
his new movie would someday score sixth place in a list of the 100 best
horror movies – even beating his own iconic ‘Halloween’. Like many
future horror classics, ‘The Thing’ was hated on first release,
dismissed as an ‘Alien’ clone more interested in pushing the boundaries
of SFX than in character or tension. It was a disastrous flop, and
threatened Carpenter’s once unassailable reputation as the king of the
new horror. It’s hard to imagine now: with the benefit of hindsight
(and, more importantly, repeat viewings), ‘The Thing’ has emerged as one
of our most potent modern terrors, combining the icy-cold chill of
suspicion and uncertainty with those magnificently imaginative, pre-CG
effects blowouts.
Tom Huddleston
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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