“At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson. While Dr. Halvorson keeps to his research, Kate partners with Sam Carter, a helicopter pilot, to pursue the alien life form.”
If you’ve been a horror fan for longer than the last five minutes, the title THE THING should be very familiar to you. It’s John Carpenter’s aliens-in-the-arctic masterpiece, one of the best horror films ever made. And now there’s a different The Thing in theaters. Yet, Universal has been insisting this is not a remake, but a prequel to Carpenter’s Thing.
The producers of The Thing can tell audiences that it is not a remake and still be halfway honest. The dishonest half is likely rooted in market research, showing that audience response to the recent rehashing of genre staples has grown tepid. Wouldn’t they otherwise have given the film a name that somehow indicates it is not simply a remake (of a remake)?
That being said, the movie is not terrible. Weighed against other recent “rejuvenations” of 70′s and 80′s horror films, it holds its own. Some viewers may find the ground between the beginning and the ending a little overly familiar, and newcomers to the story may find it a little slow. But despite a couple shortcomings, at least it’s not the Nightmare On Elm Street remake.
With a film like 1982′s The Thing as an unavoidable comparison point, the issue of special effects has to be addressed. John Carpenter’s take on this story brought some of the most intense and creative special effects to 1982 audiences. Even more than creating one of the most effective senses of isolation and paranoia, Carpenter’s film is hailed for the effects. So fans of his approach to the source material are going to see the new film in part to see the update on the creatures. And what will they see? Well… they will see some pretty conspicuous CGI for the most part, and a handful of decent practical effects. The ideas behind some of the computer animated sequences aren’t that bad in theory, but were botched in practice.
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