The Thing (2011)
The science-fiction horror follows the discovery of an alien ship buried in ice by a Norwegian Researcher, further research is about to awaken an organism which can take the shape of its preys.
18 August 1965, Sandnes, Norway
23 June 1974, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
23 June 1978, Trondheim, Norway
4 October 1971, Oslo, Norway
28 November 1984, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
6 December 1963, Odense, Denmark
7 December 1978, Oslo, Norway
28 June 1973, Copenhagen, Denmark
22 August 1967, Islington, London, England, UK
4 February 1965, Vadsø, Norway
13 September 1967, Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
31 May 1977, Eugene, Oregon, USA
February 15, 2013
Since Heijningen already had dibs on The Thing's hallowed name, he didn't even bother trying to conjure any of its slow-burning suspense or claustrophobic vibe.
October 14, 2011
The line between homage and apery is a fine one, and The Thing teeters on it at times.
October 14, 2011
It's no great thing, just a better Thing than expected.
January 01, 2013
For a creature feature set on the South Pole, it lacks urgency, or even a sense that it's very cold in Antarctica.
August 11, 2013
A misguided and generally worthless prequel...
November 29, 2011
Efficient enough for newcomers perhaps, but never that chilling, and the predictably dull CGI underlines how far movie magic has regressed in the past couple of decades.
October 14, 2011
"It's big on the grotesquery but short on genuine scares."
June 23, 2013
There's just no sense of dread in this "Thing," no notion that these people are truly at the edge of the world, with nowhere to escape and no one to trust.
April 30, 2012
Gets the externals but can't duplicate the authentic chill and isolation of the original.
October 14, 2011
John Carpenter should approve of this reasonably respectful and tough-minded prequel to his 1982 The Thing.
September 22, 2012
The fact that The Thing falls flat is proof positive that unlike the film's industrious alien, parasitic remakes can't easily carbon copy the host.
October 14, 2011
It's not rocket science, but The Thing does offer solid cheap thrills for the slick gore crowd, proving once again: Horror doesn't have to be horrible.
