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Title: Every bit as chilling and frightening as you've heard.
Review: A group stationed on the Antarctic discovers an alien frozen in the ice with the ability to shapeshift whatever it absorbs. Excellent paranoid thriller is superbly directed by John Carpenter, who captures the tension with pitch-perfect tightness. Very good acting all-around (Kurt Russell's great), and Rob Bottin's gore effects are appropriately shocking. Suspenseful to the max, with only a few logic lapses to slightly mar an otherwise brilliant effort. Sorry, slasher fans, but The Thing, not Halloween, displays Carpenter's abilities in full glory. Tied with In the Mouth of Madness as Carpenter's greatest work to date.**** 1/2 out of *****
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