The Thing from Another World with Isolated Music Soundtrack

[marvelmax03191]

still have never seen this in its entirety, though john carpenter's remake is one of the greatest horror movies ever made.

[MaryF57]

James Arness as the thing was scary right up there with Karloff's Frankenstein.

[olmose]

This movie used to scare the pants off me when it would come on the late show on t.v. in the 50's! Course i HAD to watch it every time.

[Fetz17]

Wonderfully bombastic score, an overlooked gem from the exception Dimitri Tiomkin! Great film too!

[handsupbud]

I couldn't hear a damn thing they said cuz the band was too loud.

[MzSunnyJeep]

@handsupbud Agreed....although the soundtrack is awesome from what I heard, I really wanted to hear what they were saying :-(

[Deader87]

Nothing like the ReMake!!!

[sitofak]

I love the Carpenter's version so I might give this one a try, altough I don't know if this isn't too "oldschool" for me.

Is it worth for a 17 year old to watch this?

[marvelmax03191]

@sitofak I would think so yes. Its great to see where the original concepts came from and how different horror was back then.

[OrganCat]

At 2:20 I'm expecting them to dance the Hokey-Pokey.

'You put your right hand in...... HEY! You over there ! Yeah you, the green scaly guy! No cheating using tentacles!'

[jonlee29]

This movie is fantastic, so scary for an old 1950's film,,, the remake was great too.....

[SCROGY]

This is an absolute classic.  Scared the crap out of my 72 year old dad when he was young (he would have been 13). This is a great example of a classic original that was done justice by it's sequel. Both should be on anyone's list of all time greatest horror/sci-fi movies.

[schiavone402]

One of the scariest movies ever, a real masterpiece, but James Arness said that he was ashamed he worked in it because the rubber alien mask was so phony. Might be, you never really get a good closeup of his head. Scary, scary, scary stuff!

[82648947]

Interesting assortment of cold weather gear they are wearing.

[superfatttyfatboy]

WHERE IS THE ACTUAL ACTUAL MOVIE

[errolfan]

Well, I can't say this is too far from actual human behavior. If you can't figure how something works, either blow it up or shoot it. Problem solved.

[boxerinj]

you broke the ship!

OR....you maniacs, you blew it up!

[gallafey]

you it hard to say verison of the Thing is best becouse both the 1982 John Carpenter verison & this verison from 1951 great like the idea of a shape shifting alien of The Thing 1982 how everyone the bace isnt sure who to trust as they might be the thing i do have the thing 1982 on dvd however it would be good to the thing 1951

[HeadLessMunkees]

IThink they used thermate - does that ringa bell?

ahhh haa those twoofers

[bush1tman]

I liked the Scientist in this movie. He reminded me of Joel Klein complaining about GW Bush picking on the poor terrorists. Or better yet Joe Biden complaining.

[panzerschnott]

Dimetri sure had the right idea when he wrote this musical score. The scariest sounding music ever

[1peachyboy]

Everything from dialogue to pace to suspense-building puts this movie in a league of its own. Howard Hawks knew his stuff... James Cameron copied the geiger counter scenes for his 'Aliens' movie..to great effect.

ln the all-time top 10 science fiction movies

[errolfan]

The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Thing from Another World would be a great boxed set of good alien / bad alien movies from the early fifties. Which do you prefer?...Do you really have a choice?

[gamera77]

I prefer "The day the Earth stood still", one of my all-time favorite movies. But both are masterpieces.

[errolfan]

Let me re-phrase my last sentence from a week ago.... Do WE really have a choice? Thanks for the feedback.

[MaryF57]

@gamera77 "Earth" is indeed a classic. No matter how many times I see it is still a gem.

[puck30]

@errolfan The Thing from Another World over The Day The Earth Stood Still. But only by a hair. Like everyone said, both are Masterpieces. I'd love to see both on a Double Bill at an old movie house. Like the old Lowes in Jersey City. Thanks for the upload gamera77.

[errolfan]

@puck30 Jersey boys and aliens. Pardon me while I find a rock to hide under. Seriously, you pay for my popcorn and I'll meet you at Lowes.

[doxyonr]

Great movie! The music still gives me chills!

[alexalex3131]

I wonder where this was filmed. No back lot, that's for sure!

[CaptRobthePirate]

Ah the brilliant use of the theremin as the ultimate sci-fi movie sound device!

[tajiya816]

A movie unequaled in the science fiction genre with both its soundtrack and presentation. This movie changed the history of filmmaking and its soundtrack is perhaps the most iconic and recognizable sound of any science fiction movie.

[petroni912]

I bought the audio CD as "inspirational" music when I write. One of the great scifi films in the "classical" style. Tight direction, careful special effects for the period, showing the viewer just enough to let the imagination fill in the rest. Nightmare images, the flaming figure running off into the dark, the dead dogs, the hand. And then there's Tiomkin's score.

[goback3spaces]

You're right, Petroni. One of the perfect movies. Let's not forget that precise, witty, intelligent dialogue that humanizes a large group of characters effortlessly. The world is a better place because of art like this.

[allanxxx99]

love it. 5/5.

hahaha 5:50 they all duck down from the huge noisy explosion and the doggies at the back are just chillin...

[jarelkortan]

I saw a colorized version, the thing was green and if you ask me, even creepier then ever, and I love this movie, gave me nightmares a kid.

[DylanVanella]

Weird, yeah the scene when they open the door and it's standing there, I almost jumped out of my clothes.

[jarelkortan]

oh yeah that scene was of the scariest parts when I was a kid, and to this day the sounds the thing makes is the creepiest I've ever heard.

[2pikeman]

scared the crap out of me allthose years ago, and the eeeriee music,brilliant

[boatstaylor]

one of my favorites!! The remake was one of the scarriest movies ever!!  Haunted me for years..

[youngfart00]

youngfart00

Thank you 4 presenting this without the dialogue, truly this is a classic,mood setting piece. Tiomkin kicks it to the curb on this one, i also believe Bernard Herrmann could have done well on this one also. Could someone find the opening theme to the 50's t.v. series The D.A.?

[francng]

i think we can see this scene on john carpenters the thing its the video tapes they found at the nowegian camp

[DoowopJohnnyBoy]

Colorize this movie and make THE THING(Arness) an EERIE GLOWING GREEN !!!

[centurey8901]

I love this movie

[mal334455]

great film which im gonna have to watch again when i get chance