The Thing From Another World (1951) - Movie Trailer

[wtglb]

This movie scared the CRAP out of me when I was a little kid. I appreciate it now because this was made during the Cold War when everyone feared an atomic war and there were also many flying saucer sightings in the early 50's - you could feel the anxiety.....

[jd51452]

Not better, just different. This one is still the scariest movie of all time. Won't watch it alone and I'm 58.

[Johnlindsey289]

The remake was better and more true to the book.

[KRhetor]

@Johnlindsey289 No, it was far inferior, unless you're only into special effects. Whether or not an adaptation is 100% is irrelevant to actual quality; I don't suppose you complain about all the liberties Blade Runner took with its source material.

[Johnlindsey289]

@KRhetor

1982's movie is a masterpiece and a true cult classic plus it did justice to the book, i love me some gore. I bet you saw E.T. instead of The Thing in 1982 and made that a flop, this movie is nothing like the book, Carpenter's version did the book more justice and he did respected this movie since he is a huge fan of it as he loves it. Unless you have a passion for old movies this is for you, 1982's movie is made for fans of the novella like myself. 1982's movie is misunderstood.

[KRhetor]

@Johnlindsey289 I'm a hardcore literary SF fan and that has nothing to do with my cinematic preferences; it's because I put writing, acting and direction over FX and gore. And yeah, I saw ET in theaters instead of The Thing, but I didn't have a choice because I was only 6 at the time. The Thing flopped because of poor reviews and bad word of mouth, not because of ET.