This one is a long one, but it's so worth it to see horror master John Carpenter at the top of his game. Starting in 1978 with
Halloween, Carpenter was butter...because he was on a roll.
The Fog and
Escape From New York followed, and each was awesome in their own ways. But he really climbed the heights of the horror genre with his remake of
The Thing in 1982. In a lot of ways, I think it might be his best film. Ah...I don't know, but it's close.
The great old-school special effects by Rob Bottin were something back in the early 80's, and surprisingly they still hold up today. I definitely prefer it to some of the CGI/3-D crap going on these days. Enjoy!
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Note: Remember to play the Badgerdaddy Trivia Challenge every day. I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!
10 comments:
i love the thing. and i also HATE all the cgi bullshit that they throw into movies nowadays... just give me a guy in a good rubber monster suit and im happy..
Slyde - Or maybe just a guy in a leather suit hiding in a locked chest down in your basement somewhere, eh?
Hahaha - You and Slyde need your own show, I swear. :)
I totally forgot what I was going to say... Oh! The Thing! Yes - definitely awesome. :)
Sybil - You think people would enjoy a half-hour of the two of us mocking each other? Shit...it gets old for me after 5 minutes! ;)
Good movies, one and ALL.
Oh yeah... movies. Did.. um... was there a book?
What a total dweeb I am...
Heff - a fellow J.Carpenter fan, I see. Nice!
RW - Yeah. It's an adaptation of a novella called "Who Goes There?" written by John W. Campbell. A pretty faithful adaptation too. Good book, but Campbell kinda stopped writing after it was published to focus on his Editor job at Astounding Sci-Fi (later Analog magazine).
Good lord it's been ages since I've seen those moveis. In my former life the ex-wife and I used to have a Carpenter fest every Halloween night.
Kevin - sounds like a perfect Halloween to me!
Great movie!!!
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