The Thing from Another World

NR 7.1
1951 1 hr 27 min Drama , Horror , Science Fiction

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

  • Cast:
    Kenneth Tobey , Margaret Sheridan , Robert Cornthwaite , Douglas Spencer , James Young , Dewey Martin , Robert Nichols

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Reviews

Matialth
1951/04/05

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Hayden Kane
1951/04/06

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Kien Navarro
1951/04/07

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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Bob
1951/04/08

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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Platypuschow
1951/04/09

For the few of you who aren't aware, John Carpenters classic The Thing (1982) was a remake and this is where it all began.Telling the story of a research base in Anchorage Alaska that discovers a crashed UFO. Before they know it they find themselves under attack from what dwelled within.Now let's be clear this is nothing like the remakes, there is no paranoia, no body swapping or horrific scenes here. The Thing From Another World contains an almost Franksteins monster looking alien creature and that's about it.What immediatly stands out is how good it all looks, it's hard to believe that this was made in the early 50's. Clearly a lot of love went into this sci-fi piece that would later become considered as a true cult classic.I don't see quite the overwhelming appeal as many, maybe I'm simply not the demographic but I can't argue that movies quality.The Good:Ahead of its timeLooks greatThe Bad:Oddly pacedThings I Learnt From This Movie:I always seem to side with the cantankerous scientist in every movie

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Blueghost
1951/04/10

Wow, what to say that hasn't been said before. This film, especially for a film out of the late 40s and early 50s, truly was a bit scary and intriguing too. Exceptionally high production values in terms of acting and simple basic sets. This is how you make a movie without going overboard on all kinds of elaborate sets, costumes and SFX shots.That isn't to say that the film is low budget, but nor did it have the skyrocketing budget that is so associated with today's downright awful and shameful corporate offerings to the movie going public.Truly, this film comes from a time when films were owned by big companies, but the big companies didn't rely on marketing data to create a movie. People go to see art to see what an individual is saying about the world. Often we're pleased when what they have to say gybes with our own thoughts, or often we can be impressed when they've looked at something in a way we haven't, or even remind us of something we lost in our psyche-makeup.I bring this up because "The Thing" was not created out of test market data, nor tweaked based on marketing data from a corporate studio, but created whole cloth from a screenwriter, and then created whole cloth by a director who had a vision. Anyone who watches this film will be doubly impressed.It is comparatively a bit more primitive in terms of overall production values, but the lack of CGI and lack of digital miniature inserts and reliance on solid performances from the actors and stuntmen, only serves to heighten the story that this film tells.Not every alien who comes to Earth is misunderstood.See it and enjoy.

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TheRedDeath30
1951/04/11

There is really no doubt about it here, in my opinion. There are some examples of movies that people would qualify as being "sci-fi" prior to this classic. There were movies that co-mingled that idea of sci-fi with horror to some degree. None had the impact that this movie had on Hollywood. It launched the 50s sci-fi boom. It led to a legion of imitators. It created the blueprint for the entire history of sci-fi horror that comes after. Every ALIEN, PREDATOR, etc owes a debt to this film.Despite the fact that there were so many imitators to follow in the 50s, none of them come close to this film's power. None seemed able to capture what it is that truly made this movie so great. A large part of this begins and ends with Howard Hawks. He is not credited as the director, but I'm not going to retread that familiar territory. Spielberg isn't credited as the director of POLTERGEIST, but we all know who's movie it is. Christian Nyby is forever a historical footnote. The guy who gets no credit for the success of THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD because it is so clearly Hawks film in every way. The hordes of b and c grade films to come after clearly never had that luxury.I believe that one of the things that keeps this movie so tightly constructed is the co-mingling of military and science. Sure, other movies followed that blueprint, to varying degrees of success. I have seen A LOT of 50s drive-in films and a great portion of them tend to fall to far into one side or the other. The majority of them go too far into the science and forget the action. Too many nerds and not enough heroes, so to speak. We all know those movie I'm talking about where some scientist rambles on and on with big words and terms that almost sound made up, trying to forcibly to inject scientific credibility into its' monster. Too often, the end result reels like an old 60s educational film with made up mumbo jumbo that derails the movie. On the other hand, too much action without the scientific aspect of it, and some of the mystery is missing.This movie perfectly encapsulates both sides of that formula. The scientists want to preserve and study the monster. They supply us with meaningful explanations of its' origins and the nature of the creature, without ever feeling hokey. The soldiers are perfect heroes, cracking wise while playing brave. They are bent on destroying the creature and act as the duality to the science in a perfect way.The setting, also, has a lot to do with the success of this film. You feel the cold in a palpable way, especially when the heat goes out in the final act and the heroes have to deal not just with a monster, but with the stark reality of the nature around them. The history of horror and sci-fi has plenty of desert and jungle movies, but because of the natural difficulty in filming in the arctic, the snowy environment has not been done so much and it still feels fresh.One of the most genius aspects of the movie is that gradual way that it introduces its' monster. The biggest problem with much of 50s sci-fi is that the creature designs left something to be desired, yet the film makers constantly made the poor decision to highlight the monstrosities far too much. The more we see the monster the more ridiculous it looks. We all know the cliché that our imaginations provide much more fear and terror than our eyes can ever conceive. This movie plays with that wisely. We get a quick glimpse at first, then a silhouette. It is not until the finale that we really get a chance to breathe in the monster in full glory and that makes this movie all the more impactful and terrifying. When we do get to see the monster, it is a great design, simple yet effective. Something more than human, but reminiscent enough to have added impact.There are plenty of "classics" that film critics and buffs will tell you that you have to see. This is required viewing, though, an absolute classic that has stood the test of time and still carries terror.

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MonsterVision99
1951/04/12

The Thing From Another World its considered a classic by many fans of science fiction, but some other sci-fi fans consider it to be overrated and that it pales in comparison to the John Carpenter remake, but I think they are both just good enough for me to like them, not great, just good.The movie deals with the subject of how much should science advance?, this subject its presented to us by one of the scientist who wants to study the monster in order to get a much deeper understanding of this monsters origin, which its said to us that the monster came from a planet where plants evolved, instead of animals, this is a rather interesting theory.The film also has a overlapping dialog, which many people say its distracting, and other people say its realistic, but it didn't bothered me, it was definitely interesting but nothing that I think deserves high praise.Overall, the film may be slow at times or even boring and uninteresting, it has some elements to it that makes it different than a average monster sci-fi flick, its worth a watch.

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