John Carpenter on "The Thing from Another World"

The most terrifying science fiction pic ever made. The camp's isolation, the wind, the snow, the creature's blood thirstyness, and the ingenuity of the scientists and Air Force members, makes it No. 1.

My favorite movie when I was a kid and still is.

I was born in 1974. I remember seeing The Thing From Another World on Cinemax (of all places) when I was 10. Normally, 50's movies didn't really scare me. The Thing did. I remember telling my dad I saw it, and he basically just told me he didn't want to hear it. He was 10 himself when he first saw it and it literally traumatized him. He didn't even like to talk about it, it scared him that bad. To this day, I always joke with him about it. I've tried to get him to watch the remakes with me to no avail. His answer every time; "HELL NO!"

I liked the 1951 version so much that I had to write a follow up. The THINGS from another world by Dan F Brereton. The alien being a plant based life form is brilliant.

I must of Watch this movie 100 times or more I remember channel 9 when I was a young kid it was called million movie and they had us playing all week long every night

Best movie ever made without a doubt

Great flick.

Holy crap! How did i miss Carp on TCM.

What I loved about the 1951 version is that the Thing isn't an evil maniac, like it was depicted in the later version. The 1951 Thing was just a intelligent and determined being, who was only trying to survive. Yes, he killed people, and sled dogs. But only because he had to do it. And when you think about it, this is actually quite a rare concept in sci-fi movies.

My take on the creature in the 1951 version is that the creature did not plan on coming to the planet, at least the way it did, but when loose, it killed and started creating more of itself using human blood. Now, whether it had an irrational hatred for humans and other beings is anyone's guess. It cannot be stated that self-preservation was the only motive to kill other beings. That is pure speculation, which you also get from Carpenter's version. We don't know the motives of the creature once let loose other than it replicates itself in other beings.

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Why no mention of John W. Campbell's 'Who Goes There?' which was the main impetus of Carpenter's version?

the thing is John Carpenter's true Masterpiece Halloween is overrated..

Apart from the actor's effort in the acting, 1951 has never done anything in particular to be fascinating, at least to me. It's less of a "Oh no, there's an extraterrestrial being trying to kill us!" horror, but more or less "Oh no, there's humans and I'm a helpless walking brick!" thing. Not once the alien feels intimidating in the 1951 version. It's shot, crushed, mauled, burned, electrocuted to a crust, not to mention the movie only having about 10% of the plot from the original book. I love how much John appreciates it though, even though his version is definitely superior.

It is an implacable life form, much like life. both the early and Carpenter's one a biological top predator versus mammals.

The 1951 version is vastly superior to Carpenter's deranged version, je was trying to copy Alien with that crap. James Arness Thing had ambience

is it true the thing from another world is based on Joe Biden?

it baffles me how an absolute genius could say anything postive about the Thing 1951 its outdated garbage

My favorite concept about the 1951 version is that the humans were barely one step ahead of the alien until the last stand Alamo ending.

"Gained a little cache"? He's too modest. Everybody has seen The Thing. It's as much of a classic as the original. Magnificent film. Excellent.