The Thing(2011)- User Reviews

Disclosure: I loved the 1982 version and it (along with Carpenter's "The Fog") is one of my all-time favorite scary movies.

Having said that, I think this movie is well done. We see way too much of creature and the suspense factor suffers; …more»

THIS MOVIE I THOUGHT WAS GONNA BE GOOD I KNEW IT WOULD SUCK WHEN U REMAKE A MOVIE DO IT RIGHT DONT COPY GET OUT INTREST INSTEAD IT WAS STUPID GROSS BORING THE THING LOOKED LIKE A VAGINA WITH TEETH AND LEGS ATTACKED THE CAST UNTIL THE END IT WAS AWASTE …more»

"The Thing"

A totally unnecessary "prequel" to John Carpenter's vastly superior remake of the original '50's Sci-fi classic. There is nothing here to excite an audience. . The acting is minimal and logic has been …more»

There is not much to say . . . What you think you may know about this film is irrevalent. This is the best prequel movie. Story line , Graphics set up GReat Intro into the Carpenter Film stay after the cast list of credits and see the carpenter dog chase. …more»

A prequel to the hit 80'S movie seems like a lame Hollywood but typical to remake happy Hollywood. The Thing was a great film but the cgi was obvious when the creature burst out of the victims. Still, a very enjoyable fim and well worth checking it …more»

I didn't expect much, but I really enjoyed this movie, which is a prequel and not a remake. That leads to the first of my complaints, which are all pretty small. They should have named it something different, because it is a different story that leads …more»

The movie was exciting and had lots of BOO moments but it was exactly like Aliens/ It had a strong female lead, a evil doctor (Burke) and a scientist that played the Hicks role. The Thing is creepy, ugly, weird and fun to look at and see move. The special …more»

The thing is my all time favorite movie. So I saw this first show on Friday when it came out. For fans of the first one, this a fun, pre-quel to the first film. But the first one is still better. It is faithful remake in that in contains many of the same …more»

I live in Saint Cloud Minnesota The Thing was only on for week here,solid good movie. If you like The Thing you will like this,but don't come to st.cloud they like keeping crappy movie on like the remake of footloose pure crap.Just thought I would …more»

Look here! You will just have to watch the movie for yourself. Forget what critics and other people say about it, you are your own best judge. The problem with people and movies today is that so much garbage has been churned out by hollywood, people become …more»