The Thing [Blu-ray]

Starring: Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley

Universal Studios, 1982, Blu-ray

Product Description

Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from New York) teams Kurt Russell's outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing. In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror and becomes one of them.

Product Details

Title: The Thing [Blu-ray]
Sales Rank: 2861 in DVD
Actor: Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley
Studio: Universal Studios, 2008-09-30, Theatrical Release: 1982
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Acpect Ratio 2.35:1
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 60 minutes
Package Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches, 0.2 pounds

Customer Reviews

Groundbreaking Makeup Effects: This film was a turning point in monster movie effects that still influences horror/fantasy imagery to this day in films, art, and comics. More reviews

Carpenter's classic looks extremely good on Blu-ray but not all the extras were ported over: John Carpenter's "The Thing" is an atmospheric, claustrophobic thriller that manages to be both a tribute to the original film by Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby as well as a scary often surprising thriller on its own. Universal has ported over most of the extras from the original DVD for this set (although it is missing the deleted scenes as well as some of the visual effects… More reviews

The Thing on Blu Ray: The Thing on Blu Ray looks amazingly great. I think it is very cool that they can publish these older movies on Blu Ray, and they are wonderful!… More reviews

Creepy: There is just something mesmerizing about this whole movie starting with Mac playing chess with the computer right up to the last note of the musical score. John Carpenter created something back when this film was first at the theaters that no one really appreciated until years had gone by. That seems to be the case with quite… More reviews

Story lost in excess gore: We are confronted by a dog-splitting being from the great beyond comes to earth for nefarious purposes. Being isolated in the great arctic wasteland, we must evaluate, track, and kill this most obviously menacing "Thing". But what, who, and where is it?
In an attempt at graphic surprises we have sacrificed character and mood of the book "Who Goes There"… More reviews