Factory has just revealed all the details for their upcoming home release of John Carpenter's 1982 sci - fi /
horror classic The Thing, which is pretty much going to be the definitive edition for any collector, guaranteed!
Factory has just revealed all the details for their upcoming home release of John Carpenter's 1982 sci - fi /
horror classic The Thing,...
A setting, ironically, that bypasses its western period and sets focus on a surprisingly appropriate influence: 1982's
horror classic The Thing.
Not exact matches
This remake of the 1985 cult
classic was surprisingly not terrible; in fact, most critics had generally good
things to say about the new
horror - comedy.
The conversation was a little disjointed, as such
things tend to be with such a large language barrier, but the team's commitment to creating a
classic of interactive
horror came through regardless.
Not only do they have one hell of a director in place, but they've got one who knows a
thing or two about the
horror genre and considering he'll be responsible for some of
horror's most
classic characters, I'd say that's a pretty good
thing.
He's a versatile composer and pleasingly seems to give each of his projects a unique feeling — his big breakthrough, Battlestar Galactica, had such a distinctive sound that it would have been understandable if he'd gone on to do the same
thing over and over again, but he hasn't — and this beast of a score is angry and at times savage but consistently entertaining, in the style of
classic horror scores.
Carpenter is responsible for at least six
classics that transcend the
horror and science - fiction genres» supposed low - brow pleasures, including The
Thing, Escape from New York, They Live, Starman, Christine, and most notably, Halloween.
Franck Khalhoun's (P2) latest film — a French / American co-production made all the more obvious by a technical snafu that saw the movie play with French subtitles for some 15 minutes — does some
things very well, but being a remake of William Lustig's 1980
horror classic, also titled Maniac, isn't exactly one of them.
It's still reminiscent of
classic body
horror like The
Thing and Bodysnatchers, and there's a few tips of the hat to The Descent and Pan's Labyrinth, but the most explicit nod goes to Sam Raimi.
Our Take: John Carpenter's The
Thing is a cult
classic horror film, and this prequel is basically going to tell us a story we already know the ending of.
«The Men Who Were «The
Thing» Look Back on a Modern
Horror Classic»: Our own Simon Abrams and Matt Zoller Seitz chat with John Carpenter, Keith David, Richard Masur, David Clennon and Wilford Brimley at LA Weekly.
This little gem features American treasure and all - around genre cinema maestro John Carpenter discussing his 1988 sci - fi / action /
horror cult
classic They Live, going into detail about such
things as the conceptual ideas behind the movie's premise, his casting of professional wrestler «Rowdy» Roddy Piper as the protagonist, and the rebellious inspiration for the film's infamous fight scene between Piper and the great Keith David.
Like many future
horror classics, The
Thing was hated on first release, dismissed as an Alien clone more interested in pushing the boundaries of SFX than in character or tension.
Brian Herzlinger, who's choice was the 80s camp
classic Killer Clowns From Outer Space, states: «Here's the
thing about Killer Klowns from Outer Space — the whole
thing is an homage to»50s
horror movies, specifically The Blob....
Factory details for John Carpenter's 1982 ultimate sci - fi /
horror classic, The
Thing.
What begins as a
classic horror film, complete with teenagers who do all the dumb, reckless, aggressive
things seemingly designed just to get them stuck in the water, transforms into an insidious character piece that strips away all pretense of humanity and lays bare the envy, resentment, spite and animosity they've been burying all this time under snarky remarks and dirty looks.
While a lot of the best
horror Blu - ray and DVD releases of the month come later in it, including next week's special editions of «Carrie» and «The
Thing» (which we'll cover individually), it starts now with releases of recent hits like «The Shallows» and
classics like «Stephen King's It» and «Lady in White» for your Halloween movie marathon.
Justin's Review: Here's the
thing: out of the three
classic horror movie monsters — zombies, vampires and werewolves (we'll leave mummies alone for now)-- vampires are by far the least interesting.
«In the spirit of sci - fi /
horror classics, Alien and The
Thing, Harbinger Down is a tense, claustrophobic full - length creature film that will feature only practical Animatronic and Makeup Effects.
By his own admission, Tarantino was more influenced by John Carpenter and his
classic paranoid
horror, The
Thing — of which Morricone was also the composer.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars in not a remake but an actual prequel the the 1982 John Carpenter
classic horror movie, The
Thing.
Russell's presence enforces a thematic link to John Carpenter's
classic sci - fi
horror film The
Thing.
The conversation was a little disjointed, as such
things tend to be with such a large language barrier, but the team's commitment to creating a
classic of interactive
horror came through regardless.
For those of you who enjoy
classic horror movies (without the need for senseless gore), then Stranger
Things is definitely the show for you.
One
thing that often goes unnoticed in conversations about
classic video games — with the exception of
horror games, I suppose — is atmosphere.
Resident Evil 2 HD will be a brand new version of the
classic 1998 survival
horror game, with a bunch of new additions created to spice
things up a little.