Cat. No. DVDM 1548: THE THING ~ KENNETH TOBEY / SALLY CREIGHTON / JAMES ARNESS. BOUNTY BF47.

BLACK & WHITE      RUNNING TIME: 87 MINS.

REVIEW: The usual saying is “the original and the best”, however that is not always correct, the 1982 remake starring Kurt Russell is probably more frightening with it’s special effects than this original. Having said that, for a 1950s horror movie this original version of The Thing was certainly frightening movie fans of all ages and launched the 1950s onslaught of alien invader science fiction classics including War Of The Worlds and Invaders From Mars.

Ned Scott is a reporter banging around Alaska looking for a story. When he meets Captain Patrick Hendry and his flight crew, he joins them on a trip to an Arctic research base where numerous scientists are camped. It seems their scientific gear has detected the crash of an unknown aircraft and Hendry and his men have been sent to investigate. Before a gathering storm overcomes them all, they discover that the downed aircraft is actually a flying saucer from outer space, buried in the ice. In their attempts to uncover it, the craft is accidentally destroyed, but the body of a single alien visitor is found intact and brought back to the base. At the research facility, the creature is accidentally thawed and escapes. The scientists want to try communicating with the alien, while Captain Hendry has a much more pragmatic approach – take caution.

Soon enough the creature’s intentions are made known and the deaths begin. The race is on to see who will survive, the trapped humans or the thing from another world.

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