Directed by John Carpenter • 1982 • United States
Starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter
John Carpenter’s terrifying remake of THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD boasts some of the most impressively gory special effects in all of horror cinema. When scientists at an Antarctic research station discover an extraterrestrial spacecraft under the thick ice, they thaw out the alien body found aboard. What they don’t know is that the strange creature can assume any human form, and before long the scientists can’t distinguish who’s real and who’s a deadly alien threat. Kurt Russell leads the battle against the terrifying intruder in this rare remake to have become a classic in its own right.
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The Thing from Another World
Directed by Christian Nyby • 1951 • United States
Starring Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert CornthwaiteReputedly directed in large part by Howard Hawks (officially credited as the film’s producer), this chilling touchstone of 1950s sci-fi horror unleashes otherworldly terror in an isola...
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No Way Out
Directed by Roger Donaldson • 1987 • United States
Starring Gene Hackman, Kevin Costner, Sean YoungBased on Kenneth Fearing’s classic suspense novel THE BIG CLOCK (famously the basis for the 1948 Ray Milland/Charles Laughton noir), this gripping, inspired reimagining resets the story against th...
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The Big Clock
Directed by John Farrow • 1948 • United States
Starring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O’SullivanOne of the finest suspense thrillers of the 1940s, THE BIG CLOCK stars Ray Milland as a hapless crime-magazine editor plunged into a web of danger when he begins being systematically framed ...
