Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025195046107
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbed
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: MCABR61105474
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Running Time: 60 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1982

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/30/2008 Run time: 215 minutes




Rating: - 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.

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Rating: - 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 outtakes)the only problem that exists with the presentation is that the extras are available to be viewed ONLY via U Control ... Read More

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Rating: - 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!

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Rating: - 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 a few "little" classics. While some films win Academy Awards and are in the public's mind for a year or two, films like the Thing find a spot in our heads and just hang in there ... Read More

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Rating: - 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" by John W. Campbell Jr.", and the original movie "The Thing From Another World." Ah you say what if you do not compare? Still it is a sticky ... Read More

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