The Thing (Collector's Edition) - BLU-RAY

I absolutely love John Carpenter's 1982 horror masterpiece The Thing!! The Thing is very much like watching Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien. I love the cast with Kurt Russell as R.J. Mccready and the practical FX by Rob Botin!!

Pretty awesome transfer for a movie that is 30 years old. Looked really sharp with this new rescan.

I wanted the Steelbook version, but oh well. Carpenter at his Cult Classic best, with Kurt Russel leading the way in this action, horror, comedy!!

I've had the special edition DVD for years, and finally upgraded to the SP Blu Ray so I could introduce my son to this sci fi/horror classic. It was worth the upgrade. The picture is terrific, and the special features (those that carried over and the new ones) make this worth getting. More discs now have fewer special features, but this is loaded. The movie is terrific, and is a cool take on the classic 50s movie which was one of Carpenter's favorites. You can tell he loves the story, and that he took the time to carefully craft a new version of it true to the original. Story telling through movies just isn't the same now.

I love this movie. The cast of characters (notably Kurt Russell & Keith David) are superb. The old school visuals were great for their day. Scream/Shout Factory releases are awesome. They have done a great job with releasing quality Blu-rays of classic horror movies, and this one is no exception. This version is much improved over my old HD-DVD version (remember those?). John Carpenter is 1 of my favorite directors, so this is just one of many of his movies that I've recently purchased.