The Thing [Collector's Edition] [Blu-ray] [2 Discs] [1982]

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!!

The story of the discovery of an alien creature found frozen at a destroyed Norwegian Antarctic science station. The American team that find the creature soon find out that it's not dead, just in hibernation. And this is where the horror begins. Horror master John Carpenter directed this film and the cast is headed Kurt Russell. If you haven't seen give it a shot!

Upgraded from a dvd that was designed for a square tv we had black bars on the top and bottom and on the sides but this one fills the screen to the proper aspect and I am seeing things that I have not seen before.

John Carpenter's The Thing is both a remake of Howard Hawks' 1951 film of the same name and a re-adaptation of the John W. Campbell Jr. story "Who Goes There?" on which it was based. Carpenter's film is more faithful to Campbell's story than Hawks' version and also substantially more reliant on special effects, provided in abundance by a team of over 40 technicians, including veteran creature-effects artists Rob Bottin and Stan Winston. The film opens enigmatically with a Siberian Husky running through the Antarctic tundra, chased by two men in a helicopter firing at it from above. Even after the dog finds shelter at an American research outpost, the men in the helicopter (Norwegians from an outpost nearby) land and keep shooting. One of the Norwegians drops a grenade and blows himself and the helicopter to pieces; the other is shot dead in the snow by Garry (Donald Moffat), the American outpost captain. American helicopter pilot MacReady (Kurt Russell, fresh from Carpenter's Escape From New York) and camp doctor Copper (Richard Dysart) fly off to find the Norwegian base and discover some pretty strange goings-on. The base is in ruins, and the only occupants are a man frozen to a chair (having cut his own throat) and the burned remains of what could be one man or several men. In a side room, Copper and MacReady find a coffin-like block of ice from which something has been recently cut. That night at the American base, the Husky changes into the Thing, and the Americans learn first-hand that the creature has the ability to mutate into anything it kills. For the rest of the film the men fight a losing (and very gory) battle against it, never knowing if one of their own dwindling number is the Thing in disguise. Though resurrected as a cult favorite, The Thing failed at the box office during its initial run, possibly because of its release just two weeks after Steven Spielberg's warmly received E.T.The Extra-Terrestrial. Along with Ridley Scott's futuristic Alien, The Thing helped stimulate a new wave of sci-fi horror films in which action and special effects wizardry were often seen as ends in themselves. - Video They used the same beautiful 1080p/VC-1 transfer from the 2006 HD DVD release and it is Quality. You will love the color, contrast and clarity this BD brings to the table, giving " The Thing " a renewed appearance that will knock your socks off! A BD-25 GB disc is used, with a resolution of 2.35:1. - Audio Universal includes a English DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio, while this is a nice step up from the HD disc which offered the Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround sound. This is a positive move, but sadly it wasn't used to the fullest, with this soundtrack being front heavy and not immersive, meaning it could use a good remastering to bring it up to 2008 standards, I found it fell short of my expectations of what a DTS-HD Master soundtrack should sound like.. If only they had used a BD-50 GB and mixed it into 7.1 surround sound, this would have been more appropriate for a film of this caliber. - Extras Audio Commentary by John Carpenter & Kurt Russell Terror Takes Shape a PIP Documentary of: The Making of the Thing My Scenes Share your favorite scenes online using BD-Live I felt the extra's in this release were quite sparse, compared to the HD-DVD version, which included the 85 minute documentary of " Terror Takes Shape " the making of the Thing. " The Thing" is one of my all time favorite Scifi-Horror films of all times for so many reasons which make me nostalgic for John Carpenter films, which I feel fortunate to have been around to see his great films on the big screen, he puts his heart into his work and it shows in this film!

Item came in good condition this time, no damage to the case etc. have seen the movie before already and it’s one of my favorite films with an awesome cold and dangerous environment that isolates the crew with other things.

I wanted this classic movie on Blu-ray for awhile and found it at Best Buy for a great price. Had it delivered, watched it, and enjoyed it!!! This collector's edition also has a few behind-the-scenes special features of footage when they were originally filming... along with discussions about the practical effects they used at the time. The HD picture quality and sound were both great for this Blu-ray edition.

The Thing is one of the greatest horror films of all time. There is so much to love in this movie, from the story, to the characters, and the absolutely amazing practical effects. Stop reading this review and just go buy the movie and watch it! Highest of recommendations!