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Original "Alien" and Jon Carpenter's "The Thing"...

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In Reply to: Most effective Horror movie?? posted by Mr.Mc on June 26, 2001 at 16:53:41:

"Alien" is one of the most suspensful, relentlessly frightening movies ever made. It was one of the first popular films to show space and spaceships as a dirty, industrial, nightmare. Then there was all the drawn out tension as no one is ever sure exactly what the danger is.
But, the best part was the classic scenario - being trapped, one on one, with a relentless, superior pursuer. It was easy for audiences to picture themselves in that situation. Later sequels pulled the time-tested mistake of assuming that if one alien is good, why not hundreds. More killing, more aliens, more of everything. They lost the isolation aspect.
I just watched "The Thing" again last week and it shares that one-on-one isolation with "Alien". Kurt Russel idoesn't ham it up, and the rest of the cast is good. It still gave me goosebumps all these years later.

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See My Views On These Two Films In The Archives.... - AudioHead 10:53:48 07/14/01 (0)
re 10/15/99 - Alien 1979: Classic Sci-Fi Horror Poetry, and 10/04/99
The Thing: 1951 Original vs 1982 Remake. - AH
Re: Original "Alien" and Jon Carpenter's "The Thing"... - Rich H 22:51:10 07/12/01 (1)
Darkmoebius,

Couldn't agree with you more. What p*sses me off is how so many "critics" view these films as one dimensional shock fests, when nothing could be further from the truth. Alien had very little gore
and an incredibly dense, convincing mise en scene. Between "Creature scenes" The Thing was a creepy who-dunnit story.
Rich H.
- Both are classics... - darkmoebius 02:05:52 07/13/01 (0)
  Alien forever changed the genre of sci-fi/future/horror. It is now, in my opinion, one of the most imitated films in the last 20 years. The slow, vise-like, still gives me the creeps.
  'The Thing" never got the respect it deserves. Really, a scary who-done-it, that forever keeps you guessing.

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