2011 · horror · sci-fi · mystery
The Thing
Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.1h 43m2011
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
Our read: The Thing (2011) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · sci-fi · mystery entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- surreal
- cold
- twisty
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