“The Thing” is the perfect horror movie.

Just had the privilege of watching this film all the way through for the first time last night. Haven’t stopped thinking about it since, the main thing for me was just the atmosphere of it all. The setting of them being in Antarctica with nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, is practically perfect for a horror movie. Arguably the best character (and in general) writing I’ve seen from a horror movie, they did everything right that they could, they were a group of scientists and they all acted like it. All came up with perfect plans to survive and figure out the monster. The movie didn’t have to rely on dumb characters to move the plot forward, they instead gave us incredibly smart characters that ended up having no choice but to fail in the end. Plus that ending, so masterfully done, cliffhangers suck until it’s something like that. Keeps you thinking about the movie long, long after you’re done watching it. Absolute 10/10 in my book.