Summary:

As of June 25, 2022, director John Carpenter's science fiction horror film, The Thing, is officially 40 years old. Despite its middle-age, the film really does not feel outdated in the slightest. Although it was made in an era before usage of computer-generated imagery was adopted throughout Hollywood, The Thing still manages to terrorize current audiences. Whether psychologically, through a weaving of distrust and group paranoia, or through graphically macabre visuals, via the intermittent blips of the horridly unidentifiable monster, the scares from this film transcend time by delving into a phobia residing deep within every person: the fear of the unknown.