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The Fly
Why this pick
Cronenberg pairs The Thing’s visceral practical body horror with an intensely paranoid, tragic character focus as a scientific breakthrough becomes grotesquely intimate.
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MOVIE1982 1h 49m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Why this pick
Its steadily tightening distrust and fear that anyone nearby may no longer be themselves make it an especially strong precursor to The Thing’s social paranoia.
03
The Blob
Why this pick
This lean, gleefully gruesome remake delivers tactile creature effects, a merciless sense of danger, and the same pleasure in watching a small community unravel under an inhuman threat.
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The Void
Why this pick
A besieged group, claustrophobic isolation, elaborate practical monstrosities, and cosmic dread closely echo The Thing’s escalating siege atmosphere.
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Splinter
Why this pick
This compact creature feature traps uneasy strangers at a remote gas station against a mutating organism, sustaining The Thing-like tension through distrust and inventive physical horror.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kurt Russell
R.J. MacReady
Wilford Brimley
Dr. Blair
Keith David
Childs
Donald Moffat
Garry
Charles Hallahan
Norris
Richard Masur
Clark
Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper
T. K. Carter
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