The Thing | filmgaze.com

Tag: The Thing

The Thing ***

Posted: 02/12/2011

John Carpenter may well be the master of horror filmmaking, but that’s not to say that someone else can’t tackle his esteemed previous work. In fact, Dutch filmmaker Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s 2011 version of The Thing could be argued as a brave career choice, considering the 1982 film’s cult following. Not to be confused …

Continue reading “The Thing ***”

Category: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci Fi, Thriller

Tags: Alien, Eric Christian Olsen, John Carpenter, John W. Campbell Jr., Let The Right One In, Låt den rätte komma in, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, Sigourney Weaver, The Thing, TrollHunter, Trolljegeren, Ulrich Thomsen, Who Goes There?

The Ward – 3*

After a ten-year absence, John Carpenter’s return to feature films with The Ward is one of two exciting releases this week, including the 2010 remake of Meir Zarchi’s controversial I Spit On Your Grave. Both thrillers go head to head, but both offer a horror helping of differing proportions and for different fan bases. After …