The Thing: From Another World!

Science fiction is often frowned upon. Science fiction from the 1950's is constantly frowned upon. This is stupid. They are accused as being jingoistic and exhibiting man conquering the monster that he created with radiation in the first place. Some are. Some ridiculously so. Not The Thing. It's clever. It's different. It was made in 1951, starring James Arness as the Thing and produced by the influential name in Hollywood: Howard Hawks. It starts with a team of military men going up to the Arctic to answer the call of a group of scientists. The scientists have been picking up massive amounts of radiation from what they assume to be a fallen meteor. The group goes out to the site, and discover a saucer like burn in the ice. Instead of chipping out the saucer, they use explosives. The saucer goes with it, except that the ejected pilot lies frozen in ice. They chip him out, take him back to the base, an idiot puts an electric blanket over the block of ice and what do you get? Why just an 8 foot tall THING (from another world). This movie is such utter fun! It's obviously bullshit, but you have to know that going in. It is what it is, and it does it damn well. It scared the living shit out of me the first time I saw it. Sure, I was eight but even seeing it recently it had an effect. It's fun, silly, and damn entertaining.
The Thing: From Another World!: ★★★