John Carpenter's The Thing...The Perfect Horror Movie?

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Originally Posted by Mahatma

It's kind of interesting watching the original movie after having watched Carpenters version.The genre certainly has come along way FX wise,but not so sure if it has evolved too much content-wise.Rather have devolved.Think the peak time for sci-fi was late 80's early 90's.

Some sci fi films are better than others, though. You are right, there are some terribly produced science fiction films that are released straight to dvd in the last decade or so. But then once every while you get a quality science fiction film like Sunshine, a film that arouses your brain as much as it does your senses, and you think to yourself that this would be incredibly difficult to convey in the 50's or 40's.

The original Blob is 50's, right? I thought that was good for an older sci fi film. Certainly better than it's gory remake.