The Thing
My fiancé and I rewatched one of our favs as we assembled our wedding invites, and MacDreamy™️ descending into paranoia and wasteland-fueled madness made such a tedious task worthwhile. The Thing is one of Carpenter’s best, if not truly his best. Icy, barren, utterly isolating and claustrophobic atmosphere. A solid script and overall story, with a legendary performance from Kurt Russell. The practical effects are widely considered to be the best in horror/cinema history. The opening sequence? Iconic. The mutant, almost arachnid design of the alien’s victims? Iconic. The defibrillation scene? ICONIC. The blood test scene? ALSO ICONIC. Ennio Morricone’s score? ICONIC!!! And I am so, so thrilled that he finally received his flowers for his work on Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, another, totally unrelated favorite of mine. God bless you, John Carpenter. We can all rest easy now.