The movie starts out very promisingly, creating a great spooky atmosphere and avoiding possible cheap looking special effects of the spaceship crash. It knows where its true driving force lies; it's not in the silly looking "carrot" creature(that thankfully also doesn't get much screen time), it's in the dialogues and the relationships between characters. This reminds me of Rydley Scott's "Alien". Same concept, same result. Great atmosphere and a good sense for story telling make "The Thing From Another World" well worth the watch. 7/10
The Thing from Another World
1951
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi
The Thing from Another World
1951
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi
Plot summary
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
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A nice sci-fi from the 50's
Who Goes There?...
Imagine what you'd if a flying saucer crash landed close to an artic outpost where you were stationed. I guess you'd instinctively get out and about and go looking for it, albeit with some army types in tow (or towing) and, upon discovering it, inadvertently destroy said vessel but manage, through luck or misfortune to capture the alien pilot in a block of ice where it had frozen during its escape. That's what I'd do, then I'd do all I could to ensure (inadvertently again) that the entrapped thing was released as expediently as possible so it could cause rampage and carnage while instilling fear within the occupants of the isolated outpost. Just as well I wasn't around!
You've got to love the old B Movies of the 1950s! Especially those that gave us two belters of cinema in years to come.