While the pickings were slim this weekend in the great
vintage toy quest that I am working on and the weather was mostly miserable, I
decided that I would spend some time catching up on many of the films I have
watched in the past few months and have not reviewed. To get back in the swing of
things, I decided that the 1951 classic The Thing from Another World would be
my next film for review.
Plot/ Scientists at an Arctic research station discover a
spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen
pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is
accidentally thawed out!
This must be one of the best Sci-Fi films of the 1950s and a
movie that I believe every fan of science fiction must see. In many ways, this
film laid the foundation for everything we see in the genre today and as one
would expect, it holds up quite well after all these years. Produced (and likely
directed) by Howard Hawks, this film starts slow but rises beyond expectations featuring
solid performances, an outstanding script with near perfect dialog, and a heavy
atmosphere that does a great job at painting a picture of isolation. Sure, the monster isn’t seen near enough and
there is somewhat of a documentary feel, but those are easily overlooked in
films entire body of work. In the end, if you have not seen this one, you are missing
out. Find it and give it a shot, I highly recommend it.
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