[Keith]

John Carpenter's "The Thing"...that sprouted head freaked me out...

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John Carpenter's "The Thing"...that sprouted head freaked me out...

I thought it was cute.

The original story 'Who goes there?' by John W. Campbell, Jr. was badly adapted to the silver screen, twice. It's much scarier in it's own quiet way...

[Axenolith]

How about when that damn blood lit off out of that petri dish when Russells character puts the hot wire in it!

[El Buscador]

The original The Thing in 1952 in black and white. I still remember coming up out of my chair in one scene. Sacrist movie I have ever seen. Jim Arness was the Alien. His first role so I have been told.

[finnigan2]

"John Carpenter's "The Thing"...that sprouted head freaked me out."

- I would have to agree, especially at the very end when there were only two left and I wondered if the Thing was really one of the two. Wow!
That film and "Psycho" (No, don't go into the fruit cellar!!!) were the two I remember most.
Of course, I think your own frame of mind at the time you saw a film plays a big part in what films scared you most.

[JimmyMc]

Guess I mught be a little older than you, but the 1951 original version of The Thing with James Arness is classic.
Maybe it's because I was still a kid when I saw it, but it still gives me the creeps.

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