I really don’t know what to make of The Thing.
It’s a prequel with the same name as the film it is supposed to precede, John Carpenter’s sci-fi/horror classic casts a loooong shadow, yet the trailers and clips so far look pretty effective and the creature effects in particular leave me cautiously optimistic. Certainly what we have so far gives enough cause for positivity.
The new Russian poster and trailer look like more of the same, creepy, atmospheric, claustrophobic, bloody. The poster is, mercifully, not a rehash of all that has been better done before and the trailer saves a wonderfully unsettling shot for right near the end. I don’t speak Russian and this is dubbed rather than subtitled, so most of us won’t pick up anything new beyond the affecting and arresting images on display.
Who knows, this might yet be one to enjoy and savour.
Sources: IMP and Twitch.
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