Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> clipka wrote:
> > "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
> >
> >>>Are you guys talking about the 50's "The Thing from Another World", or the
> >>>80's "The Thing"?
> >>

The 50's one, definitely.  Although John Carpenter's 80's remake was really
terrifying, in a different, more visceral way (probably a closer adaptation of
the novel, too.)

> >
> > If Wikipedia can believed, the 50's movie was commonly known as just "The
> > Thing", but the full title was "The Thing from Another World".
> >
> >

> Steve McQueen movie as I recall.  One of the first movies I ever saw in
> a real moview theatre.  Loved it!

Nope, that's "The Blob." The seminal cheapie 50's monster flick.  I *still*
can't figure out how they made that blobby creature--AMAZING for its time.
(This was the first movie that REALLY scared me. Badly. Gave me nightmares for
years! Oh well, I was just a wee little kid...)

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