The Thing has fantastic practical effects. I went in thinking it’s been ripped off by every horror game, the way Aliens feels half-cliche because it invented those cliches, so it couldn’t surprise me. That went out the window somewhere between the dog kennel and the operating table.
Horror is distinct from action because of specificity. Action is limited by what excites people. It’s all broad strokes. What freaks people out is a bottomless well.
The Thing has fantastic practical effects. I went in thinking it’s been ripped off by every horror game, the way Aliens feels half-cliche because it invented those cliches, so it couldn’t surprise me. That went out the window somewhere between the dog kennel and the operating table.
Horror is distinct from action because of specificity. Action is limited by what excites people. It’s all broad strokes. What freaks people out is a bottomless well.