Movies Kurt Russell acting performance in The Thing

[Takes Two To Tango]

He was fantastic. The whole cast is just divine.

But this could be very well Kurt Russell best performance.

He really made you believe the paranoia and the craziness going on that place in Antartica.

For this kind of genre, it was masterclass his acting.

 

[Spam On Rye]

Give it a 10 but I may be biased. The Thing is my favorite Carpenter film and top 10 all time horror easily.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Give it a 10 but I may be biased. The Thing is my favorite Carpenter film and top 10 all time horror easily.

Nice, where would you rank The Thing in your top 10 horror films?

 

[Intermission]

He was fantastic. The whole cast is just divine.

But this could be very well Kurt Russell best performance.

He really made you believe the paranoia and the craziness going on that place in Antartica.

For this kind of genre, it was masterclass his acting.

The only movie Russell acted poorly in and was out of place was 3000 miles to graceland ( a movie I liked but he didnt fit in).

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

The only movie Russell acted poorly in and was out of place was 3000 miles to graceland ( a movie I liked but he didnt fit in it).

That's a good point.

 

[Gene Tunney]

The Thing is a great movie. I have memories of watching it in the heart of winter, late at night at my grandma's.

The final boss is a little weak and his one-liner is silly (up there with Leviathan). And the dog scene is quite grotesque.

Masterpiece, beyond that. Morricone and Carpenter collaborating on the sound? Forget about it.

 

[Long Dark Blues]

Masterful.

 

[Long Dark Blues]

Nice, where would you rank The Thing in your top 10 horror films?

1.) The Thing
2.) The Shining
3.) The Exorcist
4.) Halloween
5.) Poltergeist
6.) Alien
7.) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
8.) A Nightmare on Elm Street
9.) An American Werewolf in London
10.) The Fly

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

1.) The Thing
2.) The Shining
3.) The Exorcist
4.) Halloween
5.) Poltergeist
6.) Alien
7.) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
8.) A Nightmare on Elm Street
9.) An American Werewolf in London
10.) The Fly

Very good rankings there.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

When they tell him get the chopper they're going up with a storm coming. Reaction without words said volumes.

Cut to white out was dope too.

This is a guy tired of the bullshit.

 

[Long Dark Blues]

Very good rankings there.

It probably directly contradicts what I said 6 months ago around Halloween when all of the "what's your favorite/the best horror movie" threads were around... but lists like that always depend on how I'm feelin' in the moment.

 

[Berserker13]

1.) The Thing
2.) The Shining
3.) The Exorcist
4.) Halloween
5.) Poltergeist
6.) Alien
7.) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
8.) A Nightmare on Elm Street
9.) An American Werewolf in London
10.) The Fly

Is the first Terminator considered horror?

 

[Long Dark Blues]

Is the first Terminator considered horror?

I consider it horror enough to make a Horror list just like Alien, but didn't think of it when I wrote that list off the top of my head.

Honestly, it probably beats Alien for me.

Always muddies the water when something is two or more genres like Sci-Fi/Horror with Alien or Sci-Fi/Action/Horror with The Terminator

Both distinct from Predator, which I consider Action/Sci-Fi with Horror elements.

 

[ricc505]

I love this movie. Great fx for the time. I watch it about once or twice a year

 

[William Huggins]

His top 3 .......

I didn't rate Escape from LA......

 

[Doughie99]

Is the first Terminator considered horror?

I'd say The Terminator is a high-action thriller. Not horror.
Great movie and absolutely caused the careers of Schwarzenegger and Cameron to reach critical mass.

Classic of the genre and holds up very well even today.

 

[Michaelangelo]

Just below Snake Plissken

 

[SpicyJoe]

His 4 dent campaign hat was the shit in the movie "The Thing."

 

[Sobek]

His 4 dent campaign has was the shit in the movie "The Thing."

I was gunna mention his performance was brave because he wore that hat lol

 

[I Am Legion]

1.) The Thing
2.) The Shining
3.) The Exorcist
4.) Halloween
5.) Poltergeist
6.) Alien
7.) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
8.) A Nightmare on Elm Street
9.) An American Werewolf in London
10.) The Fly

Fantastic list.

1. Alien
2. The Shining
3. Halloween
4. Jaws
5. Poltergeist
6. The Thing
7. The Conjuring
8. Scream
9. NMOES--Maybe the 3rd was the best.
10. The Exorcist/Psycho tie