Flick Picks: The Thing
Next, we move backward two years—to 1982, the year of John Carpenter’s alien thriller. Actually, to be honest, we go further back than that. This is a prequel to the Carpenter film. The original tanked at the box office, before finding a cult following later on VHS. Will the fan boys show up for this resurrection? Remember, in Antarctica nobody can hear you scream.
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Next, we move backward two years—to 1982, the year of John Carpenter’s alien thriller. Actually, to be honest, we go further back than that. This is a prequel to the Carpenter film. The original tanked at the box office, before finding a cult following later on VHS. Will the fan boys show up for this resurrection? Remember, in Antarctica nobody can hear you scream.
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