Just been watching The Thing, John Carpenter's excellent mid-80s remake of The Thing From Outer Space (though the credits claim it's based upon a short story called "Who Goes There?") ... and I'm surprised by how well it's aged. The prosthetics and animatronics are a little basic by today's standards (were it to be remade today, it'd all be CGI). The music and the haircuts give it all away, but it's still quite scary and shocking.
I saw it once before, when I was younger, and the iconic moments - such as when one guy gets his hands bitten off at the wrist by another guy's chest, and when the doctor merges his hand with his victim's face - are as jaw-dropping now as they were then.
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