The Thing (1982)

John Carpenter's, The Thing, is his 8th film that's loosely based on Christian Nyby's adaptation The Thing from Another World. The movie begins with a husky running for its life as Norwegian soldiers are close behind in helicopter firing bullets. Once they arrive at the U.S Outpost one soldier attempts to blow up the dog but fails to throw the grenade causing him and the chopper they arrived on to explode. The other soldier starts firing shots at the dog but ends up hitting one of the crewmates in the leg while shouting "Get the hell outta there. That's not a dog, it's some sort of thing!". The soldier is then shot dead and the crew takes in the dog without thinking. In the beginning, it's pretty obvious there's something wrong with this husky. The camera follows it around closely making it mysteriously up to no good.

The movie has a great cast starring Kurt Russel, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, and T.K. Carter. As the story picks up we notice the crew begins to turn on each other as a shape-shifting monster begins wreaking havoc at their station. The mysterious part is how the monster can disguise itself as any one of the crewmembers without becoming detected. The murder scenes are extremely violent and gory filled with chilling special effects done by Rob Bottin. The effects are creepy to this day, filling viewers with uncontrollable tremors and a feeling of uneasiness.

John Carpenter does a great job of setting up the tension between the crewmates. He keeps the viewer guessing who could potentially be an imposter and when they will strike. A neat aspect is how the monster only seems to attack crewmates when they're alone. Towards the end of the movie, we notice how many crewmates begin to turn on each other and make sure to keep tabs on where everyone is at all times. This creates such tension that we begin to see our actors turn insane.