Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone. Moviebusters are taking us back to the coldest corner of horror history with some encores of John Carpenter’s The Thing–now in a new 4K restoration! And as an added bonus, Alan Howarth, a frequent collaborator with John Carpenter, will be joining us for a post-screening Q&A hosted by Scott Zilner! Alan worked closely with composer Ennio Morricone and contributed additional synthesizer-based musical pieces and sound design work for the film. He will be signing autographs in the theater lobby before the film! What begins as a simple rescue mission at a remote Antarctic outpost quickly dissolves into a nightmare of shape-shifting terror. When a mysterious organism infiltrates U.S. research station Outpost 31, it doesn’t attack its victims…it becomes them. With no way out and no way to tell who’s human, the team must confront an enemy capable of wearing any face…including their own. What can be said about The Thing that hasn’t already been said? This 1982 masterpiece redefined paranoia horror, practical effects (by the incredible Ron Botin and his team), and the art of keeping an audience on the very edge of its seat in only a way that the master of horror, John Carpenter, can do. This program is a venue rental engagement.
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 109 min. Release Year: 1982
Starring: David Clennon, Keith David, Kurt Russell, T.K. Carter, Wilford Brimley
Q and A after film with Alan Howarth and Scott Zillner
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