In the early 1980s, director John Carpenter created The Thing from Another World, a fantastic remake of the 50s original. Nowadays, Carpenter’s version is better known and more popular, especially because of the timelessly nauseating, handmade effects of sci-fi horror. You can see for yourself on TV on RTL II on Saturday.
This is the story of The Thing from Another World
In the plot of Carpenter’s film, RJ MacReady (Kurt Russell) and eleven other members of a US research station in Antarctica must investigate a disturbing incident. Soon they’ll get it with one extraterrestrial organism to do who can imitate people perfectly.
One scene in particular from the sci-fi horror is still disturbing to this day
In addition to the great effects and the rousing atmosphere of paranoia, one scene in particular from Carpenter’s The Thing variant will be burned into your head forever. There will be one here Attempted resuscitation with a defibrillator to the chest-shattering disaster that reveals a disgusting monster maw. The fact that the dead man’s head then tears away from his body and turns into a disgusting spider monster is almost just the icing on the cake.
When is Carpenter’s The Thing on TV?
The sci-fi horror will be released on October 21, 2023 at 11:40 p.m broadcast on RTL II. Alternatively, you can rent or buy Carpenter’s masterpiece on Amazon Prime. * The Thing from Another World is currently not available in a streaming flat rate anywhere.
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