10 Horror Movies To Watch If You Loved The Thing | ScreenRant – Screen Rant

If you love classic horror movie The Thing, cuddle up with these awesome horrors this spooky season.

There are some horror films that really excel at getting under the skin. One such is The Thing, the masterpiece from John Carpenter. It has all of the elements that make for a truly unsettling film: an isolated setting (Antarctica), a creature that can assume various identities, and a group of humans slowly driven to madness by their encounter with it. Though most critics disliked it at the time, it has become a classic of the horror genre.

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It is in many ways very unique, but there are also numerous films that are similar to it in various ways.

Obviously, one of the films most like The Thing is one that was released just a few years prior. Alien hits all of the same notes, with human beings contending with a creature that seems adept at taking over their very bodily systems (at least for a while). Its a deeply disturbing film, in large part because it forces the audience to confront the porousness of the human body. Even now, forty years after its release, it has the power to shock, to repulse, and to fascinate. And, what's more, its characters remain as indelible as ever.

Since it is part of the Alien franchise, Prometheus hits many of the same notes as its predecessors, and for that reason it is a good choice for those who loved The Thing. Like so many of the other films in this franchise, its a truly disturbing film, but what really sets it apart is the character played by Michael Fassbender, an android who is always more than he seems. Though there is of course plenty of death and dismembering here, there are moments of genuine pathos and tragedy as well.

The 1980s was something of a golden age for both body horror and for alien invasion stories, as The Blob makes clear. In the film, the titular entity, like the creature in The Thing is determined to devour as many humans as possible.

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While it might appear a bit cheesy to contemporary viewers used to big-budget special effects, there are actually quite a few scenes that still manage to horrify, even all of these years after its release.

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