Horror Rated R
The second attempt at a Thing movie, John Carpenter’s 1982 version is “a film about tentacles and teeth and eyes and orifices and goo, goo, goo.”
“…the light, yet dangerous tone is due, mainly, to Colin Farrell.
“If Gollum and the Tooth Fairy got together and spawned a horde of young’uns, they might resemble the terrible little creatures here…
“…spoofs itself and – rather viciously – its own fans.”
“…a spoof that’s actually a bad example of what it’s satirizing.”
“…like watching an aged retiree rouse himself for one more round of golf.”
“…scarily clever and cleverly scary.”
“As a portrait of an American family under paranormal siege, this can proudly stand next to Poltergeist.
“…not quite a thriller, not quite a spoof.”
What was a light-hearted 1978 B movie about ravenous piranha has become a dreary, sadistic chore in the hands of hateful horror specialist Alexandre Aja (High Tension, 2006’s The Hills Have Eyes). This time around, an underwater earthquake has unleashed a horde of ancient, vicious piranha on an Arizona lake just as spring breakers have
