What is The Thing / Cat People about?

Name: The Thing / Cat People
Genre: Drama,Horror

THE THING, 1982, Universal, 109 min. Director John Carpenter re-imagines the original 1951 sci-fi classic, pitting helicopter pilot Kurt Russell and a crew of Arctic scientists against a shape-shifting alien being. From the haunting opening shots of a sled dog fleeing across the snow, to the apocalyptic ending, this ranks with Ridley Scott’s ALIEN as one of the finest sci-fi films of the past 25 years. CAT PEOPLE, 1982, Universal, 118 min. Dir. Paul Schrader. An intoxicating, visually delirious remake of the Val Lewton original, set in an Italian giallo vision of New Orleans that takes the sexual implications of the story to its uncompromising finale. Virginal Nastassia Kinski wreaks havoc when she reunites with warped minister brother Malcolm McDowell, and falls in love with zoo curator John Heard. An immensely entertaining and stylish thriller.

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What is The Thing / Cat People about?: THE THING, 1982, Universal, 109 min. Director John Carpenter re-imagines the original 1951 sci-fi classic, pitting helicopter pilot Kurt Russell and a crew of Arctic scientists against a shape-shifting alien being. From the haunting opening shots of a sled dog fleeing across the snow, to the apocalyptic ending, this ranks with Ridley Scott’s ALIEN as one of the finest sci-fi films of the past 25 years.

CAT PEOPLE, 1982, Universal, 118 min. Dir. Paul Schrader. An intoxicating, visually delirious remake of the Val Lewton original, set in an Italian giallo vision of New Orleans that takes the sexual implications of the story to its uncompromising finale. Virginal Nastassia Kinski wreaks havoc when she reunites with warped minister brother Malcolm McDowell, and falls in love with zoo curator John Heard. An immensely entertaining and stylish thriller.