The original was produced by Howard Hawks and featured the trademark rapid-fire dialogue typical of Hawks' films. Pretty much a no-name cast although a pre-Gunsmoke James Arness played The Thing. One of my all-time favorite sci-fi films, from the fifties or any other era for that matter.
As for the 1982 version.... the first ten minutes were great but it devolved into a special-effects extravaganza.
I can’t wait until “jaws the prequel” comes out.
My sources at MSNBC say a young Scheider and friends are on a party boat on a blue fishing trip. There they meet a father and son the son played by a Richard Dreyfuss.
After several hours of fishing, Scheider hooks into something pretty big. As Scheider is fighting the fish and being dragged all over the boat, the young Dreyfuss says it might be a shark.
Well Scheider gets the fish to the boat and sure enough it is what appears to be a sand shark in the 30 pound range. Dreyfuss starts pleading with his father to make the bad men release the shark.
Hence they do.
I agree. ‘The Thing from Another World’ was superb. Carpenter’s effort quickly became one special effects set-piece after another.