Top cast:Wil Wheaton,River Phoenix,Corey Feldman
Director:Theodore Melfi
Genre:Mystery
Region:Russia
Year:2010
Storyline:After two nurses gave the haunted-looking Laurie her medications and left her locked room, Laurie (faking illness) removed the pills from her mouth and stuffed them (along with many others) into the insides of her rag-doll.To celebrate the news of Mortimer""s marriage, his thrilled, match-making aunts (who had long ago predicted he would tie the knot) propose opening a bottle of wine, singing, inviting over a few of he neighbors, and having some wedding cake."The film was known by both of its titles:The Thing, andThe Thing From Another World.According to producer Howard Hawks, the subtitle was added to avoid confusion with a novelty hit single titled "The Thing" (sung by Phil Harris) that became the #1 single in December, 1950 according oBillboardmagazine.The time period of the plot occurs during the late 1920s and early 30s at the start of the disastrous Depression in a rural, SE Kansas town, coinciding with the intensity of a first love and the devastating consequences of repressed sexuality upon a pair of love-struck teenagers.