Top cast:Scott Chambers,Tallulah Evans,Ryan Oliva
Director:Randall Emmett
Genre:Mystery
Region:South Africa
Year:2003
Storyline:It was remade twice:The Thing (1982),by director John Carpenter - a box-office failure starring Kurt Russell, with tremendous special effects; set in the Antarctic (South Pole) amongst a twelve-man US expeditionary crew; it was a mostly faithful, bleak and moody return to the original 1938 source, with homage to the original 1951 film and to Ridley Scott'sAlien (1979)The Thing (2011),by Danish director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr...I practically had to take to sewin' my pants shut.But, uh between you and me, uh, she might have been fifteen, but when you get that little red beaver right up there in front of ya, I don't think it's crazy at all now and I don't hink you do either." Another scrolling prologue opens the film:Among the annals of the great state of Texas may be found the story of the first drive on the famous Chisholm Trail."Male reporter 2: "The infected chimps showed signs of erratic and aggressive behavior that led to their escape from he facility....That's because you don't get the Eastern papers out here.I thought maybe once in a while somebody would toss one out of the Super Chief and you might've seen my byline.