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I vote: The Thing
This one is actually pretty easy for me. What doesn't The Thing have? Follows the excellent short story 'Who Goes There' well, creates the paranoia well, acting is excellent, setting, music, mood is so effective. The special effects are great, and they aren't CG. I'd say it's Carpenter at his epoch.
I think it represents the 1980's well too. By far, the top grossing films of the 80s were science fiction fantasy: Empire Strikes Back/Jedi, ET, Blade Runner, Tron, Raiders Lost Ark, Dragonslayer, etc. There's kind of a upbeat realism to sci-fi/horror 80s films. The Thing is classic sci-fi horror. Not only that, but 1980's sci-fi horror was huge too -- The Thing, Poltergeist, Aliens, The Fly, Day of Dead, Scanners, Terminator. Shinning plots more like a 1970's film, as opposed to breaking ground into the 80s.
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Last edited by Sculpt; 06-19-2013 at 10:05 PM.
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