Gory fear fest is a classic the faint-hearted should skip. Read Common Sense Media's The Thing (1982) review, age rating, and parents guide. read more
Sure, recommend them to fans of the genre! One question is what order to watch them in. It would be interesting to know what experience someone watching them in chronological order (prequel first) would have. The viewer would then be miles ahead of the characters in the 1982 movie, of course, and anxiously wait for them to catch up. read more
The Thing (1982) was never intended to have a prequel, but The Thing (2011) was always intended to be seen after the earlier movie. To put it another way, The Thing (1982) was never supposed to be a sequel, and The Thing (2011) was never meant to turn the earlier film into a sequel. read more