"The professional reviews were similarly damning. “The quintessential moron movie of the eighties” screamed Vincent Canby in the New York Times. “The Thing is so single-mindedly determined to keep you awake that it almost puts you to sleep,” derided David Ansen in Newsweek. Adding insult to injury, even Christian Nyby, the director of the original, weighed in. “If you want blood, go to the slaughterhouse. All in all, it's a terrific commercial for J&B Scotch.”"
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Ian Freer, "Paranoia, claustrophobia, lots of men: how The Thing inspired Tarantino's Hateful Eight", The Telegraph, (7 Jan, 2016).
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