One of the all time great science fiction classics.Based on the John W.Campbell story,'Who Goes There?'.Although the film ditches the shape changing alien of the story for a hulking humanoid creature,the story remains more or less the same.The discovery of the frozen alien is well handled,and the film is always creepy.One scene where the alien is discovered behind a door is pretty frightening!As usual for it's time,the scientists in the group of men who want to communicate with the thing are proved wrong and killed,leaving it up to the macho hero,Kenneth Tobey to destroy the creature.There's an oddly sexy performance from Margaret Sheridan as the heroes girlfriend,even though she remains well wrapped up for the entire film!The remake made in 1982 by John Carpenter is also excellent.
Review of The Thing from Another World
