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Two excellent movies and in blu-ray, for the price you cannot go wrong. Highly recommended.

I'm giving this a 5 star rating for the original version of The Thing. A masterpiece and possibly Carpenters best film. The prequel (newer film) is still a good film but doesn't have quite the same suspense or shock factor as the original. Seems CGI spoils films rather than improves them.

Excellent film - so much better than the original.

Great to get The Thing (1982) / The Thing (2011) together, they are good Halloween movies. I still prefer the original movie over the newer one, it just shows a bigger budget doesn't mean a better movie, but decent all the same.

Excellent movies for super low price. Arrived in pristine condition. I found the new movie much better than the original.

Fantastic excellent value for money. Gets you sitting on the edge of your seat from the very start. You can watch either film in any order and still be waiting for the next with excitement. A five star purchase!

Original was a tough act to follow, but nearly 30 years after, the remake of The Thing is seriously bad. Whilst the continuation at the end to the earlier version worked well, the rest of it was dire. Just so little thought or originality into the story. Extremely disappointed.

I already had the original The Thing on dvd and was looking forward to getting the new one sometime. Then I saw the original / prequel Blu-ray box set at such a good price so I bought it. The film covers the discovery of an alien craft under the ice and later the shape-shifting alien by the Norwegian base in the Antarctic. The monster-alien effects are excellent and believable from the CGI point of view, and actually managed to instill a reasonable sense of horror and menace. The acting is done well, making you believe in each one's terror at their predicament and desperation in trying to stay alive. The Blu-ray certainly does the film justice. Where this film ends is where the original Kurt Russell one begins which makes a satisfying link between the two. The original was always a great Sci-fi film where even the special effects were reasonably good for the time and the story is excellent, even if it is a remake of a 1950's movie. The Blu-ray treatment has made this great film even better in my opinion, and the fact that you can watch the two together one after the other is testament to that. All-in-all, a very enjoyable bargain Blu-ray boxset.

Was surprised to see this so cheap, so I bought it and wasn't disappointed. The Thing by John Carpenter is a sci-fi/horror classic and on it's own is more expensive than this boxset on most sites. The 2011 movie is a prequel to the old one and, although not as original, does have good effects and a decent cast using real Norwegians rather than dumb actors with an awful accent attempt. The new movie was inch perfect in large and small details e.g. Kurt Russell finds a bloody axe in a door, the new director made sure we find out how the axe got there, why and right down to measurement of axe from the floor mirroring scenes from the old movie! Worth a punt at this price.

The Thing is a classic movie, with a great new prequel that's well worth a watch. Got it for a bargain price as well.