The Thing from Another World (1951) Reviews & Ratings
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The Thing from Another World reviews
The Thing from Another World holds a 6.7/10 average from 713 TMDB ratings.
There are no enemies in science, only phenomena to be studied. The Thing from Another World is set at The North Pole and finds a bunch of U.S. airmen, scientists and a journalist getting more than they bargained for when they investigate a space craft frozen in the ice. What is most striking about the film is the basic human story of team work, the pulling together of mankind during a crisis, this theme is a big shi…
— John Chard (9/10)
**_Stuck at an isolated arctic station with some… Thing_** Scientists at a base in the frozen North discern the crash-landing of an unknown vessel 50 miles away, which they naturally investigate with the corresponding militarists. They bring a mysterious frozen specimen back to the station. Big mistake. “The Thing From Another World” (1951) was the first attempt to film John W. Campbell’s novella Who Goes There? Bei…
— Wuchak (6/10)
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
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