I SURVIVED WATCHING THE THING! It’s great but it’s so gross! John Carpenter knows how to do dread. 

The first third had me thinking this wasn’t so bad, the gross-out elements felt manageable. But Jamie put it best in that there’s a point of no return for the gross and goopiness and then it’s just disgusting. Also I hate spiders so when that head sprouts legs and scuttles away? No thank you!

A wild double feature tonight: This and Days…