Wintertime gets weird when Late Shift at the Grindhouse hosts Ross Meyer, Joe Derderian, and Aaron Holmgren are joined by The Thing superfan Brendan Hanks to dig up low-budget b-movies, horror and gore-fests, and camp classics for your viewing pleasure. Buy your ticket and take a ride in our Time Machine! Punch in and earn a bonus! $4 Pabst Blue Ribbon & Hamm’s tallboys, $4 small popcorn, small soda and candy! $1 off beer/wine/soda/popcorn/candy for FilmScene members. PLUS -- special custom trash trailer reel curated by Ross with cheap swag and prize giveaways!
Join us for our annual celebration and remember... man is the warmest place to hide.
"John Carpenter’s The Thing is a horror masterpiece." - Roger Malcolm, Clash Hollywood
"The Thing is a great barf-bag movie." - Roger Ebert
"After revisiting it some thirty years later, it is still a great movie." - Christopher Armstead, Film Critics United
"May be the most morbid film ever produced by a major studio." - Stephen Thrower, Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents
"The ultimate special-effects horror movie." - Michael J. Weldon, The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film
"As suspense entertainment the picture ranks high, and as horror it's even better." - Archer Winsten, New York Post
"Some of the most intense and fucked-up creature-based gore effects in film making history." - Robin Bougie, Cinema Sewer
"A fantastic film, yes, but still no match on any level for Howard Hawk's brilliant original." - Chas. Balun, The Gore Score
Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape From New York) teams Kurt Russell's outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing From Another World.
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror and becomes one of them.