I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but be bored throughout most of it. I know it's deemed a classic and had a hand in inspiring a lot in cinema, but the tension is almost non-existent and the creature ends up looking silly as hell. Perhaps I've just been spoiled from too many years of watching the superior remake, that I expect too much of it. It's quaintly old fashioned, and that makes it fun for midnight-movie viewing, when that mood strikes you, but it's hard to take seriously as a film.

A totally fantastic premise of an alien found near an arctic outpost. Its brought back to the camp where it thaws and does what all self-respecting aliens do…it kills! The early '50s effects are somewhat dated but they're good enough because they're accompanied by some real suspense and even some jump-back-in-your-seat frights. This movie has a lot of atmosphere perhaps due to the confined living quarters of the outpost. It's got a pretty satisfying finale too. My Dad told me this movie scared him like no other in his younger days. Well times have changed I guess. I don't find it scary but I think its got some great conflict and some tense moments.

Took me days to finish this one. It's overstuffed with too many characters, too talky, and too many overlapping voices. None of the actors are even capable of portraying fear or paranoia or any emotions. Cool monster and effects tho.

Pure propaganda film. The bad foreigners and the good American army who saves the day.

Who'd want a parasite horribly transforming people when you can have a giant vegetable as a monster?