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4 unusual facts about The Thing from Another World


Destination Inner Space

The plot resembles a submerged version of Howard Hawks' The Thing from Another World, though the production values, budget, and direction by Francis D. Lyon do not come up to the quality of Hawks' film.

Gun the Man Down

Arness had earlier portrayed the Frankenstein-like "carrot monster" glimpsed in the conclusion of Howard Hawks' 1951 version of The Thing.

The Man from Planet X

Invaders from Mars, The War of the Worlds, both released in 1953, and The Thing from Another World (1951), all began production around the same time this film was made.

The Thing from Another World

Anyway, if you're taking painting lessons from Rembrandt, you don't take the brush out of the master's hands.


Boston Science Fiction Film Festival

"The Day the Earth Stood Still," "The War of the Worlds," "Things to Come," "The Thing from Another World," "Them!," and "Zardoz."


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