VERY GOOD PREQUEL COMPUTER EFFECTS BRING THING TO LIFE EXTREMELY WELL DONE MOVIE DESERVES MORE CREDIT FUN TO WATCH BEFORE CARPENTER'S FILM, ALSO CHILDS WAS THE THING, YOU CAN SEE THE THINGS POV CAMERA SHOT GO FROM THE GENERATOR ROOM TO THE COAT HANGERS WHERE CHILDS WAS POSTED ALONE BEFORE SEEN RUNNING INTO THE SNOW