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[[Image:Thing from another world poster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The original 1951 promotional poster. Note the "above the movie" billing giving to Howard Hawks.]]

[[Image:Thing from another world poster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The original 1951 promotional poster. Note the "above the movie" billing given to Howard Hawks.]]

[[The Thing from Another World]] is a [[science fiction]] movie released by RKO Radio Pictures Inc. in 1951 and considered a classic of the genre.<ref name="rot">[http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1021242-thing/# ''Review''] at [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com rottentomatoes.com] Retrieved 25 November 2008.</ref> Produced by [[Howard Hawks]] and marking the directorial debut of Christian Nyby, the movie features [[Hollywood|Hollywood's]] first "space-age" monster and is credited with kickstarting the decade of similarly themed [[United States of America|U.S.]] movies which followed.<ref>Delapa, Thomas [http://archive.boulderweekly.com/030807/reeltoreel.html ''Reel to reel - Weekly Pick''] [http://www.boulderweekly.com/20081120/home1.html Boulder Weekly]. Retrieved 25 November 2008.</ref> Filmed in [[Montana|Montana's]] [[Glacier National Park]] and an ice storage plant in [[Los Angeles]],<ref name="justice">Justice, Chris. [http://classic-horror.com/reviews/thing_from_another_world_1951 ''Review''] at [http://classic-horror.com/ classic-horror.com] Retrieved 25 November 2008.</ref>  the movie revolves around a group of US scientists and servicemen stationed in the [[Arctic]] who investigate a crashed [[UFO]] and unwittingly release an almost invincible [[extraterrestrial life|extra-terrestrial lifeform]]. Loosely based on the novel ''[http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Highrise/3756/jc/who/bonusid.htm Who Goes There?]'' (1938) by John W. Campbell, Jr., it was later remade by [[John Carpenter]] as ''"The Thing"'' in 1982.  

[[The Thing from Another World]] is a [[science fiction]] movie released by RKO Radio Pictures Inc. in 1951 and considered a classic of the genre.<ref name="rot">[http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1021242-thing/# ''Review''] at [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com rottentomatoes.com] Retrieved 25 November 2008.</ref> Produced by [[Howard Hawks]] and marking the directorial debut of Christian Nyby, the movie features [[Hollywood|Hollywood's]] first "space-age" monster and is credited with kickstarting the decade of similarly themed [[United States of America|U.S.]] movies which followed.<ref>Delapa, Thomas [http://archive.boulderweekly.com/030807/reeltoreel.html ''Reel to reel - Weekly Pick''] [http://www.boulderweekly.com/20081120/home1.html Boulder Weekly]. Retrieved 25 November 2008.</ref> Filmed in [[Montana|Montana's]] [[Glacier National Park]] and an ice storage plant in [[Los Angeles]],<ref name="justice">Justice, Chris. [http://classic-horror.com/reviews/thing_from_another_world_1951 ''Review''] at [http://classic-horror.com/ classic-horror.com] Retrieved 25 November 2008.</ref>  the movie revolves around a group of US scientists and servicemen stationed in the [[Arctic]] who investigate a crashed [[UFO]] and unwittingly release an almost invincible [[extraterrestrial life|extra-terrestrial lifeform]]. Loosely based on the novel ''[http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Highrise/3756/jc/who/bonusid.htm Who Goes There?]'' (1938) by John W. Campbell, Jr., it was later remade by [[John Carpenter]] as ''"The Thing"'' in 1982.