THING (blu-ray) *NEW* collector's edition, and similar items

Brand new factory sealed 2-disc collector's edition blu-ray. Tons of extras and special features. Outstanding John Carpenter directed version of John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?", the classic novella first brought to the screen by Howard Hawks in 1951. While that film is remembered for suspense and characterizations, and not for monster or effects, Carpenter has striven for exactly the opposite values, stressing the shape-changing extraterrestrial beast at the expense of all else. Yet, it is this single facet that makes the film so compelling. Rob Bottin and a team of tricksters create remarkably grisly, gruesome effects--perhaps the most gruesome ever captured on film. According to Bottin there are at least 45 differant glimpses of the creature as it undergoes change. The stuff of our worst nightmares, this will give children bad dreams and may even upset some adults. The cast is topped by Kurt Russell, with strong support from Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, Richard Dysart and Richard Masur. The setting is an Antarctic research station where scientists are isolated by a raging storm. Meanwhile, the THING, freed from imprisonment in the ice, where it has been for 100,000 years (next to its crashed saucer), begins taking "shape". The screenplay is by William Lancaster (son of Burt).