Beyond the Black Rainbow vs The Thing

The Thing has the higher audience score (6.2/10 against 5.7/10 for Beyond the Black Rainbow). The Thing is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 50m. Beyond the Black Rainbow is the older of the two (2010 against 2011). Both are horror, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Beyond the Black Rainbow posterBeyond the Black Rainbow2010 VS The Thing posterThe Thing2011
Beyond the Black RainbowThe Thing
Audience score★ 5.7/10★ 6.2/10
Year20102011
Length1h 50m1h 43m
GenresHorror, Mystery, Science FictionHorror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Country––
DirectorPanos CosmatosMatthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Main castMarilyn Norry, Chris Gauthier, Ronald Reagan, Michael J Rogers, Eva BourneEric Christian Olsen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Kristofer Hivju, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Synopsis

Beyond the Black Rainbow

Deep within the mysterious Arboria Institute, a disturbed and beautiful girl is held captive by a doctor in search of inner peace. Her mind controlled by a sinister technology. Silently, she waits for her next session with deranged therapist Dr. Barry Nyle. If she hopes to escape, she must journey through the darkest reaches of The Institute, but Nyle wonʼt easily part with his most gifted and dangerous creation.

The Thing

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and…

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