Color Out of Space vs The Thing
The Thing has the higher audience score (6.2/10 against 6.1/10 for Color Out of Space). The Thing is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 50m. The Thing is the older of the two (2011 against 2020). Both are horror, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Color Out of Space
The Thing| Color Out of Space | The Thing | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Richard Stanley | Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. |
| Main cast | Joely Richardson, Nicolas Cage, Julian Hilliard, Brendan Meyer, Q'orianka Kilcher | Eric Christian Olsen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Kristofer Hivju, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje |
Synopsis
Color Out of Space
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them.
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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