Phoenix Forgotten vs The Thing

The Thing has the higher audience score (6.2/10 against 6/10 for Phoenix Forgotten). Phoenix Forgotten is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 43m. The Thing is the older of the two (2011 against 2017). Both are horror, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Phoenix Forgotten posterPhoenix Forgotten2017 VS The Thing posterThe Thing2011
Phoenix ForgottenThe Thing
Audience score★ 6.0/10★ 6.2/10
Year20172011
Length1h 27m1h 43m
GenresHorror, Mystery, Science FictionHorror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Country––
DirectorJustin BarberMatthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Main castAna Dela Cruz, Jeanine Jackson, Jonathan Schmock, Florence Hartigan, Luke Spencer RobertsEric Christian Olsen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Kristofer Hivju, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Synopsis

Phoenix Forgotten

Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.

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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