While the poster for the prequel/reboot of The Thing was pleasingly old school, the new trailer is old school in the worst way possible. Packed with jump scares, corny monster noises, and enough parkas to fill out a section at Eastern Mountain Sports, the new trailer seems like something Dimension might have cut together for Phantoms 2. Alas! Scott Pilgrim muse Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Animal Kingdom star Joel Edgerton, you deserve better.
Video: 'The Thing' Movie Trailer
OK, so: scary. But, also, kinda lame. It even seems to spoil more of the film than the trailer for Contagion, a difficult feat considering that one shows [REDACTED] dying a horrible, avian-flu death. On the plus side, MEW seems like a sturdy post-Neve Campbell horror heroine, and Edgerton's beard looks nice.
The Thing hits theaters on Oct. 14.
VERDICT: Getting colder.