The Harold B. Lee Library will feature a classic horror movie for this Halloween season.

The Howard Hawks 1951 classic, "The Thing From Another World," is going to be brought back to life Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 7pm.

The film from the special collections motion picture archives film series is co-sponsored by the friends of the Harold B. Lee Library and Dennis and Linda Gibson.

The doors will open at 6:30 pm and admission is free. Students are encouraged to come early to guarantee seating.

"This film is classic," said Jared Lemming, a film student at UVSC. "It doesn't have all of the special effects that most horror flicks have nowadays, but it still grips you in just the right way."

Other fans of the film include author Michael Crichton, who called it "the best science fiction film ever made."

The story begins with an Air Force crew who is sent to the North Pole to investigate a mysterious crash site that appears to be not of this world.

The scientists recover an alien frozen in ice and take it back to their lab. The alien becomes unfrozen and starts its reign of terror.

"The film is definitely old-school," Lemming said. "If you really want to see the film in a true special effects extravaganza, rent John Carpenter's 1982 version of 'The Thing.'"

"The Thing From Another World" is an adaptation of John Campbell's short story "Who Goes There?" The film is not rated and stars Douglas Spencer and Kenneth Tobey.



Copyright Brigham Young University 20 Oct 2003