Psychoanalytic Analysis Of The Movie The Thing

The film industry suffers from ups and downs. The industry itself is always making new things happen from older ideas. The remaking of classic films has become a common thing; however, some are remade very poorly. The film industry decided to remake the film “The thing”. The film is a very unique remake because it acts as a prequel to the original film. The original film was made in 1982 and the remake was made in 2011. The original film was a very unique horror film, and so was the remake. These films both share similar stories, as well as the remakes little twist to the original story. The original film is set in an American scientific research film. The remake is set as a prequel and shows what happened in the Norwegian scientific research station. These films, share many things, but only one was praised. Critical analysis is very crucial when comparing

In the film’s story it is essential to establish psychoanalytic criticism. The textbook shows “A psychoanalytic critic can also focus on the response of readers and, in recent decades, usually accepts the influence of changing social history on the structures of sexual desire represented in the work.” (pg.1315). The films give a very deep and rich psychoanalytical view. For example, in the original films the scientists isolate themselves from each other. Katie states that “Carpenter 's film is chilling because it presents an utterly bleak vision of human society as isolationist, laced with paranoia, and subject to rapid disintegration.” (pg.165). Katie gives a very good viewpoint in psychoanalytic criticism because she dives delves into the film’s meaning. The remake has very similar changing social history. The remake is similar because the Norwegians followed the same social change that the original had. This social change consisted of isolation amongst the group, but when the monster attacked they came together; although they did not trust each