This is great!!  One of my favorite movies of all time.  In fact, I watched it this past weekend as the ice was beginning to fall.  It’s a tradition I have whenever there’s a winter storm that’s trapping me inside the house.  This film is such a favorite of mine, that it’s one of a few that I always keep loaded on my iPad.

John Carpenter’s 1982 film The Thing is one of the new inductees on the National Film Registry.  This year’s class also includes Inception, The Karate Kid, Glory, and The Incredibles.  The Truman Show and White Christmas made the list too.

In adding The Thing to the registry, the Library of Congress said this of the movie: “Moody, stark, often funny and always chilling, this science fiction horror classic follows Antarctic scientists who uncover a long-dormant, malevolent extraterrestrial presence. ...