Of je nu game of film criticus bent, er is altijd een factor (door eigen smaak) dat je een product verkeerd inschat. Daarom moet je ook altijd meerdere bronnen checken om een goed beeld te krijgen. Maar de onderstaande lijst laat zien dat film critici zes films de grond in trapte, maar door grote groepen fans een cult status hebben gehad. Het is moeilijk om er één film uit te pakken als favoriet, aangezien deze lijst ijzer sterk is en je elke film er op gezien moet hebben. Maar John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) is nog altijd fookin bad ass.

Steven Spielberg's heart-warming E.T. may be a masterpiece, but it did a grave disservice to the other masterpieces that it shared with the summer of 1982. Their ranks included Blade Runner, Star Trek II, The Road Warrior... and John Carpenter's remake of the 1950s classic The Thing From Another World, which the contemporary press roasted alive. "A wretched excess," wrote the Washington Post, while Roger Ebert referred to it as "a great barf-bag movie." Audiences were enraptured by Spielberg's optimistic vision, which put Carpenter's grim, nihilistic fright fest on the sidelines... until home video gave its fans a chance to discover its assets. And what assets they were. The Thing neatly recreates the unbearable suspense of Carpenter's Halloween, coupled with some of the most horrifying effects ever created. (The fact that they're mostly practical effects helps it age like fine wine.) Add some terrific tough-guy performances from Kurt Russell and Keith David, a minimalistic score from the legendary Ennio Morricone, and an Antarctic setting that freezes you to the bone just looking at it, and you have - yes, I'll say it --- the single greatest horror movie ever made.