BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Comedy
MADE:  1986
CAST:  Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun
DIRECTOR:  John Carpenter
WRITER:  Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter

PLOT:  Truck driver Jack Burton makes a stop in Chinatown when unbelievable things begin to happen.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Willow, Romancing The Stone, From Dusk Till Dawn

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THE THING

GENRE:  Horror/ Mystery/ Sci-fi
MADE:  1982
CAST:  Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David
DIRECTOR:  John Carpenter
WRITER:  John W. Campbell Jr., Bill Lancaster

PLOT:  A group of scientist in the Antartic salvage a block of ice with a mysterious form frozen inside only to find that it is a shape-shifting alien.  Far away and unlikely to be rescued the group of scientist must find a way to kill it.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Event Horizon, Sphere, Predator

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