A scene from Never Cry Wolf
From Eight Below, the true-life tale of an abandoned pack of Huskies who survive an Antarctic winter alone to horror/Sci Fi classic, The Thing, the wilds of northwest British Columbia have formed the backdrop to a surprising number of “Hollywood” movies.
If you’re old enough, maybe you remember 1982’s The Thing, an icy little nightmare directed by horror master John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, a shaggy-haired, blue-eyed ’70s everyman who battles a terrifying threat from beyond. Set in a remote, Antarctic outpost, it’s considered by purists to be Carpenter’s best film. It’s certainly one of the most successful modern-day remakes, in my book.
It mines a fear of emptiness and the dread of the unknown – all while riffing on the predictable plot lines of an “and-then-there-were-none” type thriller.
It may have been set in the Antarctic, but look closely at the snowflake-laden, windswept wasteland, and you might recognize the wintry environs surrounding a little-known corner of British Columbia – the town of Stewart, B.C., a historic mining outpost (more…)
Spindrift 