His most critically adored film, The Thing ... that would have teamed Carpenter with make-up artist legend Rick Baker for what could have been another horror monster masterpiece — but alas ...

Hitting theaters in 1982, John Carpenter's masterclass in building tension and suspense, The Thing, was not a critical or commercial success at the time but slowly became recognized as one of the ...

Campbell's story expanded upon the trope of shapeshifting monsters by injecting ... adaptation of Campbell's work is John Carpenter's 1982 cult classic "The Thing," which is, perhaps, one of ...

Yet The Thing and its cast manage to give each of ... one of the most likable characters to ever appear in a Carpenter film. The first assimilation of the film is also the biggest question mark.