The Thing

John Carpenter's The Thing is both a remake of Howard Hawks' 1951 film of the same name and a re-adaptation of the John W. Campbell Jr. story "Who Goes There?" on which it was based. Carpenter's film is more faithful to Campbell's story than Hawks' version and also substantially more reliant on ...more

Absolutely frightening in every way, John Carpenter's remake of the 1950s monster romp is a grotesque exercise in how to scare the living socks off of even the most jaded viewer. Cold, claustrophobic, and expertly realized, The Thing creeps under your skin and doesn't let up until the last credit rolls. Carpenter, who was still on fire after such hits as Halloween, The Fog, and the fantastic Escape From New York flexes his horror muscles once again and arguably surpasses the original with equal ...more