Despite its initial critical and commercial failure in 1982, John Carpenter's The Thing subsequently morphed into a point of ...
The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster.
When John Carpenter’s “The Thing” was released in 1982, it bombed. Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.,” by contrast soared, becoming a national phenomenon. Still, the two share a bond in Chris Nashawaty’s new ...