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John Carpenter's Horror Classic 'The Thing': Five Things We Learned | Entertainment Weekly

[DrSooner]

My favorite director. The Thing is a flawless masterpiece.

[LonelyHippie]

The Thing is the greatest movie ever made. 

[MegaJetJaguar]

He is one of my favorite Directors ever. Thank You, John Carpenter, for all of the great movie memories!

[kevjohn]

That was an awesome ending. A new cliffhanger to a 30+ year old movie. I'd always assumed they were both human...

[MinPappaKanKarate]

The thing is one of my favorite films of all time!

[SubjectRandom]

John's The Thing will go down in history as one of the very best ever films I or we can see. Wanna do a film about paranoia, nervousness, worry, tension, mystery and death? Then this is the film to aspire to but in your own way.

[dljo]

Saw ET in the cinema upon its release in 1982 but didnt see The thing until two years after when we had a top load vhs player. I marvelled at it and must have watched it 100 of times since.

[jamesallen]

One of the greatest movies ever made by one of the greatest directors of all time.

[stevesmith]

When you use CGI and animations and practical effects together, you can make magic

Just look at Jurassic Park

[Enkarashaddam]

This man is a pure genius. I've read the book, and I can say only Carpenters genius could bring out the book perfectly

[theelawless]

I wish Carpenter would make one more movie and go back to what made him such a iconic director and blow these garbage modern day horror films out of the water. I love The Thing and want to be scared and unsettled

[jnulpi]

the best director on the planet.period.almost all of his movies are classics.

[blackenedLost]

I hate to say this, but for me, it was the (PS2/PC) game The Thing (2002), what brought me to the movie. I was playing the game and i found it pretty awesome. Then, absolutely out of nowhere, the local TV (here in Slovakia) the movie were screened...The Thing from 1982. I was too young to watch it, because it was aired at 22:30 or something. So i set the VHS recorder to record it (with the EP mode - boomers will know :D ) The quality was awful, but i was amazed and yet became the fan of the movie and the Kurt Russell

[kingfreak]

wonder what it feels like to create one of the greatest movies of all time 🐐

[Tracer_Krieg]

Neither of them are infected. That's the beauty of it. They, and we, are so paranoid that we simply mistrust everything.

[TheWaterfallprincess]

his films have inspired me ..thrilled me.. entertained me and above all have given me some of the best fun I have ever had in a movie theater.... God bless John and his creativity ! xx

[Antagonopolis]

Audience is "the thing" in the end. Pretends to be your friend, but attacks you as soon as you look away...

[jjrj]

John Carpenter was easily 15-20 years ahead of its time

[richarnold]

There was a preview screening in Denver with the Universal reps - they took two rows in the center of the theater. I was there with a buddy, and ran into John's wife, Adrienne Barbeau in the lobby - she was getting a soda. What a freaky film that was.

[charlieflaig]

after i saw that movie i was a keith david fan