The Thing 2 may finally be happening after all this time, and the John Carpenter sequel could resolve eight of the original movie's biggest mysteries. Mac is the most compelling character in The ...

And Carpenter did get to at least make one film that captures a lot of the American Western aesthetic, along with a lot of ...

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 ...

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.

John Carpenter is far more than a simple film director. A talented artist, a gifted musician, an inspired writer, and a ...

Though it came after his wonderfully loopy Dan O’Bannon collaboration Dark Star, John Carpenter ... action thriller, Carpenter again turned directly to Howard Hawks for The Thing, a loose ...