The Thing John Carpenter

The Thing John Carpenter. Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. The story would later be adapted into John Carpenters iconic movie The Thing following an earlier film adaptation in 1951.

However when The Thing hit theaters in 1982 critics and audiences were less than kind. In 1982 John Carpenter released his horror movie The Thing. John Carpenter was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at Fantasia Film Festival.

On a recent episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert the host revealed that he has a rather unexpected cinematic.

GameCube and Game Boy Advance versions were also planned but both were cancelled early in development. In a way the Apocalypse trilogy is also connected by the similar setting seen in each film kind of like Roman Polanskis apartment. With Kurt Russell Wilford Brimley TK. John Carpenter Wanted To Make It More Like The Original Short Story Photo.