Tag: The Thing
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The Thing Prequel That Could Have Been
There are few horror films more iconic than John Carpenter’s The Thing. While its nihilistic tone and grotesque use of special effects contributed to a box office drubbing and even worse critical reception, it has since been recognized as one of the genre’s finest achievements, with many of its once controversial elements being reassessed to…
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The Guts and Gore of ‘Terrifier 2’ Deserve Your Makeup Awards Attention
The Academy Award for Best Makeup (which added Hairstyling in 1993) has only been around, in earnest, since 1981. That year, macabre special effects genius Rick Baker won for transforming David Naughton into a grotesquely hirsute lycanthrope for “American Werewolf in London.” In that same decade, Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis won for turning Jeff…
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Why Did Audiences Hate John Carpenter’s The Thing at First?
Today, the films in John Carpenter’s self-proclaimed Apocalypse Trilogy –The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness – are beloved entries in the pantheon of American horror movies. The Thing especially has become a masterpiece that has surpassed the reputation of the film it was remaking, to the point that it can…
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Halloween Ends Features A Meta Reference To Another John Carpenter Classic
Warning: This article contains spoilers for “
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Jordan Peele Shuts Down Fan Who Called Him the Best Horror Director of All Time: I Won’t ‘Tolerate John Carpenter Slander’
“Nope” director Jordan Peele thought it might be taking things a little too far when a fan proposed he could be the best horror director of all time.“I know this is a hot take but at what point do we declare Jordan Peele the best horror director of all time?” wrote comic book creator Adam…
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One Crew Member’s Commitment To The Thing Landed Him In The Hospital
There are few movies in the realms of sci-fi and horror that can garner as much love as John Carpenter’s “The Thing.” It is an absolute masterclass in both genres individually, as well as how to blend the two for maximum cinematic enjoyment. Sure, the film wasn’t exactly a hit in its day (largely because…
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The Thing’s VFX Were Detailed Down To An Absurd Level
If you ever get to utter the phrase “the day we shot the sequence of my chest exploding,” you were probably involved in the making of a first-rate motion picture.John Carpenter’s “The Thing” was not well-received during its initial theatrical release 40 years ago, but its combination of bleak social commentary and psyche-scarring makeup fx quickly…
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How The Thing Crew Created That Unmistakable Title Sequence
John Carpenter’s “The Thing” is a stone-cold classic, from its first scene to its final shot. Like many of Carpenter’s greatest hits, the Antarctica-set alien horror film establishes its level of cool early on, with a killer title sequence that still holds a place in the public imagination 40 years later.The movie’s opening titles start…
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Fathom Events Will Screen ‘The Thing’ in Original Aspect Ratio After Fan Outrage
Fathom Events has planned screenings of John Carpenter’s 1982 horror film “The Thing” with projection in the original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 widescreen after previous screenings displayed the film in a cropped ratio of 1.85:1.Over this past weekend, Fathom held screenings celebrating the 40th anniversary of Carpenter’s classic. However, many ticket buyers were disappointed to…