Carpenter almost didn't cast Russell in "The Thing" to maintain audience paranoia and suspense Other actors like Ed Harris and Jeff Bridges were considered for Mac, but Russell's grounded charm ...

John Carpenter’s The Thing is considered one of the greatest horror movies of all-time. However, according to star Kurt Russell, Carpenter never believed that he was making a horror film.

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 ...

John Carpenter is far more than a simple film director ... creature able to take the physical form of its victims. Halloween ...

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 ...