Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here and it’s no secret that John Carpenter is one of my favorite directors. With classics like “Halloween,” “The Fog,” and “Big Trouble In Little China” under his belt, Carpenter is one of the greatest directors in horror cinema history. But it’s his redo of “The Thing” in 1982 that stands out as his finest work. The film, adapted from the story “Who Goes There?” by John Cambell, is a primo exercise in dread and paranoia as the discovery of a shapeshifting alien wreaks havoc of the members of an expedition in the Artic. The film starts with an escaped dog from a devestated Norweigan station that makes its way to the American base with a Norwegian helicopter in pursuit.
