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 ...

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’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.

Because “the thing” disappears into a human host before ... his novels would seem to be a natural for John Carpenter, but Carpenter only tackled one King book: Christine, about a haunted ...

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

While never mentioned alongside 'The Thing' and 'Halloween,' another Carpenter horror flick is just as important for understanding the ideas that motivate him.

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The first thing you miss is the music. That funky, synthesizer throb. That heartbeat of stone-cold menace. Everyone loves the iconic tinkle of John Carpenter’s Halloween theme, but two years ...

Back in ’76, Carpenter casually smashed stereotypes by ... and how DeMonaco indulges in othering cliches: John Leguizamo and Ja Rule have been cast as broadly comic hoodlum caricatures, while ...