During a recent appearance at Fan Expo Philadelphia, John Carpenter hinted that a sequel to his 1982 horror classic The Thing could be in development. When asked about the possibility during a Q&A session, Carpenter said, "We're working on it now," then immediately tempered expectations by adding, "I don't know. We'll see" (via World of Reel). Carpenter hasn't directed a feature since 2010's The Ward, but this isn't the first time he's hinted at a Thing project being in development. At Texas Frightmare Weekend in 2023, he said he'd been "sworn to secrecy" about a possible Thing 2 (via MovieWeb).The original film famously bombed at the box office. Roger Ebert wrote upon its release, "The Thing is a great barf-bag movie, all right, but is it any good? I found it disappointing, for two reasons: the superficial characterizations and the implausible behavior of the scientists on that icy outpost."But time has been extraordinarily kind to The Thing. It's now considered one of the greatest horror films ever made, with its influence visible across modern genre filmmaking. - YouTube www.youtube.com Carpenter's LegacyWhen a fan once called Jordan Peele the best horror director of all time, Peele immediately shut it down, saying he would "not tolerate any John Carpenter slander" (via Esquire).Carpenter has influenced multiple horror directors, including Mike Flanagan, James Wan, and Drew Goddard. Even Ti West's X trilogy owes a debt to Carpenter's approach to building tension through isolation and paranoia.He was given LAFCA's Career Achievement Award in 2024 and...
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