The Thing (1982) - John Carpenter | Houselights #296

Our House of Carpenter series continues in the frozen isolation of an Antarctic research station, where a team of American scientists takes in a sled dog fleeing a destroyed Norwegian camp and soon learns that something terrible came with it. John Carpenter's 1982 remake of The Thing from Another World (adapted from the novella Who Goes There?) arrived just one year after Escape from New York with three times the budget. Kurt Russell's helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady leads a crew that no longer knows who among them is still human. Rob Bottin's grotesque practical creature effects remain landmarks of the genre, Ennio Morricone's score hums with dread, and Wilford Brimley delivers a turn as Blair that's unlike anything else in his career. Overshadowed by E.T. at the box office, it took years to become one of the most celebrated cult horror films ever made. Join Darren, Tristan, and John as they grab a blood sample and a hot wire to find out who goes there.