Graduating from The Theatre School at DePaul University, Samuel comes from a background in acting, writing, and directing for both stage and screen. As a viewer, he's an avid Marvel fan, ...

When John Carpenter’s The Thing hit theaters back in June 1982, the only thing scarier than the film were the reviews. Vincent Canby of The New York Times called it “instant junk” while ...

The novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell was partly inspired by a 1916 Antarctic expedition led by Ernest Shackleton. After a 36-hour trek across the ice, Shackleton and two companions spoke of ...

Note: this article discusses the 1951 and 1982 Thing movies in depth, but we have been careful not to mention specific details about the new film. There is now a third movie in what could now be ...

There was a time when director John Carpenter believed a sequel to his cult sci-fi horror film The Thing would never see the light of day. That opinion has wavered a bit in the last few years, though, ...

The Fantastic Four kicked off Marvel’s Silver Age dominance, with its first issue showing the direction that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby would take superhero comics in the coming years. The Fantastic Four ...

At this point, I can only assume you've watched all of Wednesday and are fully in love with Thing. Like, truly never thought I'd be jealous over not having a disembodied hand as my best friend, but ...

“You gotta be f***ing kidding!” is arguably the most recognizable line in John Carpenter’s horror classic, The Thing. Oddly, it’s one of the scant moments of levity in the film, which is intentionally ...