Rob Bottin, the makeup artist for 1982’s The Thing, worked so hard and so tirelessly to make the amorphous alien’s grotesque transformations as realistic as possible, that he literally had to be ...

Over the summer, John Carpenter hinted that The Thing franchise may return in the form of a direct sequel to his paranoia-soaked body horror classic. But if Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. had his way, ...

I would have said much better but the undisguised and piteous plot holes would still remain and accumulate as the film progressed. I ask you, how did pilots Sam Carter (Joel Edgerton) and Derek ...

Jasneet Singh is a writer who finally has a platform to indulge in long rants about small moments on TV and film in overwhelming detail. With a literature background, she is drawn to the narrative ...

Artist, Paul Komoda, uploaded concept art of the Juliette creature, Alien Pilot, and Griggs' transformation in the helicopter scene. The Alien Pilot is very interesting because the creature was meant ...

Matthew is a features writer for Collider currently based in Manchester. In his spare time he likes to read, write, obsess over Batman and complain about his Wordle score. John Carpenter's The Thing ...

Reasons why The Thing (2011) is NOT a remake: 1) It’s a prequel set before the events of the 1982 version. 2) It’s a whole new set of characters. 3) In a dose of Tim Burtonitis the ending goes off on ...

The plan was that there would be 3 versions of the Pilot in THE THING (2011). Here are two: the mummified Pilot, and the Thing having replicated itself as one of the alien crew members. In the story ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “What the hell do I know? That’s the theme of my career. Write [this] down… John Carpenter: ‘What ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rob Bottin, the makeup artist for 1982’s The Thing, worked so hard and so tirelessly to make the ...