John Carpenter Hints That a ‘Thing’ Sequel Is in the Works

John Carpenter’s The Thing is extensively thought of certainly one of the finest horror motion pictures of all time. It additionally has greater than sufficient sequel potential. The authentic movie tells the story of an alien that crash-landed at an outpost in Antarctica. Over the course of the movie, the Thing is in a position to disguise itself as the station crew (and even animals) till it decides to strike. The film has been praised for its wonderful sensible results, its claustrophobic ambiance, and the sense of isolation it invokes in the viewer.

At the finish of the movie (spoilers!), after wiping out most of the camp, the scientists which can be left determine to explode the entire constructing. They assume the Thing is planning to enter hibernation till a rescue squad arrives. They determine that there’s no escape for them, and it’s higher to verify the Thing doesn’t attain civilization. Kurt Russell’s MacReady, a pilot, appears to be the just one left. That’s when he is approached by Keith David’s Childs, who went lacking someday earlier. The movie ends with a tense standoff between them, with no decision to the query of whether or not both of them is secretly the Thing in disguise.

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There was a 2011 model of The Thing, directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, however that was truly a prequel that led as much as the occasions of John Carpenter’s The Thing, not a sequel. And followers have been speculating for many years about what may need occurred after the occasions of the authentic movie.

It feels like perhaps we may truly see what occurred subsequent in any case these years. Carpenter just lately appeared at a horror conference in Texas, the place he was requested if Childs was possessed at the finish of The Thing. He refused to reply — however for good cause, he stated…

I’ve been sworn to secrecy, okay, as a result of there could also be, I do not know if there might be … there could also be a Thing 2.

 

That’s definitely not a assure of a challenge, and Carpenter might be alluding to one thing apart from a movie sequel. (Someone is perhaps engaged on a Thing novel or comedian or online game, for instance.) But that is fairly an intriguing growth nonetheless.