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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The Thing (2011)” cannot escape the terrifying icy shadow of its predecessor. “The Thing (2011),” directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., is meant to be a prequel to the epic 1982 ...

Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is ...

Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., director of the 2o11 prequel to the iconic film The Thing, addressed his scrapped sequel plans for the sic-fi horror flick, explaining to SyFy, "We fantasized about a ...

If you’re not a fan of director Matthijs van Heijningen’s 2011 The Thing, then you’re not alone. Although I didn’t have an issue with the film (outside of the wretched CGI, of course), apparently a ...

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 ...

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 ...