In the 1982 film The Thing, which horror franchise director also directed the movie?

John Carpenter directed the 1982 film The Thing, a key entry in the broader Thing horror franchise.

The film is based on the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. It follows researchers at an Antarctic station after they encounter an extraterrestrial organism capable of imitating other living beings. The resulting uncertainty makes trust within the isolated group nearly impossible.

Kurt Russell played helicopter pilot R. J. MacReady, the character who becomes the group’s principal defender. Rob Bottin created the film’s practical creature effects, which remain among its most celebrated technical achievements. Ennio Morricone composed the score.

The 1982 film was released after Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby’s 1951 movie The Thing from Another World. Carpenter’s film is more directly connected to Campbell’s novella and is often described as a remake or new adaptation rather than a conventional sequel. A prequel, also titled The Thing, was released in 2011.