Monster movies follow a similar formula, and after the iconic movie The Thing, directed by John Carpenter, premiered in 1982, many films were inspired by the story. The film is famously a movie inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulu mythos, which isn’t uncommon within the horror genre. Starring Kurt Russell, The Thing follows a group of researchers in Antarctica who slowly turn against each other and are killed by the mysterious entity, “the Thing.” Key features of the film include the thing’s ability to imitate the physical appearance of anything it comes in contact with.
