Whispers of a sequel to John Carpenter's iconic 1982 horror film The Thing have fans of the original excited, but if a sequel is to be successful, it needs to avoid one of the most common horror movie sequel problems. The paranoia that pervades the original is what made it a horror classic in the first place, and its legacy is unmistakable in American pop culture. The massively popular online multiplayer game Among Us essentially replicates the core concept, and countless movies and television shows have borrowed elements from the movie, most notably the fear borne of distrust and paranoia.

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