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 ...

Whether it's that pack of ground beef you just took out of the ice box or a ruthless extra-terrestrial organism lying dormant under the glacial fields of Antarctica, things rarely stay frozen for very ...

When John Carpenter’s “The Thing” was released in 1982, it bombed. Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.,” by contrast soared, becoming a national phenomenon. Still, the two share a bond in Chris Nashawaty’s new ...

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 ...

It must have been a kick to be a science fiction fan in the summer of 1982 when Hollywood released six prominent sci-fi flicks within a few months of each other. The Road Warrior, Star Trek II: The ...

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 ...