Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
Forgot that Carpenter's The Thing actually IS a remake
Sorta kinda not really. Both "The Thing" films are based on the novella Who Goes There? The 1950s version of The Thing is radically simplified, since they did not have the technology to show a shape-absorbing alien at a reasonable cost. John Carpenter's film was able to stick much more closely to the original novella, and benefits from it.