The Greatest Scenes of All Time on Instagram: "The Thing (1982) is John Carpenter at his absolute peak of tension and paranoia. It tells the story of a research team in Antarctica being hunted by a shape‑shifting alien that can imitate anyone, and the movie wrings every ounce of suspense, dread, and isolation out of that frozen setting. When it came out, audiences and critics were mixed. People weren’t ready for the gruesome, grotesque creature effects, and it got some harsh reviews for being to