The Thing John Carpenter. In high school he then went on to read the original short story written by John W. The Thing is a highly dangerous alien with the ability to assimilate any form of organic life.
His run from the mid-70s to the early 90s is nearly flawless and capable of going toe-to-toe with any directors filmography. The ever-darkening worldview of John Carpenter is clearly visible through the narrative and the open-ended movies always leave you in a state where the only possible resolution you can figure is a negative one. Since that time both fans and critics have come to consider it one of the best horror movies of all time.
The story would later be adapted into John Carpenters iconic movie The Thing following an earlier film adaptation in 1951.
Carpenters object of fidelity is the 1938 story that the Hawks movie was loosely based on Who Goes There by John W. The published novella was actually an abridged version of Campbells. In a way the Apocalypse trilogy is also connected by the similar setting seen in each film kind of like Roman Polanskis apartment. The Thing is a parasitic shapeshifting and a unknown alien appearing in John Carpenters version of The Thing.