John Carpenter’s The Thing Has Been Added to the National Film Registry

I have written and spoken about this watershed film many times.

I have written and spoken about this watershed film many times.

This is a yearly tradition here at Life After Gateway — to highlight the movies that turn forty years old, and also those that turn fifty.

This trailer is creepy enough to warrant a spot here at Life After Gateway today.

I wanted to highlight our collective old age today here at Life After Gateway.

Lee Cronin previously directed Evil Dead Rise (2023). His new movie, The Mummy (not connected to the Brendan Fraser property) is coming 17 April 2026.
Featured today at Life After Gateway:

I love films. I think that’s clear here at Life After Gateway.

The first movie was one of the biggest surprises the year it came out. It was brilliantly directed, action-packed, fun, suspenseful, and very dark. I laughed a lot during it and have now seen it multiple times.

This story spoke to me when I first saw it. The reason?

Interesting news this week over at Dark Horizons and Deadline: