I recall Roger Ebert calling this movie “the barf bag movie of the summer.” I saw it at a drive-in, and it did kinda put me off my buttered popcorn. Some years later, I found a hardback book in a used book store titled “It Came from Hollywood,” which contains the original stores on which many Hollywood sci-fi classics were based, including “Who Goes There,” the basis of “The Thing.” The original story is extremely well-written and descriptive, and Carpenter’s movie follows the story very closely. I’ve read it several times, as recently as a month ago, and always find it a gripping tale. The movie’s ending is a bit more downbeat, though.