Fan Recreates John Carpenter's The Thing In Grand Theft Auto V

A fan of John Carpenter’sThe Thinghas cheer the chilling revulsion classic usingGrand Theft Auto V. Despite being consider a classic by modern viewer , The Thingwas roundly rejected and bop upon release in 1982 . The movie itself was a remaking of the 1951 filmThe affair From Another World , and many regain Carpenter ’s version to be much too violent , nihilistic and megascopic . The amazing virtual effects got some kudos , but the movie itself was wide pan off ; it did n’t help that the much more upliftingE.T.came out a few weeks before it .

Thankfully , The Thingwas rediscovered on VHS and television viewings , where its compounding of slow - burning apprehensiveness , fantabulous cast and unique monster saw its report protrude to grow . The movie even spawned a prequel in 2011 ’s confusingly titledThe Thing , starring Elisabeth Mary Winstead . That moving-picture show tell the story of the destroy Norse pack from the 1982 movie , and what really take place there . Sadly , the movie lacked the tension of Carpenter ’s variation , and the CGI monsters were no friction match for the original either .

Related : The Thing Cinematographer Reveals A Long - Hidden Secret

WhileThe Thingprequel may have give way at the box - federal agency , the 1982 version is still considered a masterwork . Now a fan named David Vann ( aka gigerbrick ) has recreated the movie using the biz locomotive ofGrant Theft Auto V. He ’s used dialogue from the original theatrical trailer and remade several scenes from the picture show in the mod . Grand Theft Auto Valready had aneaster eggs nodto Carpenter ’s movie where player could feel an alien body buried in water ice , which is how this fan trailer opens .

It ’s a fun bit of workplace and does a surprisingly good job recreatingThe Thing’schilly standard pressure . The Thingactually receive a picture game continuation in 2002 , where a rescue team get in at the destroyed American summer camp to rescue subsister , and soon find themselves fighting off repulsive shapeshifting monsters . The game featured a singular trust system , where the histrion could levy other survivors and could give them items ( weapon system , health etc ) to gain trust - while also have to intrust they were n’t infected either .

The Thinggame was approximative around the edges , but it was a solid survival of the fittest revulsion experience in its day , and even feature a surprise cameo from John Carpenter himself as a doctor . WhileCarpenteris semi - retired from directing , he ’s currently composing the score for Blumhouse ’s newHalloweensequel . The motion-picture show also marks his first time back to the enfranchisement he make with the 1978 archetype . While he produce and composed medicine forHalloween II & III , he stoop out of later sequels because he felt they were just recycle the same formula .