who wrote the movie?
Bill Lancaster.
The Thing (1982 film)
The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter and written by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella "Who Goes There?", 
who was chasing the dog at the beginning of the thing A Norwegian helicopter. who are the main characters in the film? Norwegian pilot, garry, R.J. MacReady, Dr. Cooper, Blair, Clark ,Childs, and others., how was it received by contemporary critics? John Kenneth Muir called it "Carpenter's most accomplished and underrated directorial effort," and critic Matt Zoller Seitz said it "is one of the greatest and most elegantly constructed B-movies ever made". has the first critic written anything apart from reviews? Yes, he has written novels and short stories. where did the second critic start his career? UNANSWERABLE
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The Thing (1982 film) [SEP] Introduction
The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter and written by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella "Who Goes There?", it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", a parasitic extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates other organisms. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any one of them could be the Thing. The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot, R.J. MacReady, and features A.