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When John Carpenter's The Thing was released in 1982, it was received extremely negatively and even named the most-hated film of all time by some. Today, it's considered one of the greatest horror films of all time. What was the reason for the initial response and why did it change?

by /u/LorenzoApophis in /r/AskHistorians

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