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Consider a range of critical accounts of the film. These should include both contemporary and reflectionist accounts amongst others
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James Kidman Q 3. Choose one horror film by one of the directors on the module and research its production context, distribution, exhibition and reception. In your answer you should also consider a range of critical accounts of the film. These should include both contemporary and reflectionist accounts amongst others. The origins of the film begin back in 1938 with the novella "Who Goes There?", written by John W. Campbell Jr. writing under the Pseudonym Don A. Stuart.1 "Who Goes There?" tell the story of a group of scientists at a desolate Antarctic outpost who discover and unwisely thaw a malevolent, crash landed alien that can imitate any life form. The Thing From Another World (Christian Nyby, 1951), was the first film to adapted from the novella and would be one of John Carpenters favourite films2 and its producer Howard Hawks one of Carpenter's main influences.3 The original story, Who Goes There...
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