Carpenter's "The Thing" still makes it as the best splattery horrorflick ever... I think you know what I mean when I say Head With Spiderlegs. Etc, etc... But then what happened to him? Has anyone ever fallen so far, so fast, from grace as John Carpenter, ladies-n-gentlemen? "Assault On Precinct 13"; "Halloween"; "The Fog"; "The Thing"... all top-notch scary flicks, and then what? "They Live?" JC, if you're reading this - whatever medication you used to be on, but stopped taking - start taking it again. Or vice versa... just please, no more bow-wows.