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The Apocalypse Trilogy consists of 3 Carpenter films: The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness, and Prince of Darkness. The three are connected by theme, not story. I've seen The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness, but I've yet to watch Prince of Darkness (I've heard it's the weakest of the three films). I thought The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness were excellent. I'm always in search of good lovecraftian horror movies. Lovecraftian horror is such a hard thing to bring to life in film, but when it's done right, it's awesome. If you guys have any good examples of lovecraftian horror in film, let me know.

The Apocalypse Trilogy consists of 3 Carpenter films: The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness, and Prince of Darkness. The three are connected by theme, not story. I've seen The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness, but I've yet to watch Prince of Darkness (I've heard it's the weakest of the three films). I thought The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness were excellent. I'm always in search of good lovecraftian horror movies. Lovecraftian horror is such a hard thing to bring to life in film, but when it's done right, it's awesome. If you guys have any good examples of lovecraftian horror in film, let me know.

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I didn’t know The Thing was part of a series. I might have to check it out.

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It's really not (unless you count the subpar prequel). These three movies have just been dubbed the Apocolypse Trilogy because they all kind of deal with similar things.

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Don't forget the cheap remake!

They couldn't get it funded so they spent the last of their budget developing a time machine and successfully convinced some studio execs in the 50s to give it a shot. They renamed it "The thing from another world" to avoid being sued, but their special effects budget was nowhere near the original so they shot it as a psychological thriller instead.

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Oh. Well fuck it then.

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Well, I can't speak for prince of darkness, but the other two are awesome, if you like john carpenter.