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American filmmaker, composer and actor (born 1948)

Also known as: John Chance, John Howard Carpenter, John T. Chance, Martin Quatermass, Джон Карпентер, جون كاربنتر

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Paranoid Antarctic shapeshifter novella Who Goes There?, the basis for The Thing. (AI reason)
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Richard Matheson1926–2013
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Tense, lean horror and sci-fi about ordinary people besieged by monstrous threats. (AI reason)
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Ray Nelson1931–2022
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Satirical paranoid sci-fi short story about hidden alien control, the source of They Live. (AI reason)
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Dean Koontz1945–
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Jack Finney1911–1995
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Body-snatcher paranoia in a small town where neighbors are replaced by aliens. (AI reason)
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William Gibson1948–
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