Please finish watching The Thing and discuss how it uses multiple genres in one movie.

Please write in 10
sentences.

Genre means determining what kind of plot or content put in screenplay. It also uses to differentiate the
film and make it easy for audience to select what movie they like or they want to see. Audience are
more likely o go see the movie that’s part of a genre they are familiar with. It eases for them their
decision-making process when selecting film to watch.

Some films combine horror, mystery genres into one film. It's just like this movie The thing in 1982. It's
an American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter and written by Bill Lancaster. The
1938 John W. Campbell Jr. So using multiple genres in the movie The Thing shows the connection
between different genres. It is also used in marketing strategy to make more money, and the audience
becomes more interested in watching.

There are also called blended genre or cross genre or hybrid genre (e.g., Rom-com, Romance x Comedy,
etc.,) blende themes and elements from two or more different genres. it gives the people something
familiar to recognize but subvert their expectations by giving them something new to be excited about.