10 Movies Teased In Other Movies YEARS Earlier

10. The Original The Thing Is Shown On TV - Halloween

No matter how many times you've seen John Carpenter's 1978 classic Halloween over the years, you might've failed to appreciate that Carpenter hid a hint at one of his future projects in plain sight.

While Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Tommy Doyle (Brian Andrews) are watching TV, for a moment we can see that they're viewing the 1951 sci-fi classic The Thing from Another World.

Though Carpenter followed up Halloween by directing The Fog and then Escape from New York, four years after Halloween's release he finally got around to helming his masterful remake of The Thing from Another World, simply entitled The Thing.

Carpenter wasn't merely hedging his bets by including this Easter egg, though: The Thing had been in development throughout the 1970s, and Carpenter was originally approached to direct in 1976, though was passed over due to his lack of experience.

Carpenter clearly didn't take the rejection lying down, though, nodding to his desire to remake The Thing in Halloween regardless, and following Halloween's phenomenal box office success, he became attached to make the movie when he was ready. A happy outcome for everyone, then.