Great Link:
http://spectrumculture.com/2012/10/re-makere-model-rio-bravo-1959-vs-assault-on-precinct-13-1976.html/
I'm sharing this link above for a great site and article comparing Howard Hawks and John Carpenter. Carpenter is an admitted fan of Hawks. The Thing is a remake of Hawk's The Thing From Another World. However, it's Rio Bravo that seems to have most influence over Carpenter's films.
Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13, a cult-classic now, was pretty much a re-telling of Bravo. It changed the Wild West setting, switching it to LA of 1976, a form of a wild west all it's own. The story finds a group of people bunkered down in an abandoned police station, surrounded by a gang of maniacs who've already killed a little girl in a shocking opening scene. The group must work together to survive.
It's a simple story and provides a structure that Carpenter would recycle many times, in different variations. Anyway, check it out...great article.
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