ACTRESS REACTS to THE THING (1982) *MOST DISGUSTING THING I'VE SEEN* first time watching

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In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot (Kurt Russell) and the camp doctor (Richard Dysart) lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.
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[@user-sy5vv4ze3h]

Yes, you missed a lot. For some reason almost all reactors miss these things: (1) After infecting more than one dog, one Thing escaped through the roof of the dog lockup. This is the one on the loose who deposited some dirty drawers in the kitchen garbage can, which Nauls complains about. (2) Blair was not a Thing when he was on his rampage; his behavior alone should make that obvious. Blair saw the infection statistics and decided he would isolate the Thing at the station, because he could not trust any of the others, so he focused on destroying the means of escape. Also, Blair told Mac to watch Clark (the dog handler) because Clark had been in close lone contact with the new dog for a long time). Blair became infected after he was isolated in the shack. The Thing on the outside got to him then. This is proven because when they go back to him the second time, they discover that the lock on the OUTSIDE of the door was broken. (3) You missed when MacReady tested himself. He even said something like “Now I’ll show you what I already know.”

[@leperwolf7287]

Never without fail in any reaction: "Don't hurt the doggy" and awhile later "KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!"

[@lukekelly5075]

It's seriously my favorite part of every reaction to the thing I've ever seen 🤣 They're so quick to get attached to it. It's so fucked up but John Carpenter knew how to sew paranoia into people.

[@johnfredericks4376]

@@lukekelly5075 thought it was just me ☺️

[@ransselthkaen]

That's what the Swedish guy was saying on repeat, "It's not a dog!"

[@takeoutartist]

@@ransselthkaen They’re not Swedish. They’re Norwegian, Mac

[@takeoutartist]

Yeah, it’s always an initial female reaction. You think you would’ve figured that out after the opening title & then the attempted shooting of the husky.

[@manleychenoweth8144]

When you said "I can't with the spidery thing" I thought "heads up", then realized my subconscious is funnier than I am😂

[@wackyvorlon]

One thing that amazes is that when this movie came out critics savaged it. They were incredibly brutal. It wasn’t until it came out on home video that people started to appreciate it. Today it’s regarded as a masterpiece of horror. Sometimes you think something was a total failure, when in reality it was a success. Also, the soundtrack was done by Ennio Morricone. He’s the same guy who did the score to The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.

[@hussmoosbally8929]

What does that tell you about "film critics"?

[@wackyvorlon]

@@hussmoosbally8929 I’ve long felt that sometimes movie critics watch too many movies. I think it inevitably distorts your perspective.

[@batbrick3949]

He reused basically the same music for The Hateful Eight, and it won an Oscar.

[@hussmoosbally8929]

@@wackyvorlon Definitely. It's a pity really as back then - I saw this movie at the cinema after sneaking in to the theatre - critcs had less of an agenda to push than certain areas of current genres, so were free to reward creativity with positive reviews, but chose not to in this case as it fit into the "horror film, with plenty of gore" niche slot, so were already predisposed to a negative slant.

[@jd190d]

They were just as brutal to "Big Trouble in Little China", "Blade Runner" and many movies that are classics. Then look at a lot of the movies they liked that no one remembers now.

[@dagiel9061]

The whole reason the movie ended the way it did. Was to create paranoia in you, the viewer. That was John Carpenter's whole point.

[@joskokrstulovic1258]

That's true for paranoia,but also for posible sequals .

[@marcusblackwell2372]

​@@joskokrstulovic1258Which would come as a videogame, in which we see its new host

[@Holy_Wraith]

The end credits you'll see a Thing dog running from the burning camp. The video game is canon and sequel to the movie since John Carpenter wrote it and said it himself it is a sequel.

[@DerMoerpler]

@@joskokrstulovic1258 Not back then. Sequels were far less common, and Carpenter wasn't a fan of them - just look at his thoughts on Halloween 2 a year earlier.

[@vladyvhv9579]

Original ending had Mac and Childs rescued via helicopter from McMurdo and tested, and both being human. It was felt that that ending was too upbeat, so the axed it, in favor of the more ambiguous ending. So, it was intended that both are human.

[@levsco_]

It's not subtitled for obvious reasons, but at the beginning of the movie when the Norwegians are shooting at the dog, one of them is yelling "Get the hell outta there. That's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real!"

[@jd190d]

I was watching a reactor who spoke Norwegian and she picked it up at the beginning.

[@SeanTube2099]

@@jd190dyeah I saw that same reactor. I was bummed it spoilt that beginning bit of the film.

[@mikemuir0178]

Macready was the second one tested. Also, Blair was human until he got locked away. Truthfully, he knew what needed to be done before all the others. Everything had to be destroyed.

[@chrisleebowers]

"I'm OK now, I want to come back inside!" No, when you were OK, you were *flipping TF out,* and *with good reason.* Calm, nice Blair is the f*cking monster!!!

[@noahmoran7605]

@@chrisleebowers There’s also a noose hanging in the background of that scene, strongly implying Blair was planning to take himself out before the Thing got to him

[@CoffeeConnected]

@@noahmoran7605 That's true. The Thing wouldn't have done that unless it was intelligent enough to know that's a human thing to do and was trying to trick whoever saw the noose. But I think you're right in deducing that Blair was still human at that point.

[@megabsupreme]

Not to mention the fact that the others had to bring Blair his food. If the Thing brought his food and put a bit of itself in there, voila...instant assimilation. Another theory is that Blair infected himself when he put his pencil on the alien he autopsied then put it on his lips. But I think that was just Wilford Brimley trying to be dramatic and they left it in the movie. He would have converted way sooner if he was infected so early. I agree with the commenters above.

[@wolfsbainefreek666]

Blair may have changed in the shed but he was infected long before then. He touched the first corpse with his pen then put the pen in his mouth. His transformation started then but fully turned while in the tool shed.

[@VernulaUtUmbra]

Here's a fun fact: The Norwegian base that they explore early in the film that's completely ruined? It was actually the same set. They filmed that scene after they blew it up for the finale and then just used the wreckage for the "new" base.

[@lukekelly5075]

Always love this movie. I've noticed that a lot of reactionist immediately get attached to the husky. It's a perfect way to teach your audience paranoia.

[@richardrobbins387]

Yes! Then you see the other huskies reacting to it. He was acting sketchy pretty much the whole time once he gained access to the compound.

[@LordVolkov]

When one person is trying to hurt an animal, I want to stop them. When multiple people want to hurt an animal, I want to know why.

[@wackyvorlon]

@@richardrobbins387 also that husky was a fantastic actor. Just phenomenal.

[@lukekelly5075]

@@LordVolkov and when that husky mutates into a horrible blob of mutant flesh and eat the guy next to you... You'll probably be a little jumpy around the next husky you see. I just love that in a movie about paranoia John Carpenter knows how to make the audience immediately come to distrust. 👏👏👏

[@megabsupreme]

@@richardrobbins387 He was sketchy even before that. When he ran up to Clark while the Norwegian was shooting at the dog, he tried to lick Clark in the mouth.

[@lukekelly5075]

Also around 3:40 you asked him to explain and he actually did. Apparently if you speak Norwegian he actually is shouting: "get away from that thing it is not a dog it is some kind of thing!!"

[@user-rn5yx6hp7n]

THANK YOU, I ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HE WAS SAYING!

[@disturbed1013]

"GET AWAY, IDIOTS!"

[@marcusosuna687]

It's not the Thing that makes people hysterical. It's the paranoia.

[@michaelvaughn8864]

It's also the distrust the science team members exhibit toward one another as the movie progresses, Mr. Osuna

[@danieldickson8591]

@@michaelvaughn8864 Which is subsumed in "paranoia."

[@michaelvaughn8864]

@@danieldickson8591 That's 1 way of looking at it, I suppose, Mr. Dickson

[@melvincuaresma-SW]

What I like about this movie is how all the characters are smart

[@alanh.7668]

True, no real idiots that did something to get themselves killed, relatable [people for once!

[@wackyvorlon]

Though I was a little annoyed that the doctor didn’t think of cross-checking. You don’t necessarily need a known-human blood sample. You take a sample at random to compare to the others. If there’s a reaction then you know that at least one of them is an alien. No reaction, and they’re either both human or both alien. It’s not as good as having a known good sample to work with, but it’s better than nothing. I think that part specifically is handled better in the book.

[@daveb947]

Blair is also assimilated after he's locked in the storage shed. That's why the door is opened despite the tunnel at the end.

[@brianwalley2131]

very few people ever mention the noose that Blair made but never used

[@derekdecker555]

So few people give credit to the real hero of this movie: Blair. Blair saved the entire world by destroying the chopper and radio, effectively ensuring the thing remained isolated, even though he pretty obviously knew what was gonna go down. Also Clariss ya gotta now watch John Carpanter’s “They Live!” More young Keith David and an iconic performance from “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. The first horror/comedy I ever saw and also contains, in my opinion, the greatest fist fight in the history of film.

[@ajalvarez3111]

Piper was great. Surprised he didn’t get more roles. Have to agree about the fistfight. Overall, though, I thought that movie was ok. The Thing is his best with Halloween trailing by a razor thin margin (IMHO).

[@brandontrammel4581]

Facts

[@PerspectiveEnd]

Blair was the first thing. No really. Palmer Shared a Joint with Childs after the infection so he can't have been the first infection, and Norris was left in charge of Guarding Clark, Gary, and Copper, while completely alone, plus he was the guy who shot them up with Morphine, giving him ample opportunity to infect them. Which none of them were. So the only person who could have been infected first was Blair. He wasn't saving the outside world, he was manufacturing a pretext for stealing the parts for his ship, and getting him self isolated so he could work in peace without anyone noticing.

[@derekdecker555]

@@PerspectiveEnd an interesting thought, but the flaw in it is this: the thing would’ve had access to the chopper if it was Blair. It could’ve just flown off into a completely unsuspecting world. Surely that would’ve been easier than building a ship. Or, it could’ve sent out a SOS and called more people and more potential methods of escape to the outpost. But instead, Blair destroys the chopper and the radio, ensuring no one gets out and nobody new comes to investigate.

[@PerspectiveEnd]

@@derekdecker555 Well Blair didn't know how to fly a Chopper. The Thing knew how to fly a space ship. Also those choppers can't get off the continent. They have a very limited range. So at best he could have made it to another outpost. Pluss he doesn't have knowlege of the local geography, so he'd get lost. Best to have a ship that can go, higher, further, and faster. What do you mean no one is going to come investigate? Of course someone is going to come investigate. We know where all our bases are, and if no one responds to hails for a whole season when they can contact other arctic outposts, people will come. The simple fact of the matter is that it by PURE requirement can not be Norris or Plamer because they would have infected people we know aren't. Besides the first thing Blair does is get COVERED in blood from the Autopsy of Split face, and if he weren't already infected would have become so there.

[@rvictor6710]

The part at 17:17 where it roared. A fact i read somewhere: The sound of the roar is actually the screams of all the alien species the "Thing" has consumed, so it must have been traveling to other galaxies and planets, feeding and imitating them... pretty scary to think about... And that whole scene creeps me out - with the whole eyes and mouth wide open and just expressionless and ofc the sound of the roar/scream is so demonic/otherworldly

[@nathanmills5311]

They checked McCready's blood when they were checking the petri dishes. That's how we knew it wasn't him

[@matthewtimmerman3643]

This was actually a remake. The original "The Thing from Another World" was directed by Howard Hawks. The opening title from that version is seen in Carpenter's "Halloween" when the kids are watching TV.

[@reesebn38]

This was filmed in Northern BC Canada. The dog in the movie his name is JED. He was a wolf half, half husky. Jed is was amazing animal actor. To anyone please watch Jed in "The Journey of Natty Gann"(1985). A beautiful film about a young girl crossing the country with her wolf protector in the 1930s. Another great Jed movie is "White Fang"(1991) from the famous book starring Ethan Hawke and Jed.

[@MojiBeau]

Greatest animal performance of all time

[@LordVolkov]

I didn't know it was the same dog from White Fang! Nice! What a good boy.

[@noahmoran7605]

That dog is such an incredible actor tbh, it fully acts like a creature that isn’t a dog pretending to be a dog, it’s awesome

[@reesebn38]

@@LordVolkov Watch him in The Journey of Natty Gann.

[@reesebn38]

@@noahmoran7605 Watch him in The Journey of Natty Gann & White Fang.

[@davidhasselblad2898]

Blair was alright. At first. But when they locked him away the thing got to him. If you noticed while he was yelling in his freak out he was yelling "nobody knows what's going on around here, none of you." Right after getting projections that if the thing got to the main land in about three months it would infect 75 percent of the world. So Blair destroyed the chopper so they couldn't spread it across other outposts, and data and communications so they couldn't get out. The thing doesn't use weapons. It is a weapons. So when Windows glasses boi went for the shotgun he wanted to protect himself because he couldn't trust anyone. He was in panic mode. As soon as Blair stopped trying to be helped on trying to identify it and became more non chalant. I'm pretty sure that's when he was infected. It might have been in the opened contained he was drinking out of. This movie becomes a mystery movie of after your first time trying to pinpoint exactly when and where people got infected. Also, one thing I noticed the alien usually is the calmer non helpful one because it tries to hide among them. To be as inconspicuous as possible. Also Macready tested himself, that was his line of, "now I'll confirm what we already know" that was his blood. Childes didn't trust Macready, so he said directly after no reaction "it's a crock of sht" I believe directly after. Yeah so he tested himself already. Great reaction it's always great to see an original thing reaction.

[@vladyvhv9579]

Not to say that the Things don't use weapons. Rather, that using weapons and killing is actually counter to their best interests. We of little use to them dead. They need our biomass alive to assimilate. That's why Doc wasn't infected. The Things had likely learned early on when dealing with some other intelligent life who knows how many millions of years ago that "dead entity walking around = instantly outed/attacked". Possibly, Norris-Thing was planning on "playing possum" so it could be left alone to go sneak out and help Blair-Thing. But, it didn't count of the defib.

[@disturbed1013]

Correction: it was 75% chance that one or more of the crew were infected. If it gets out into the world, it will take 27,000 hours (3 years) until the whole world will be infected.

[@warren286]

This is by far one of my favorite horror thrillers. It is so well written and well acted. No other horror has come close.

[@Meganstoy]

The Exorcist ?

[@Holy_Wraith]

It you're a gamer, you'll love the Thing video game, John Carpenter himself said it's a canon sequel and you find out who lives at the end of the Thing. Reason for the sequel is because during the credits you see a dog Thing running from the burnt camp.

[@tofersiefken]

My all-time favorite practical SFX shot ever is when the severed head sprouts legs and antenna eyes and scuttles away like a crab. That whole sequence was epic, but the crab-head was masterful.

[@Bar-Lord]

The ambiguous ending is something I feel stories today have forgotten about. Part of what’s kept this film alive for me, certainly not the only thing, is the question of how it went down after the credits rolled. The answer is likely not nearly as satisfying as the many theories many have come up with over the decades.

[@julesking1303]

The original cut of Paranormal Activity had a really interesting ambiguous ending but they had to change it for the theatrical release of the film. The original ending would’ve had both main characters dead, so there wouldn’t really be a way to make a sequel with them. But in the original cut it kinda leaves things more up to the imagination as to what actually caused it. I think it’s sad that they had to change the ending for sequel bait, but I can’t argue that it was a bad idea, because those movies made SO MUCH money.

[@Bar-Lord]

@@julesking1303 That’s a good point, and it speaks to another unfortunate thing that’s become more of a focus over the past 15-20 years: IP. These days if it’s not established IP, it’s a lot less likely to get made. Very understandable when you look at the business side of things, but still unfortunate. The 80s was a unique time of new material and risk taking. But as Bob Sugar said: it ain’t show friends, it’s show business.

[@Holy_Wraith]

The end credits you see a dog Thing running from the burnt camp, which is reason for The Thing video game, John Carpenter said it himself that the Thing video game is the sequel and canon, you'll see who lives at the end of the Thing.

[@vladyvhv9579]

@@Holy_Wraith You're the only person I've heard say this in my 30+ years of talking with people about this movie. None of us have seen a dog running from camp in this movie. It's never been mentioned by anyone who worked on the movie. It's never been mentioned anywhere by fans. Are you sure you aren't confused with the 2011 prequel? Or maybe you've got some pareidolia going on? Or maybe you hit your head or something?

[@Holy_Wraith]

@@vladyvhv9579 Hi, back in the day when Showtime and HBO were big hit we saw a wolf dog running from the camp during the credits. The VHS and a couple unedited DVDs has the dog running away in plain daylight during the same credits.

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

One of the few movies that actually does its job and disgusts me. I think the other was the Evil Dead. I can't stand how dull horror movies are. This is why horror movies today usually aren't as scary. Too dependent on CGI for terrifying stuff. Practical effects will always be more terrifying.

[@robertarodecker2558]

Effects don't make the film Scarry or great. CGI or practical

[@warren286]

One thing people overlook is the fact that they had trouble getting hold of anyone for weeks... could it be that some of the thing already got out and infected the world? And they were merely survivors who ran into the remnants of the thing?

[@shainewhite2781]

My #1 favorite John Carpenter movie! The film received mixed reviews by Critics who called it, "Boring Dull and a wretched excess." Film critic Roger Ebert called it "a great barf bag movie." However it's gained a cult following overtime and has been regarded as one of John Carpenter's best movies. It bombed at the box office,making $19 million dollars against a $15 million dollar budget. The Dog Kennel Sequence was done by Stan Winston Studios, while parts of the alien transformation sequences were done by Rob Bottin.

[@jeffthompson9622]

I was favorably impressed on first seeing it in the theater.

[@DrissZyani-bu5mo]

It is why not read or listen the clown critics !

[@JJKillerElite]

People like to say Childs was the thing at the end, because of the breath but clearly when they chase The thing imitating Bennings it screams and you can see it's breath. Plus Child's has a flame thrower if he was the thing he could just burn Macready. It is ofc up to the individual which makes the movie that much better. Great reaction to an iconic movie!

[@livingbeing1113]

Yes, the breath or gasoline/molotov bottle theories are easy to debunk, just like the light in the eyes one. But a Childs-Thing wouldn't necessarily burn MacReady, why would it if it can assimilate him later? The Thing isn't just a killing machine, it's cunning, extremely intelligent and advanced, and wants to assimilate other lifeforms, not just kill them. Norris-Thing was alone with Mac when they checked the spaceship, could've attacked him but it didn't. Or maybe it did and Mac himself is an imitation. We'll never know, masterpiece.

[@JJKillerElite]

@@livingbeing1113 Lol true, and all good points, some also say the fact Childs is still wearing an earring proves hes human, but ofc the counter is that The Thing learned from the Norwegian camp. So many people hated the 2011 prequel, but tbh I welcomed a deeper dive into this horrific universe

[@meeshaka6016]

I always suspected childs was the the thing because he wasn't worried about mac's saliva on the bottle

[@reesebn38]

You did miss something, Mac took the test first. I like the ending you make up your own ending. This was first published in 1938 as a short story called "Who Goes There" by John W Campbell. It was first made into a movie in 1951 called "The Thing From Another World". Which is considered a great film too and worth watching. That movie only kept 2 things from the original story, an Alien & it takes place in the cold. When Carpenter went to make his version he took right from the original story.

[@msfeistybabe]

Not enough people who see it and want to know more bother to go read the story... and they should!! It's amazing!!

[@gmchris3752]

Carpenter's film also drew from Lovecraft's story "At the Mountains of Madness."

[@reesebn38]

@@gmchris3752 Love me some Lovecraft!

[@megabsupreme]

The 1951 movie had one of the greatest fire stunts ever committed to film. You can definitely see where Carpenter paid homage to the earlier film with the title sequence and the fire stunt.

[@reesebn38]

@@megabsupreme Too funny I just rewatched the 1951 version 2 nights ago. As I watched I thought that is one impressive fire stunt for 1951.

[@michaelwardle7633]

They created the opening title card by setting alight a black plastic sheet that was in between a spotlight and a stencil.

[@andrewrowland3546]

The ending is kept purposely vague. Did they kill it? Are Child's or Mac infected? Do they flame thrower each other before they succumb to hypothermia? The paranoia continues past the end scene and I find the ambiguity awesome. It should be noted this movie bombed at the box office and wasn't appreciated until years later, but my friends and I saw it multiple times at the theater. It's nice to see it so popular as a cult classic.

[@daveb947]

I think it came out around the same time as E.T as well and that hurt it.

[@vladyvhv9579]

@@daveb947 It did come out a couple of weeks after ET. Which really did hurt its box office. People had warmed up to the sweet, lovable alien, and didn't know that they really wanted the awesome hyper-evolved slime mold alien until it hit VHS release.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

The blood test; McCready tests Windows first, gives him the flamethrower, then tests himself second. The petri dish is well labeled onscreen.

[@Vulcanerd]

New, all-time record for "Oh my god!" in a single film for Clariss? I'm thinking yes. 😂

[@thedukeofnuts]

The breakdown of the "Oh my god/gosh" is as follows: "Oh my..." = 3 "Oh my g" = 1 "Oh [my] god!" = 60 "Oh [my] gosh!" = 8

[@SuperTigger1999]

absolutely love the effects in this and really inspires me to do more drawings and stuff especially since Rob Bottin was only 22 when he started working on this movie and one of my favs glad you enjoyed it fam

[@MrTech226]

Rob 1st worked with iconic special makeup artist, Rick Baker. Rob submitted illustrations to Rick at the age of 14. Rick hired Rob.

[@MrTech226]

Rob nearly worked himself to death. Besides exhaustion, Rob suffered double pneumonia during filming.

[@SuperTigger1999]

@@MrTech226 holy shit didnt know that stuff l love it ty ty

[@eddhardy1054]

20:50...I think you've missed a few pointers mate. Why think Blair's infected when he's the one who ran the computer simulations to see whether anyone might be infected? Also he was the one who proactively tried to isolate the camp by destroying the chopper and tractor and any useful tech that the Thing could use to aid it's escape.

[@theshakyproject2971]

Literally, my favorite Horror movie. The atmosphere, the tension, the isolation, the FX. It's all so damn good.

[@sca88]

McCready checked his own blood when he said 'Now I'll show you what I already know', and his blood past the test. Blair was still human until near the end.

[@PatrickBoyda]

This, the Predator series and the first Terminator movie are sort of the "Hollywood's Weird Uncles" era. Like, Spielberg and Lucas are Hollywood's classic dads who tell good stories that make you feel warm and fuzzy, but John Carpenter, John McTiernan and early James Cameron are your uncles who sneak you beers.

[@alanh.7668]

Clariss, have you seen "An American Werewolf In London"? Another amazing movie with a killer transformation using practical effects!👻👍

[@MrTech226]

Rob Bottin's mentor, Rick Baker's masterpiece practical special effects.

[@busfare5660]

That moment when most of the shots where you saw the whole ship was a matte painting

[@dagiel9061]

The practical effects were grotesque. But it kind of reminds me of HR Geiger's artwork, which I would call beautifully grotesque.

[@TalesFromTheUndersidecom]

What’s great about the ending is that it makes the movie so rewatchable. You can see it ending with both of them human, Childs as the thing, Macready, or even both if you want to assume that a person as the thing mimmicks them so well it doesn’t even know it’s the thing until it instinctively reacts to danger.

[@theshakyproject2971]

"I love these shots" Dean Cundey, who worked a lot with John Carpenter (Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, etc.) also shot Jurassic Park and Back to the Future. The man can do firelight like nobody else!

[@calanor4130]

Got to love the obligatory omniscient computer! 😄 Thanks for reacting to this classic!

[@dondee5439]

It is much better for the video when the movie is in the big picture and the reactor is in the small picture. Always really fun to see newbies watch this film for the first time.

[@stephenniehaus8635]

One thing I find very interesting in the end, when Childs and Mac are talking, Mac is breathing a lot of smoke because he's freezing but Childs isn't at all. Also, it's stated that when you become the thing, you rip out of your clothes. Childs emerges in the end in different clothes. As for Mac, he took the test

[@undertow5164]

On the commentary track with Carpenter and Russell, they state both men were human at the end.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

@@undertow5164 yeah I'm convinced they're both human. Besides the jacket change...nothing else points to Childs OR MacReady being a Thing. Also Childs breath can be seen...he's just back-lit and the Bennings imitation had very visible breath.

[@undertow5164]

@@lucianaromulus1408 Carpenter obviously deliberately leaves it open ended, which I loved. Recently re-watched The Birds. Also no real resolution but I love it.

[@oxhine]

Hey, Clariss! This John Carpenter classic is a masterful exercise in paranoia and practical effects! I discovered "The Thing" during my junior high school years on VHS when going through a Carpenter phase. Originally a 1938 pulp novella written by John W. Campbell called "Who Goes There?", the story was first adapted to film as a 1951 Howard Hawks production called "The Thing From Another World". A '50's-era sci-fi classic in its own right, the original was taken to a whole new level by John Carpenter abetted by the incredible practical effects wizardry of Rob Bottin. A prequel was made in 2011 chronicling what happened at the Norwegian base but wasn't nearly as good. Led by a world-weary Kurt Russell, Carpenter assembled a cast of terrific veteran character actors including Keith David, Richard Dysart, Wilford Brimley, David Clennon, Charles Hallahan, Donald Moffat and Richard Masur who believably inhabit their roles and ratchet up the tension by degrees. Carpenter would direct Russell in five films including "Elvis", "The Thing", "Big Trouble in Little China", "Escape From New York" and "Escape From LA". He would direct Keith David again in "They Live!" John Carpenter is a one-man band who writes, directs, edits and scores all his films. In a rare exception, the score for "The Thing" was provided by composing great Ennio Morricone. Carpenter's body of work includes a number of pulpy classics and B-movie greats like "Assault on Precinct 13", "Halloween", "Someone's Watching Me!", "The Fog", "Escape From New York", "The Thing", "Christine", "Starman", "Big Trouble in Little China", "Prince of Darkness", "They Live!", "Memoirs of an Invisible Man", "In the Mouth of Madness", "Vampires" and "The Ward". His first film, "Dark Star", was a sci-fi horror-comedy that partially inspired "Alien"! He also wrote the screenplays for "The Eyes of Laura Mars", an American giallo, and "Black Moon Rising", a techno-thriller. His scores are instantly recognizable with their throbbing notes and he expertly uses silence and stillness to generate unbearable tension. INTERESTING OBSERVATION: After double-digit viewings of reactions to this film, only ONE FEMALE REACTOR suspected the dog. All other female reactors assumed the worst of the pursuers without considering the title of the movie. However, I've yet to see a MALE REACTOR not assume something was wrong with the dog for the men to be pursuing it so desperately. An unscientific gender comparison but an interesting one. Assuming the dog is a threat is the only logical conclusion to my mind because why would the two men expend so much energy and fuel to destroy an asset in a place where resources are finite unless they were insane. CLARK was the dog handler. Blair suspected him first because he spent the most time with the Huskie. NORRIS had a heart attack as a Thing. It copied his atherosclerosis. MACREADY was not the Thing. His blood sample reaction proves that. After the final explosion, there is doubt. Wilford Brimley's BLAIR sabotaged the vehicles after making the discovery that there was a high probability of someone being infected and seeing the grim projection that three years would be all it would take for the Thing to spread over the Earth! He was determined to trap them there which is the same realization Macready comes to at the end. He's taken to the shack a human but, the second time they check on him, he's probably a Thing because his demeanor is so calm. The funny noises he says he was hearing must've gotten to him before he could avail himself of the noose he fashioned as an escape from its clutches! As a Thing, he was building a craft under the shed to travel to the mainland. The Thing has absorbed countless beings including space-faring species. The knowledge to construct a craft that can take him to the mainland was absorbed from a host so it's not far-fetched that he can do this with so much metal and electronic equipment around. He also probably dug out the cavern in a non-human form. Additionally, alien engineering and propulsion principles could function in a vastly simpler way than what 20th-century humans are aware of. My favorite non-horror moment in "The Thing" is Donald Moffat's slow-burning explosive outburst while tied to the sofa. "I know you gentlemen have been through a lot but, when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS F**KING COUCH!" It gets me every time. The ambiguous ending leaves you with four possible outcomes and they're all bleak. Lol. The best case scenario is that both Childs and Mac are human, the Thing was destroyed and the survivors DIE of hypothermia. The other three options are that one or the other or both survivors are Things who will copy the remaining human and the rescue party as well eventually dominating the Earth. There is a popular fan theory that Things lack eye gleam and Childs doesn't have it in that last scene. It could also be a trick of light. There is another popular fan theory that claims Mac tests Childs by giving him a flask of kerosene instead of liquor which Childs consumes! Mac chuckles with fatalistic resignation realizing he has failed and humanity is doomed. That is, unless, he has a spare stick of dynamite he can use to blow himself up along with a now very flammable Childs! Lol. The only sequels exist as a series of Dark Horse comics and a video game featuring John Carpenter himself as a Dr. Faraday!

[@Holy_Wraith]

If you watched the end of the credits, you'll see a Thing dog running away. That was reason for the canon sequel game The Thing. You'll see who died at the end yet both were still human. John Carpenter wrote the game story and said it's canon to the movie.

[@alanh.7668]

Props from this movie are probably rare as this wasn't a big hit in theaters, it gained it's status through word of mouth🙂

[@cmlemmus494]

Oddly enough, in 2003 a couple of fans went to Stewart, BC (the 500-person town nearest the glacier used for filming) and found the remains of Outpost #31 including the Norwegian helicopter. The rotor blade was recovered and taken home by one of them. Current status of the site is unknown.

[@ibnteos]

Check out the 1951 version "The Thing from another world" :) Another film to check is "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978) :D

[@marclevesque3147]

Love your reactions Clariss! Your comments and insights relating to technical aspects are so appreciated, it's nice to observe reactions from someone who's closer to the movie industry, keep up the good work, will keep watching!

[@thejamppa]

I hope Clariss would do some duo Reacting with James Vs Cinema. Both are closer the industry and having them to do reaction where Clariss goes acting method etc and James goes cinematography and film making aspect. I think it would be very intresting.

[@gabrielestrada8523]

Not sure if it has been mentioned here, but Willford Brimley was an experienced hunter that prepared his kills. The autopsy scenes were nothing that could intimidated him, and he gave the art crew tips on how to make things look ickier.

[@Paul_1971]

Blair isnt infected at first - he loses it & doesn't want anyone to leave to contain the spread. He's only gotten to after he's looked in the tool shed!

[@noahmoran7605]

*Literally shows Macready checking himself and even comments on it* 5 mins later: “how come we didn’t check Macready?” lol In all seriousness though this is a great reaction overall, I just found that part a bit funny, I can’t really blame you for forgetting though since a lot of stuff goes down in that particular scene.

[@tritiumH3]

Blair wasn't infected. Or, he was infected, but that wasn't why he was acting like he was. And he wasn't crazy. He perfectly rationally realized that if ANYONE left there, all of humanity would be doomed.

[@edwardthorne9875]

And he realized this was true because his Commadore 64 told im so. lol

[@georger.3489]

Oh my god that was a fun reaction.😂 Excited to see your next one!

[@iamredoctober]

Another great video as always. :)

[@stream_gene]

7:00 that was the audible form of erratically typing over the keyboard lol "ahaaaagaaaoooohwaahahhhhahtoooohhhhmygoooodwhhaaaatWHYAMISTILLLOOKINGATIT!!"

[@RafaelMercadoSalas]

25:27 “You just need a really big chancla” 😂😂😂😂

[@Sovreign071]

The Norwegian pilot chasing the dog at the beginning pretty much spoils the whole movie. (In Norwegian): "Get the hell away from that thing. That's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! GET AWAY YOU IDIOTS!!"

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

Clark was the dog guy. Blair was telling Macready to watch out for him because of two options: the Dog Thing first made contact with Clark, so Blair suspects that he had been assimilated; or second option, Blair had already been assimilated by the Thing and it was attempting to plant suspicion in the group to make them uncooperative.

[@maybetoby]

I love your reactions to seeing a lot of the more horrifying stuff for the first time.

[@Ocrilat]

The answer is...there is no answer. That's what makes this film so perfect.

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

I saw this when it first came out and I've been glued to it for 40 years. The practical effects still hold up in its glorious gory moments.

[@DFAnton]

I love this movie. It's not particularly "scary", but it does an INCREDIBLE job of communicating the extreme paranoia and sharing that feeling with the viewer.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

You don't think it's scary lmfao what scenario is scarier ?

[@CoffeeConnected]

What do you call scary? This is a masterclass of tension and suspense.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

@@CoffeeConnected I guess everyone has different fears...but in my opinion this is the scariest. You're dealing with a highly intelligent and violent alien creature, you don't know if it's malicious or just doing what it thinks it has to to survive...it's basically indestructible besides to fire/acid...if it touches you you're basically dead...you can't tell if it's an imitation without a very specific test...and if it gets to water, transportation and/or civilization it's the end of the WORLD, not just humans. Only thing worse I can think of is the End of the Universe and total Nuclear Annihilation 😅

[@vanillacakez2586]

Every reactor at the start of this movie: "A dog being pursued with gunfire? Surely it did nothing wrong!"

[@chadlynch1551]

Always love the reactions to this movie. Everyone is like "Why are you shooting at the dog?" Then 10 minutes later they're like "Burn that 'effing thing!"

[@Meganstoy]

There is a prequel (made in 2011- also titled The Thing) about the Norwegians that found the ship .

[@swampmusicinfo]

He's older should be able knock him over .... in real life he had been labourer, Military and a bodyguard. He was the tough guy on set !

[@chrisgonz9963]

I just stumbled to your content Clariss you do a great job on your reaction the thing 1982 by John carpenter Is one of the greatest horror movies the special effects and the atmosphere is phenomenal

[@thunderstruck5484]

Thanks for sharing your reaction, saw this in the theater one afternoon while my wife went shopping in the adjoining mall, fun times Kurt and Carpenter got on a pretty good roll for a few years, excellent! Thanks

[@benofavalon7121]

Great fun to see your reaction to this Carpenter classic.😊 I think the practical effects still hold up; judging by your reaction, they still have quite an unsettling impact, at least 😆😊 I also think this film showcases Carpenter's mastery of suspense to a great extent, with everyone a suspect 😃 If I recall correctly, there was an early X-files episode that was heavily inspired by this film 😊

[@AgentSmithThe1]

There is a short story by Peter Watts that revisits this movie from the Thing's perspective. It's essentially fan service and not offical canon, but an interesting read nonetheless.

[@vladyvhv9579]

Mac's test bypasses all possible "learn to avoid" tactics. Each and every cell is its own Thing. Norris-Thing likely wasn't expecting to be shocked, which is why it bit off Doc's arms. The larger whole lost ability to control that section and prevent it from fighting back, due to the pain from the defib paddles. Similarly, the blood can't learn to avoid reacting to the hot wire. It creates a reflexive "ow, dammit!" response.

[@calebcox3827]

I always check to see if more people react to this movie. It’s probably my favorite horror movie of all time.

[@mikebrown7799]

Nice reactions to a film that was ahead of its time, Clariss!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Principal photography took place in Juneau, Alaska for 12 weeks. The title sequence was difficult to create, and took a long time to finish. The real hero of the film is Rob Bottin who was in charge of visual effects. That's what they called it in 1982. He spent 1 year working on the film day and night and ended up hospitalized. Stan Winston came in to finish the dog kennel scene. Stop motion animation was attempted early in the process. John Carpenter thought it looked terrible, and scrapped it. The director of photgraphy changed the color grading for the whole film a few years back. Originally it had a soft pink tone to the film. He felt the film should have a cold blue appearance instead.

[@gachoman2012]

“You just need a really big chancla.” 😂😂😂

[@bobchisholm7487]

I strongly recommend "The Thing from Another World" (1951). Carpenter's a big fan of that film, and thre are tributes to it in this picture and in "Halloween" (1978).

[@DireAxis]

Such an incredible film and love the ending, especially with that pulled out shot of the burning encampment and the pulsing soundtrack.

[@shroomdad2554]

The scene after the blood test where the Palmer-Thing jumps from the couch to the ceiling was done by filming the body hitting a floor "ceiling" and inverting the camera! The one little blooper that gives it away is a piece of ceiling that jumps up when he hits the ceiling and then falls back into place from gravity.

[@tfpp1]

10:00 - Best description I’ve ever heard of it. 😂

[@SingleTax]

At the end Childs was the thing. Several reasons. He left the door to the camp building open, despite how freezing cold it was, when he supposedly went after Blair, He was wearing a different coat when he left the building. And when he was talking to MacReady in the final scene, you couldn't see his breath even though MacReady's breath was extremely visible.

[@joemummerth8340]

when I went to see this with my ex in 1982 , I was the only person in the audience who was`nt yelling ,"dont shoot the dog " but then ,I was probably the only person in the group who read the source material ! who goes there ? a novel written by john w. campbell jr. it`s a masterpiece of scifi horror ! and part of carpenters apocalypse trilogy , the thing , prince of darkness,and in the mouth of madness !

[@miguelbotelho2613]

macReady actually did test his blood when he says " Now let me show you what i already know." then tests his blood. great reaction I was about 16 17 back when this came out.

[@MojiBeau]

4:07 first appearance of SE makeup “damn those are good practical effects!” Oh honey, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet 😂

[@LJMaxwellDaKilla2007Z]

Just to answer the question about the ending, In the thing video game, it shows that Childs froze to death, while Mcready survived. Neither of them were things, but the thing was infact still alive, Mac is rescued at the end of the game and its a good ending.

[@Eternitycomplex]

In the scene when the group was arguing about who had sabotaged the blood, Windows ran because he was the last person with the keys. He dropped them when he discovered Bennings being assimilated. Anyone could have picked up the keys then, sabotaged the blood and returned them to Gary's belt.

[@BigHugsFromHell]

The Thing can seem disgusting, sure, but I consider this movie a romance deep down... about humanity's natural, normal love for fire and dynamite, and why at the end of the day we should never part ways. It's beautiful. Truly, it's the heart-warming message that really sticks.

[@Beuwen_The_Dragon]

And dinae forget Boom Sticks.

[@allthegoodnamesaretaken02]

Very late comment but an often unnoticed detail that gives the ending a more definitive answer: the drink that Mac & Childs share wasn’t alcohol. It was the gasoline from the Molotovs. Mac was testing to see if child’s would notice. Since he didn’t react that means Childs was probably the Thing. Either that or Childs was still human and intentionally chose not to react because he suspected Mac for not reacting either. That why Mac chuckled because no matter the answer they both know their going to die. I personally love that they don’t kill each other because they’ve both accepted failure. They are equals. Doomed to die together. So much storytelling is given without anyone actually saying anything. I love this movie

[@A1lNYCBKLYNGIRL-tc5ot]

McCready check himself right after checking a few of the other people lol 😆😆😆

[@chadlynch1551]

Fans have spent thousands and thousands of man hours trying to figure out who was infected when, who did what when, if the McCready and Childs were human at the end or if one of them was infected. And they did all that before the internet, when they had to communicate via letters, letters to fan magazines, conventions, long distance phone calls, etc. The unresolved mystery is what helps make the movie great and memorable.

[@arraymac227]

'It's Antarctica, what the hell is going to come for you?' lololololololol

[@carloszestyboy2901]

The guy that made the prosthetics form the various thing forms overworked himself to such an extent that he was hospitalized. Dude was crazy passionate about it apparently.

[@jacoblofthus7908]

This movie has two unofficial sequels: One is a comic series published by Dark Horse, the other is a video game released for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in 2002.

[@marcobrinckmann1012]

I read an interview of an actual scientist working at Antarctica, and apparently they have a party every year that includes the viewing of this film. His comments; "A flamethrower? We were lucky to get a butter knife."

[@freakazonestudios7979]

You watching my all time favorite horror movie made my day thank you & your reactions to it was priceless 👌

[@chrisgonz9963]

Clariss I could not believe back in 1982 when this movie came out critics trashed the movie and word of mouth then movie goers did not go see it and it bombed in the box office but later when it came out on video it became a hit instant classic with the fans .

[@gmchris3752]

Because ambiguity was key to the horror, Carpenter never had answers (even in his own head) for when and how (and if) some characters were infected, so there aren't "official answers" for you. The novelization by SF writer Alan Dean Foster said that the bottle Mac gave to Childs at the end was actually full of gasoline, and the fact that Childs didn't notice told Mac that Childs had been replaced. There's an award-winning short story you could find on line called "The Things" by Peter Watts that tells the story from the alien perspective. But Carpenter wanted the only true answer to be the one in your head.

[@doomsdayking4843]

The man in the beginning was yelling "It's not a dog, it's some sort of *Thing* "

[@januzi2]

If you like Disney you should check out "FROZEN - BLOOD TEST SCENE | a Stop motion Animation". It's on KZbin. You might like Elsa, Olaf and others participate in that scene ;) And as for MacReady, the blood test scene showed him using the hot wire against his blood. So, he was clean at that point in time.

[@teanosuger]

There’s also a Pingu #thingu version of this

[@ORODRIVE]

This was actually fun to watch, I’ve seen the movie like 4 times now but this reaction was actually fun! Glad you liked* it lol