THE THING (1982) FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@TheKaareaksel]

Fun fact. As someone who understand norweigian, the guy in the opening scene, gives away the entire plot, before being shot in the eye

[@SleepySloth2705]

Absolutt 🤣

[@BeamKnight]

One more funny fact. 'The Thing' has been released on Netflix in Japan, and of course it is translated and dubbed in Japanese. The problem is that they also dubbed what the Norweigian guy says in Japanese.

[@TheKaareaksel]

@@BeamKnight ffs Japan 😅

[@livingbeing1113]

@@BeamKnight Oh no, really? That takes away a big part of the early tension, lol.

[@mrd6404]

True 😁

[@warrenbfeagins]

To the lady with the glasses, bravo. Most reactors don't understand WHY Blair destroyed the helicopter and radio equipment. They usually think he's crazy. Great reaction!

[@Chakawatts]

And killing the dogs as well. I hate that he did it but IT HAD TO HAPPEN. Ain’t no way a single dog got out of there alive or didn’t get infected

[@moonycat]

​@@ChakawattsYeah, when I watched the scene where the dog got shot in the chest, my immediate reaction was to be mad, but unfortunately it just had to be done

[@serpentinious7745]

Blair actually saved the world before the Thing got to him. He reasoned (correctly) that the Thing would do anything to escape to a populated area and that it would be smart enough to use their equipment. So he destroyed all their transportation and communication to keep it isolated. And he didn't tell anyone because even those not infected would have stopped him out of their own desire to live.

[@serpentinious7745]

​@@moonycatact of mercy

[@warrenbfeagins]

@@serpentinious7745 Well, yeah. That's what I was saying. That's exactly correct.

[@Parkinovich]

The "crazed" Norwegian that accidentally shoots one of the expedition members shouts "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!!"

[@eXpriest]

Just their luck it's the one Norwegian scientist who doesn't speak english.

[@TheDigitalBear]

THANK YOU! I always wondered if the Norwegians got an early spoiler. Now I know! ˈTHaNGk ˌyo͞o Takk skal du ha

[@brianmcwhorter2867]

Thank you for the translation. I've always wondered what he was saying.

[@markabenjamin6284]

Dear Maple & Arianna, I enjoyed your movie reaction but it freaked you out. In case you don't know, in 2010, they made a prequel movie to this original "The Thing 1982" and it came out in 2011. The Thing 2011 - it stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead(Kate 2021, Sky High 2005 with Kurt russell, Birds of Prey 2019, die hard 4 & 5). It is set days before the events of this film. It depicts the team & crew of scientists & researchers (American, British, French & Norwegian) who discovered the spaceship accidentally and the unknown inhuman creature buried deep in the snow. They celebrated their discovery & plan to cut open the ice & examine the creature despite the female American scientist's protest. Things went wrong & hell breaks loose. Here is The Thing prequel 2011 trailer below kzbin.info/www/bejne/onTQcmCCgNujiLM I recommend watching the thing 2011

[@Sakhmeov]

@@eXpriest As we find out from the prequel, he wasn't even a scientist, just sorta general staff and caretaker/maintenance.

[@haystackbill6187]

Fun fact: That screech that the halfway transformed Bennings Thing did when they surrounded it was basically it cycling through all the voices and sounds of the countless alien species it had assimilated from all the planets across the universe it had conquered.

[@NUCL3AR991]

Why would it do that though?

[@haystackbill6187]

@@NUCL3AR991 For the horror of it? If you're looking for an in world explanation idk, maybe it was trying to find the right voice really quick before it got wiped out. Who knows? Maybe there was just no reason but to sell the horror of the scene.

[@NUCL3AR991]

@@haystackbill6187 I did suspect after reading your comment that it might just be scrolling through its languages like a spotify playlist to find one to use, but it had assimilated a person and was a person (looking) at that point and it is supposed to be able to take the persons memories and knowledge so it shouldve know human language right away, probably just a overlook in the script but just wanted to check if there was a true reason.

[@Kermitgottagun]

@@NUCL3AR991 horror factor but it may have tried to rush in finding a voice to use as a way to reason for in the 2011 prequel The Thing close to the end of the movie it tries to reason with the main protagonist before it was engulfed in flames from a flamethrower inside a snow truck after the main character found out that the person she was with didn’t have their earrings anymore.

[@jenni5104]

@@kinglistosas5010 It seems to me you're suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). I recommend 50mg of Copium to be taken daily before bed along with 10ml of woke tears and 20mg of Getoverit.

[@drakeredwingofficial]

The guy who made the monster effects for this movie, Rob Bottin, who was 22 at the time, worked seven days a week, late into the night, for five weeks straight, building all of the practical puppets and blood effects, etc., mostly by himself. The only creature effect he didn't work on was the dog-thing at the beginning. His work was so intense that he ended up in the hospital for exhaustion and pneumonia. A true testament to special effects artists.

[@paradoxtatorstudios9681]

imagine being so dedicated to your work you hospitalize yourself props to him, dang 👍

[@battlespace13]

Little known fact, Rob worked on Legend for Ridley Scott, specifically Darkness...

[@forestsmith1892]

And it was Stan Winston, the special effects guy who brought the Terminator, Predator, and Queen Alien to life on screen, who did the puppet and effects for the dog kennel attack scene. But he refused to be credited for the film, as he didn't want to overshadow and take any credit away from Rob Bottin and his work.

[@nobertstanel9428]

Legend

[@1headphoneguy]

and he only went to the hospital because John Carpenter told him to. He was even sleeping IN the studio

[@Fluffykeith]

" D'ya think that thing wanted to be an animal? No dogs make it a thousand miles through the cold! No, you don't understand! That thing wanted to be US!" - Most unsettling thing in the whole movie is the implications of that line...that gets to me way more than the effects scenes. (I love this movie)

[@Diegesis]

Yeah haunting

[@DinoNardelli]

This film is 40 years old and it's proof positive that practical effects done well is better than any modern CGI.

[@pfury67]

Absolutely, but we can do CGI gunfire now which is fine by me.

[@namegoeshereorhere5020]

Not at all, while good for it's time the effects look dated and are no where near as good as well done CGI today, even modern practical effects could blow this out of the water. Most people don't even realize how much CGI is used in movies, they think it's only going to be in big action movies and the like but it's used in almost all types of movies and done so well nobody notices it.

[@21stcenturyhiphop]

@@namegoeshereorhere5020 bullshit; CG can't hold a candle to real, tangible effects.

[@namegoeshereorhere5020]

@@21stcenturyhiphop In many cases your right but not in this one. As an example, CG car chases, dumbest thing ever and look totally fake. On the other hand clay dinosaurs look like a joke compared to CGI.

[@Hooga89]

@@namegoeshereorhere5020 I don't disagree at all that it looks dated, but somehow it works well, and the movie is a lot creepier than the CG prequel movie that came out in 2011.

[@skittles074]

Possibly the greatest Sci Fi horror to ever grace our screens. Chilling, atmospheric, tense, the sense of dread and hopelessness from the situation, not mentioning a fantastic score and some of the most amazing practical effects that bring a Terrifying "Thing" to life.

[@Sakhmeov]

You know what would be the best twist on this movie? First, you've got the standard "Something came out of the lab!" horror setup, lots of greeblies and awfulness, and a sneaking suggestion that you're not getting all the information. And then, the Thing manages to escape its pursuers... ...and then, 20-30 minutes in or so, through some means we get to know that the creature was really just trying to get away, and now that it's away from the experiments and torture all it wants to do is live and experience things. And so the movie turns into a situational- and romantic comedy instead.

[@SushiReversed]

Alien and Aliens would like a word.

[@skittles074]

@@SushiReversed As great as they are I've just told them to f*ck off! The Thing is King!

[@Sakhmeov]

@@SushiReversed "Alien" is a masterpiece. "Aliens" is a quotable movie. A _kinda_ decent sequel, but not in the same vein at all. And there the series ended. Just like Star Wars. There were six movies; three good ones and three meh and silly ones, and one surprisingly good prequel. And a couple of really great games. But the rest doesn't exist.

[@livingbeing1113]

@@SushiReversed Love them, but The Thing stands alone as the best and better than both, imo. Aliens also is a bit different i would say, awesome sequel but not strictly horror like the first one.

[@Diegesis]

So when I played it for the girls I deliberately didn't show them the opening shot of the space craft landing on the earth cause I think that's an unnecessary spoiler and wanted them to be more immersed in the "what's going on" aspect of the film so that's why you may notice it takes them longer than most to piece together that the threat is alien in nature. this was to produce an even better reaction on my part :) Also if you don't know all our videos have discussion videos that are linked to at the end of the videos in the end screen so click at the end of the video to see the discussion part

[@RuralRoar]

I can't wait to see their reaction to the big reveal.

[@michaelriddick7116]

Good call! :D

[@Diegesis]

@@KermitTheFrogHere please edit this comment to remove the spoiler. we might do Predator and i dont want the girls to be spoiled :) But yes I agree same problem

[@winkles2314]

😗👌

[@donotevenbegintocare]

Thank you very much for doing that. I'm a big apologist that that first scene should be removed. For many reasons, including that John Carpenter had no idea the studio had put it in there

[@traceyreid4585]

'It's like its pretending to be a dog, like it read a manual on how to be a dog!' best reaction comment on this film ever 👏

[@Poison_Spider8]

She nailed it

[@charlesloftin8768]

Most people don't even assume something is wrong with the dog.

[@jd190d]

Shooting a dog running erratically from a moving helicopter is incredibly difficult. Add to that strong arctic winds, the thick gloves and just dealing with the cold with rushing air from the open door and the shot becomes nearly impossible if you shoot for your occupation. These are scientists who have the weapons for possible emergencies, they are nowhere near expert marksmen.

[@stephensporman8206]

People don't seem to realize just how difficult it is to hit a moving target in general. Let alone all the other conditions you just listed on top of that.

[@genebaker6964]

Hell it hard to tell the distance but the pistol shot that killed the guy isn't a given for many of us and it was much easier.

[@rsrt6910]

There's also the added problem that when they DO shoot the dog-Thing, it's unlikely to do more than slow it down temporarily.

[@skittles074]

You do actually see Clark stitch the dog up in the background when bennings is getting looked at by copper from his gunshot wound.

[@geeebuttersnap2433]

It’s suggested that the dog might be immune to gunshot fire, it can only be harmed by fire/extreme heat, so it’s possible that the dog was hit.

[@mekonta]

If only you had said, ''You have got to be kidding me!'' just three-seconds later, you would have synched with Palmer. But the fact that you even said it in this precise scene, is brilliant! Great minds think alike, you're both survivors.

[@Mickkie]

@Adam Dare:I did!!👌🏾🤣👍🏾 40 Yr's ago, first time The Thing came on Tv, (*might have been world premiere*), those exact words, sprung forth my mouth, at the "EXACT", SAME, TIME as Palmer said it🤣😭😂 Family looked at me like, "dang, how'd you know?" 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️. Scared my ownself!!😭🤣😭 IDk, felt like something any human WOULD say in that dilema. "🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️"

[@mekonta]

@@Mickkie Haha, nice one, sir. Hopefully no family blood testing in petri dishes took place afterwards at the dinner table to alleviate any suspicions or doubt that you were who you said you were.

[@Mickkie]

@@mekonta 🤣🤣No, nope, nothing like that🤣😭😂 I appreciate the humor tho', thanx!

[@fistoftulkas7335]

Funny that Palmer is already a Thing at that point, doing his best to disguise himself as a human acting surprised.

[@Bluesit32]

@@fistoftulkas7335 It will do anything to survive, even betray parts of itself to do it.

[@Demothean]

This is one of the greatest horror movies of all time. The dreadful tone, the paranoia, the practical effects, just amazing. P.S. MacReady shooting the dog was the best thing for the poor dog at that point. It was suffering a painful assimilation process and didn’t deserve a painful death, but MacReady shooting it (whether intentional or accidental) was the best thing for the poor puppy

[@robertparker6280]

Here here!

[@enibeni2071]

And many people from XXI still feel sorry for the dog until they realize the reason why characters were trying to shoot it hahaha. It's a funny part of all reactions videos of people watching this movie

[@Chrusttee]

Yes, it was the best... THING! Wahahaha!

[@arrjee3176]

Great reaction, ladies. I loved the "EEWWWWAAHH!" chorus. 😆 It's a crime the Husky didn't get an Oscar nom.

[@alanhilton3611]

I really have to agree with maple the huskies acting at the beginning was uncannily good and the practical effects of this film still hold up today.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Better than today because of practical effects. New isn’t necessarily better, no?

[@JoshSweetvale]

Good practical effects, good _animal acting._ Excellent story and actors... My favourite movie of all time and my candidate for the best movie ever made.

[@aaronrican5060]

I haven’t seen this in years, and the effects are still great 🤘🏼well said

[@bernhardtsen74]

look up the making of this movie!the animal handler said the huskey was a bitch to work with, a very good dog when it did its thing and walked up to the door and paused, then walked into the room!but it was a mean dog!

[@blueroninstudios]

Yeah, this movie deserves an Animal Oscar for all the Goodest Bois in a Horror Film! Seriously, though, those huskies were really well trained! I bet they got paid in lots of treats!

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

This film was amazing not only for its special effects, but for its atmosphere and characters, absolutely cynical and nihilistic. John Carpenter put us in the skin of them and make us feel the fear and the suspicion about lose our identity as human beings be betrayed at any time. Watched at my 15 years old, I discovered in Carpenter a true master of horror, and shook my intestines with one of the most unforgettable moments in cinema: the transformation of the dog. The worst thing was to be released at the same time of ET, leading to a horrible box office flop...

[@Kermitgottagun]

Also audiences despised The Thing for it was a gorefest film about hostile aliens killing and not being friendly like ET sadly Carpenter took the hate of his film to heart and to this day he feels like people still hate the film when it’s a cult classic

[@TheRecklessMetalhead]

No wonder why The Thing was released like a week or two after ET, and it should have been released in either September or October, not during the summer season.

[@MapleDivine]

This has got to be the most fun I’ve had watching a movie so far on our channel. I love Arianna so much. Also the most fun I’ve had watching Chad edit. Thank you guys for all the support - every like, subscribe, and interaction with our platform(s) helps us make this dream come to reality so we can continue to share this content with you all!! Love every single one of you - you’re all amazing ❤️

[@joshgrobansdrymouth]

Your LotR reactions are all time greats, so glad you became a regular on the channel!

[@ariannaw6858]

Love you boo!

[@CaptLoquaLacon]

Kurt Russell may be more your type in Big Trouble In Little China - he's a charismatic moron in that! If part of enjoying this was being a thriller/horror, you two should react to: The Descent 30 Days Of Night Assault On Precinct 13 (thriller by the same director)

[@tonyyul703]

If you've ever played *"Among Us"* where do you think they took the idea 💡.

[@previouslyachimp]

@MapleDivinve - Hi Maple, it was fun to watch you, but I was a little disappointed that there was no post-movie conversation. It would have been nice to hear what you thought about the effects; story; acting; directing; etc. Thanks anyway, I'm enjoying the channel. 🙂

[@Imagination_Station2224]

This is still by far one of the best, if not the best sci-fi/horror movie ever created. John Carpenter was a genius in creating this film. The simple yet haunting soundtrack, the constantly uneasy feeling that is felt throughout the entirety of the film, the top notch practical effects and a power house of a cast. It doesn't get any better than this.

[@Jpew2007]

The reason Mac hesitated in the “hospital” when they wanted to put out the fire was to make sure it was dead. In order to really kill the “the thing” you have to let it burn to ashes. But because they’re indoors there’s the dilemma of if we wait to long the building is gonna burn down.

[@livingcorpse5664]

Completely understandable. Also ironically becomes a moot point later on when they decide this has become a suicide mission and it's their duty to burn the place down and sacrifice themselves to save all life on the planet.

[@LacoSinfonia]

Im crying laughing. “I can’t watch a dog die” “omg” when shown the Norwegian guy who got shot. Good luck ladies 😂😂😂

[@VernulaUtUmbra]

40:25 "I feel so bad for our viewers , I have literally screamed so much" That's what made this a highly entertaining reaction to watch :D

[@darksuntoggafhd9947]

Nice pfp 👌

[@BulletTooth504]

I had grown up with The Thing, but only on edited t.v. versions. After seeing it in all it's glory, it became my favorite movie. Jed, the Wolf-Malamute, had several editing cuts for runtime. That good boi deserved a Dog Oscar.

[@TheJoeyKnoxville]

I love how bleak the ending is. If a rescue team finds them it's the end of the world. I'm so happy it doesn't have that Hollywood ending where they live happily ever after. One of my favorite horror movies! It's almost perfect and it still holds up today!

[@stephensporman8206]

@Rick King 22 also happens in the game released back in 2002 which is apparently a cannon sequel according to Carpenter himself.

[@michaelmorton5698]

John Carpenter is the master of the cliffhanger. You never get resolution in his films.

[@lukess.s]

@@stephensporman8206 According to John Carpenter himself Robert Altman is a bad filmmaker and Ghosts of Mars was good

[@Zuyfrog]

Seems like the original version I saw had an extra scene where the next morning the dog is back and it runs off into the tundra, implying the Thing survived.

[@darkmatter1721]

It could be the end or their lives could be saved, we never know for sure if there's still a thing left or not

[@TheRomansReact]

This film is by far one of the best horror films made. The suspense, tone and practical effects are top notch. You guys reacted exactly as expected. This is terrifying 😁

[@ccchhhrrriiisss100]

I watched this film when I was 7-years-old during a family vacation. While everyone else was busy, I stayed my room at the hotel and watched this on TV. It was probably the scariest film that I had seen up to that point -- and probably for a decade after. Needless to say, I asked my parents for a nightlight a few days later.

[@luketimewalker]

omg poor you I watched The Exorcist alone at age 11... but 7!!! yikes

[@tomhood7343]

No way I would watch this movie by myself at age 7 lol

[@jaep1027]

At age 6.

[@Trenchcoat3]

LOL! I was also 7 when I saw this. However my dad had shown me IT when I was 5 so I was already a hardened veteran by that point.

[@kylederry5031]

My dad taped IT off of TV when aired originally, paused and recorded the 2 parts seamlessly. I watched IT around 7-8 years old. I stumbled across the original The Thing on an old movie channel around the same time n thought it was hilarious, so when I was 10 and saw there was another Thing I had to watch it. Yeah, not so hilarious

[@danbaron9094]

The movie is a masterpiece. Years ago, my teenage daughter said she wanted to have a slumber party and asked me to name the three scariest movies for she and her friends to watch that night. I said-'The Exorcist, The Shining and of course The Thing.' What makes it so great for me, is the paranoia that you have wanting to know who's the Thing!

[@Kaplunco]

Great job! You scarred them all for life 😆😆😆

[@charlesjonessr3684]

You recommended The Shining? Not a scary movie at all.

[@andreraymond6860]

I love Ariana's understanding of men. 'What else are you going to do in Antarctica without women?' And her endearing way she calls the characters 'sir' from the movies.

[@jasonlmeadows]

This is one of my favorite movies and I have to say I think you two have been my favorite reaction video. The two of you jumped and screamed so much. I saw this movie when it first came out around 82/83 and I was ten years old. It’s funny you talked about how much the dog freaked you out because Richard Mauser, who played Clark, talked about working with the dog, who was named Jed and was half wolf, and said that the dog was really spooky (his word) to work with. He said the dog would just stare at him and he just never really could relax around Jed and never trusted him completely.

[@XXX80752]

This is the first remake , it first came out in 51.

[@LilFireFox]

This movie is the PERFECT example of Anxiety, Paranoia and Mistrust. If you guys think Kurt Russell is cute, (He plays Mac the Helicopter Pilot) you should see him 'Big Trouble In Little China' and 'Overboard.' The original 1987 film and not that joke remake.

[@smavtmb2196]

Love this movie. An example of great old school practical effects A classic Kurt Russell performance.

[@b.bkrueger1394]

This movie is art, no need for cgi or a big budget. This is real horror in several forms, disgust, paranoia... Today there is no longer this kind of film.

[@xXdwebbXx]

15 mil isn't particularly low budget for the time.

[@geeebuttersnap2433]

Did you mean distrust or disgust? Because this film does have some gross scenes, but I feel that the distrust and paranoia go hand in hand they are practically characters of the film in their own right. Mix that in with isolation and we get a perfect horror sci fi film.

[@Mopark25]

Hereditary? The Witch? Midsommar? The Ritual? The Void? There's plenty of great horror nowadays

[@vinnynj78]

"He looks like Salad Fingers..." Darn near spit my lunch out through my nose. Hilarious.

[@txf4]

Great reaction y'all! Some fun facts, the dog seemed so weird because it was half wolf; and the guy who made most of the practical effects, Rob Bottin, was only ~22 at the time of making this movie, and had to be hospitalized for exhaustion and dehydration because of how hard he worked

[@Blutteufel]

He also got fucked up by some of the chemicals he was working with, if I recall correctly...

[@bigpictureguys8415]

30:13 Ariana’s facial expressions when she’s scared are hilarious. I’d scare her all the time if I were her friend just to see those

[@OrionJchess]

Maple: "I don't want to watch a dog die!" Oh boy, this is going to be fun.

[@nizmollusk]

"I dont want to watch a dog die" oh dear oh dear, grabs popcorn for upcoming scene ;D

[@donotevenbegintocare]

"Why are they all just drinking SO MUCH?" - Woman caressing large bottle

[@justintillman1929]

Frying the chess wizard computer when he couldn't win the game is important character development and foreshadowing. If Mac can't beat the thing then he'll burn it all down so that no one wins. A draw (death for everyone) is still a win for Mac.

[@mastery7901]

That scream at 19:27 is actually a 'combined' scream of all organisms it has assimilated. Very disturbing!

[@YW2324]

Really so interesting 🤔 and terrifying

[@zCREz]

Quite clever commentary i must say, always good to see people NOT missing out on one of the best films ever made! And good catch tbh; when youve seen the movie at least once and you know whats actually going on, the dogs "acting" is indeed quite amazing!

[@dannyd.5324]

Still my favorite horror movie ever. I’ve probably watched this movie 50+ times. Love showing it to people and getting their reaction and thoughts. I notice or learn something new every time.

[@Holy_Wraith]

If you watched past the end credits you'll see a dog running away from the camp. John Carpenter made a sequel called the Thing for PlayStation 2 back in 2002 and you'll see the rescue team finds Childs' body and he was still human.

[@4823able]

I still love, watch every chance I get

[@keddieverbanick9850]

Saw it in a theater in 1982 with some friends. We all loved it. We actually started applauding when the guys head came off and descending from the table to the floor; that's how good the special effects were. Still one of my favorites.

[@gordondafoe3516]

I saw this in the theatre as well. The three of us were all flying on an LSD trip. It was wild!

[@BajaBCat]

Lol oh if John Carpenter could see these reactions. This is exactly what he was going for 😂

[@riveraharper8166]

There is a fan theory that Carpenter will grave to his tombstone: and you'll never know who was the thing in the end! :P

[@josephmummerth2516]

the norwegian with the rifle was yelling ""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! "

[@neatpicker644]

The "chest punch" is called a precordial thump. It is a legitimate way to stop the heart from fibrillating.

[@michaelcastillo3231]

Salad fingers was absolutely fucking perfect.

[@christopheryochum3602]

To this day, I can't figure out how Rob Bottin made the creature effects work, like how do you wrap tentacles around a dog? That's not even to mention the incredible imagination of his inventions. One of Hollywood's great geniuses!

[@rsrt6910]

I think he did it by pulling the tentacles AWAY from the dog puppet and filming it in reverse.

[@christopheryochum3602]

@@rsrt6910 HA! Yeah, I never thought of that.

[@rsrt6910]

@@christopheryochum3602 Without cgi to lean on, they had to really exercise the ol' creativity muscles.

[@ExcentricDragon]

​@@rsrt6910 that was exactly how Cameron filmed the facehugger jumping towards Ripley in medlab in Aliens.

[@ninakrishnamurthy6674]

The best part? Rob Bottin was only 21 at the time! Not just a genius, but a prodigy as well!

[@gwell2118]

Oh yeah that dogs performance in this film is often ranked along the best animal performances ever. I think it wasn't even really trained, just reacted perfectly in the scenes.

[@luketimewalker]

Not-so-fun fact : the genius behind the very idea of shape-shifting, and all those crazy THINGS and their mind-boggling animations, Rob Bottin, worked on-site like 20 hours a day for a whole year without one day off to get the practical effects done in time. He was 21 years old, self-thaught, and took part in every single aspect of those effects. He fell ill afterwards! And left Hollywood some time later. Another crazy fact: the source novel, WHO GOES THERE, was written... in 1938!!! Blows my mind how anyone could come up with such crazy science-fiction so early in the 20th century.

[@luketimewalker]

Wiki: Creature effects The Thing's special effects were largely designed by Bottin,[18] who had previously worked with Carpenter on The Fog (1980).[54] When Bottin joined the project in mid-1981, pre-production was in progress, but no design had been settled on for the alien.[54] Artist Dale Kuipers had created some preliminary paintings of the creature's look, but he left the project after being hospitalized following a traffic accident before he could develop them further with Bottin.[12][54] Carpenter conceived the Thing as a single creature, but Bottin suggested that it should be constantly changing and able to look like anything.[14] Carpenter initially considered Bottin's description of his ideas as "too weird", and had him work with Ploog to sketch them instead.[54] As part of the Thing's design, it was agreed anyone assimilated by it would be a perfect imitation and would not know they were the Thing.[24] The actors spent hours during rehearsals discussing whether they would know they were the Thing when taken over. Clennon said that it did not matter, because everyone acted, looked and smelled exactly the same before being taken over.[26] At its peak, Bottin had a 35-person crew of artists and technicians, and he found it difficult to work with so many people. To help manage the team, he hired Erik Jensen, a special effects line producer who he had worked with on The Howling (1981), to be in charge of the special make-up effects unit.[55] Bottin's crew also included mechanical aspect supervisor Dave Kelsey, make-up aspect coordinator Ken Diaz, moldmaker Gunnar Ferdinansen, and Bottin's longtime friend Margaret Beserra, who managed painting and hair work.[55]

[@luketimewalker]

In designing the Thing's different forms, Bottin explained that the creature had been all over the galaxy. This allowed it to call on different attributes as necessary, such as stomachs that transform into giant mouths and spider legs sprouting from heads.[18] Bottin said the pressure he experienced caused him to dream about working on designs, some of which he would take note of after waking.[54] One abandoned idea included a series of dead baby monsters, which was deemed "too gross".[12] Bottin admitted he had no idea how his designs would be implemented practically, but Carpenter did not reject them. Carpenter said, "what I didn't want to end up with in this movie was a guy in a suit ... I grew up as a kid watching science-fiction monster movies, and it was always a guy in a suit."[45] According to Cundey, Bottin was very sensitive about his designs, and worried about the film showing too many of them.[42] At one point, as a preemptive move against any censorship, Bottin suggested making the creature's violent transformations and the appearance of the internal organs more fantastical using colors. The decision was made to tone down the color of the blood and viscera, although much of the filming had been completed by that point.[14] The creature effects used a variety of materials including mayonnaise, creamed corn, microwaved bubble gum, and K-Y Jelly.[9] During filming, then-21-year-old Bottin was hospitalized for exhaustion, double pneumonia, and a bleeding ulcer, caused by his extensive workload. Bottin himself explained he would "hoard the work", opting to be directly involved in many of the complicated tasks.[56] His dedication to the project saw him spend over a year living on the Universal lot. Bottin said he did not take a day off during that time and slept on the sets or in locker rooms.[12] To take some pressure off his crew, Bottin enlisted the aid of special effects creator Stan Winston to complete some of the designs, primarily the Dog-Thing.[42][55] With insufficient time to create a sophisticated mechanical creature, Winston opted to create a hand puppet. A cast was made of makeup artist Lance Anderson's arm and head, around which the Dog-Thing was sculpted in oil-based clay. The final foam-latex puppet, worn by Anderson, featured radio-controlled eyes and cable-controlled legs,[57] and was operated from below a raised set on which the kennel was built.[57][10] Slime from the puppet would leak onto Anderson during the two days it took to film the scene, and he had to wear a helmet to protect himself from the explosive squibs simulating gunfire. Anderson pulled the tentacles into the Dog-Thing and reverse motion was used to create the effect of them slithering from its body.[57] Winston refused to be credited for his work, insisting that Bottin deserved sole credit; Winston was given a "thank you" in the credits instead.[42][55]

[@luketimewalker]

In the "chest chomp" scene, Dr. Copper attempts to revive Norris with a defibrillator. Revealing himself as the Thing, Norris-Thing's chest transforms into a large mouth that severs Copper's arms. Bottin accomplished this scene by recruiting a double amputee and fitting him with prosthetic arms filled with wax bones, rubber veins and Jell-O. The arms were then placed into the practical "stomach mouth" where the mechanical jaws clamped down on them, at which point the actor pulled away, severing the false arms.[42] The effect of the Norris-Thing's head detaching from the body to save itself took many months of testing before Bottin was satisfied enough to film it. The scene involved a fire effect, but the crew were unaware that fumes from the rubber foam chemicals inside the puppet were flammable. The fire ignited the fumes, creating a large fireball that engulfed the puppet. It suffered only minimal damage after the fire had been put out, and the crew successfully filmed the scene.[31][58] Stop-motion expert Randall William Cook developed a sequence for the end of the film where MacReady is confronted by the gigantic Blair-Thing. Cook created a miniature model of the set and filmed wide-angle shots of the monster in stop motion, but Carpenter was not convinced by the effect and used only a few seconds of it.[42] It took 50 people to operate the actual Blair-Thing puppet.[24] The production intended to use a camera centrifuge-a rotating drum with a fixed camera platform-for the Palmer-Thing scene, allowing him to seem to run straight up the wall and across the ceiling. Again, the cost was too high and the idea abandoned for a stuntman falling into frame onto a floor made to look like the outpost's ceiling.[59] Stuntman Anthony Cecere stood in for the Palmer-Thing after MacReady sets it on fire and it crashes through the outpost wall.[60]

[@johns1625]

Girls: "Oh my god poor doggy he is still running!" Boys: "KILL IT KILL IT SHOOT IT BEFORE IT GETS THERE STOP IT AT ALL COST AHHHHHH"

[@ian_forbes]

More reactions with Maple and Arianna together please! Fun to hear their interactions.

[@s.b.4875]

Literally one of my favorite movies, I’ve heard that when the thing screams it’s actually the screams of its victims. I also noticed that during the fight with Blair, Palmer was missing. Hmm I wonder what he’s doing, sabotaging the blood perhaps not to mention when you see him in certain scenes, you see him with a headphone in not really listening.

[@Thunderer0872]

"Oh you have got to be f**king kidding me!" when a certain thing is on the floor! best line!

[@MrBendylaw]

To this day, that drops right out of my mouth in the middle of all kinds of lesser occasions, 30 years later...I can't stop it.

[@JoshSweetvale]

John Carpenter added it as an icebreaker.

[@SSD_Penumbra]

That and the "YEAH, FUCK YOU TOO" when it roars at MacCready is the best.

[@Thunderer0872]

@@MrBendylaw One of the earliest VHS movies we watched at home was about 14 with my older sister screaming her head off. that lightened the load on me reacting to her fear.... but not watching all on the screen! I still I can't watch it through alone even to this day! some 38 years later!

[@MrBendylaw]

@@Thunderer0872 I got ya beat on that one, I think. My parents took me to see a double feature of 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'The Alien' at a drive-through when I was 3 or 4. I slept with my face buried in a pillow 'cause of facehuggers for years after that.

[@the_morf]

Your reactions justify why this classic movie consistently ranks so highly on the best horror / sci fi movies of all time

[@joshuayepez3635]

Me: Both Maple and Arianna watching The Thing? This should be good. 44 minutes later..... THAT WAS AWESOMME!!!!

[@JamesASharp]

Great reaction! You lovely ladies have proved once again that The Thing is a classic horror film. 👍😎

[@thisishowthetruthdies684]

Based on a fantastic short story called "Who Goes There". Carpenter added the body horror but the 1982 film stays quite true to the core premise. The newer version is also decent but the original 1951 film has been accurately described as James Arness as a giant carrot. It should be noted that Arness later went on to great fame playing Matt Dilion on the series Gunsmoke.

[@TheMikeman1971]

Hahaahhaha Great face when the dog split his face i had to watch it twice now . Thumbs up. I had to add also what was funny the gagging. Goggles are for cold weather .

[@k.delpino1124]

A short story called "Who Goes There?" from 1938 is the source material. First made into a film called "The Thing from Another World", released in 1951. This remake by John Carpenter is one of the greatest Sci-Fi thrillers ever. A comic series and video game furthered the story about the organism trying to takeover the world. There was a prequel that hit theaters in 2011. Some hated it. I liked it. But hopefully you'll watch it to see what lead to the original being what it was.

[@dnllrnt]

Someone did an edit on KZbin the last 5-ish minutes of 2011's Thing leading into 1982's Thing. Awesome editing on that one.

[@danbaron9094]

I agree with you that this is one of the greatest Sci-Fi thrillers ever. The problem that I had with the prequel is the fact that we were watching ghosts at the first camp. For the most part, we knew how they all were going to die except for Kate, Mary Elisabeth Winstead's character. I always thought they could have made a third movie with her surviving, but that's me.

[@geeebuttersnap2433]

The worst thing about the prequel film is that they actually filmed the movie with all practical affects, and it was in the same tone as this film. But stupid millennials complained about how old the film felt so dumbass executives had the film makers redo the scenes with the Thing with CGI. And that is what destroyed the film for me. It still had a good plot, could have been great if they were allowed to keep in the practical affects.

[@riveraharper8166]

Well the prequel can't be named in one sentence with the original. Too bad for the overuse of Cgi. But it's still decent. And especially what they are doing with old IPs like star wars and now lord of the rings I think it got away easy...

[@justinchristoph3725]

@@danbaron9094 The made a graphic novel sequel after this. It was titled "The Thing from Another World" by Dark Horse Comics in 1991.

[@swordspace2000]

I think i love watching the reactions to this movie the most. Everyone's reactions are gold.

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

This was hilarious. Arianna was just a collection of confused, terrified thumbnails Rob Bottin is an absolute genius. STILL. He nearly killed everyone with the heart attack scene but still a genius.

[@Nimbus1701]

I love videos with these two interacting together. The comments, and facial expressions when something surprising and unexpected happens always makes me giggle. 👍👏

[@katbishop1697]

this is one of my favorite horror movies, but I'm especially glad you watched this together because I love both of your reactions. but also the intensity of this movie in my opinion makes it difficult to sit through alone... ironically

[@Diegesis]

It's just a perfect mesh of jump scare horror and Agatha Christy whodunit mystery

[@claegason2521]

The thing about winter in Antarctica is that you can’t just up and go home. You’re stuck there till spring.

[@DanielRamosMilitaryWiz]

John Carpenter’s The Thing is my favorite horror film of all time. I always enjoy watching others react to this film, and I absolutely adore you two ladies! It’s amazing after forty years people still talk about this film. There is the horror of being isolated in a confined area far from any help, while being stalked by a monster than can perfectly imitate other people. It’s also a brilliant mystery trying to figure out where the Thing came from? What was it doing on the spaceship? When did it assimilate the crew members? Who sabotaged the blood bank? What happened to Fuchs? What happens to MacCready and Childs? Is one of the survivors the Thing? If y’all are interested, there is a 2011 prequel set at the Norwegian Camp that leads up to the events of this film. There is also a 2002 video game that serves as a sequel set shortly after these events. 2:26 To be fair the Norwegian is trying to shoot a dog that’s running erratically from a moving helicopter. Then of course there is the Arctic winds, and the extreme cold to consider. One would have to be an expert marksman to hit a target under those circumstances. 3:37-4:09 The problem is that the Norwegian had already shot and wounded Bennings, and he was continuing to fire his weapon. Garry was reacting to stop the shooting and protect his camp mates. Since no one at the camp spoke Norwegian, and they hadn’t been able to communicate with anyone outside the camp for weeks, there was no time to get a translator. Now my guess is that Garry is former military, because neither the armed forces or police train their personnel to wound the individuals they are shooting at. If they have to stop someone who presents an immediate threat, it’s shoot to kill. 4:14 I don’t want to give too much away since you haven’t seen the 2011 prequel, but the dog belonged to a member of the Norwegian Camp.

[@rowanjoy419]

This movie is the kind of movie that you have to rewatch. 1- Windows leave Bennings alone with the thing to go for the keys, then he return to find Bennings being absorve by the thing and for the sound it makes is clear that Windows drop the keys. 2- When they realize the blood plan has been sabotage, Copper said he is usually the only one who use the keys and who always has the keys is Garry, then we see Windows running away. Conclusion > Windows was scare that Garry would remember that the last person who ask for his keys was him and they would suspect and want to you know eliminate him. 1- Nauls complain that someone leave their dirty clothes and we see MacReady taking that clothe 2- We see MacReady alone with his clothes in his hands. 3- Fuchs found MacReady clothes in the snow 4- MacReady tell the guys that last time he left his shack he turn the lights out. Conclusion> we all understand out of context that Macready seem to be a loner but after all good leader, so it would make sense that thing want to consume him or put everyone against him so went to his shack and left the light on, and also took the clothes to make everyone suspect he was the thing.

[@2tone753]

The most important thing is that MacReady can think analytically, he is not distracted by feelings such as friendship, and he is determined to use maximum means, including shooting someone who refuses to follow his orders. Resistance to his orders becomes minimal as people see that he was right. Of course, “The Thing” had analyzed that he was the most dangerous opponent and therefore manipulated these “traces”.

[@chaircat]

Maple and Arianna in one reaction, what a fantastic treat! :)

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

2:27 The men in the helicopter are Norwegians, so what do you expect. Norway is famous for the Noble Prize and being conquered in two weeks by Germany in WWII.

[@oxhine]

Hey, Maple and Arianna! 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. 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!

[@roddyjo.76]

Jed the wolfdog was in another of my favorite movies, The Journey of Natty Gann. He was also in White Fang 1and 2. He died in 1995 at 17 or 18 years old.

[@Dave3Dguy]

Maple: "Because it's a science lab, did they create this thing like in a lab?" Spaceship in the opening scene: "Am I a joke to you?" 😊 Fun reaction!

[@krashd]

I've seen so many reactors question what the 'Thing' is that it has led me to believe that some edits of the movie either don't feature the ship crashing in Antarctica or they just assume that that scene is part of a studio logo.

[@glazedham682]

The channel owner say they purposefully didn't show them that scene.

[@KellyMallory]

You could make a full length movie just with Arianna's reactions. :D

[@BigSy19]

There is a prequel!!! It is also named “The Thing” 2011! It shows you what happened at the other station!

[@ChrsGotFourEyes]

2011 Thing wasn't too bad at all.

[@thesaiyannes9202]

one of the best parts about this movie is the constant anonymity of everything, never knowing who it is or what it can do. a really interesting and fun theory is about the ending of the movie, as to whether or not Childs is a thing. we can see that Mac hands him a bottle and he takes a swig from it without issue, but as we saw earlier, they filled all those bottles up with gas to make Molotov's, which is why Mac chuckled to himself since he was testing Childs

[@snavs420]

I wish I could watch this movie again for the first time. It's still fucking amazing every time I rewatch it, but that first time... And the best dog actor EVER.

[@brettpeacock9116]

"The Thing" is based on a 1938 Novella by John W Campbell called "Who Goes There?". It is a classic Golden Age of SF /Horror story, well worth the read.

[@drumaticpageofmusic4148]

Oh y’all are in for a rough ass time with this one 😂😂

[@realmjumper8154]

“I don’t want to watch a dog die” Boy do I have some bad news for you!

[@dnllrnt]

There's a rabbit hole of theories of who's who at the end of the movie. The bottle theory, the eye gleaming theory, the frozen breath theory, it's glorious to see so many people put time into a movie that's 40 years old.

[@pvanukoff]

And quite strange, considering all those theories have been thoroughly debunked. Not to mention that if one of them was a Thing, it would've just attacked the remaining human. Not to mention there is other media that establishes that Child and MacReady were both still human.

[@Treva2000]

@Mark H When McReady exhaled, you could see the steam of his warm breath contacting the cold air. With Childs, that did not happen. Childs was already taken over by the thing. Really enjoyed your review. I'm going to watch some more of them.

[@adamgreyjoy8333]

@@pvanukoff The only other medium I picture of the Thing is the short story, 'The Things', where Childs is unequivocally the Thing at the end.

[@Diegesis]

You can see childs breath. I showed it in the live stream. He's just at a different angle from the light. Childs is not a thing

[@Treva2000]

@@Diegesis I never could see it.

[@CapitalExpression]

One thing that I love about this movie is it has a lot of subtle dynamics going on. The all male cast each have their own ways of doing things and the power dynamics are constantly shifting

[@lawrenceschuman5354]

I'm Gen X, so I saw this when it was new. But on VHS and lo def TV. First time I watched it on my computer a few years ago I learned it was far more disgusting than I remembered. All practical effects. No CGI. And McCready is Kurt Russel. He was a child actor for Disney. He is the voice of Copper in Fox & The Hound, among other things. His break into action movies was Escape From New York. Same director and you should totally watch it.

[@tjsogmc]

Shout out to the logistics expert that had the foresight to equip an Antarctic expedition with a flamethrower.

[@Darkwing_Drunk]

One of the best Body Horror movies.

[@Peejay1966]

I love the scene with the dog entering the room when all you can see is a shadow of a man on the wall. Interestingly, and deliberately, it was not a member of the cast; Carpenter wanted to confuse even more.

[@sandbagger57]

Enjoyed the presentation. This is from the Novella Who Goes There by Campbell. This version follows the actual story. The original 1951 version had me crawling under my seat in a movie house during its re-release when I was little. It is excellent movie created by Howard Hawks. Different movie and style. Great to watch It had changes in the story.

[@GrouchyMarx]

That was a great reaction! There are three more of Carpenter's apocalyptic films of this nature from the '80s you would enjoy, "Escape From New York" (1981) also with Kurt Russell, "Prince of Darkness" (1987) and "They Live" (1988). ✌😎

[@stacylockhart9684]

They live was awsome.

[@dogawful]

@@stacylockhart9684 Prince of Darkness still really creeps me out when I think about it. The "dream" sequences were just so unnerving.

[@bryanbrill1526]

I knew this was gonna be great and you didnt disappoint, I havent laughed this hard for while. Props to Chad behind the scenes as well. Keep 'em comin!

[@SirMoFoDans4]

According to all versions of the sequel, Childs is human. I don't remember exactly but I know there are some versions in the comics and other mediums where both MacReady and Childs freeze to death and some where only MacReady survives and is rescued. According to the videogame sequel, which is considered to be canon according to John Carpenter, it's the latter. MacReady also makes a surprise cameo later into the game as the pilot for the player sometime during the final boss battle. I've never played the game or read the comics so I'm not really familiar with the particulars.

[@Holy_Wraith]

PlayStation 2 video game was the sequel according to John Carpenter and the rescue team finds Childs' and was still human.

[@SirMoFoDans4]

@@Holy_Wraith Yes. That is in fact what I said.

[@TyrannosaurusCHEX]

I played the video game years ago and the McCready surprise reveal is definitely the most memorable scene - it is a game which would be great with a remake as the AI was not good enough on ps2 and your team just transform into things at completely scripted locations instead of it being a game of paranoia and dread

[@anthonyleger68]

I'm sorry, ladies, but this was Awesome. Great idea Chad, letting both of them react at the same time. This was epic. I would love to see more. 😃😃😃

[@existenceisrelative]

This is maybe the best reaction i've ever seen to this movie. You fully engaged with it, and stayed until the end. Typically reactors retreat into talking about the making of the movie or the effects. But you two were with it until the end.

[@blueroninstudios]

We dont mind if you guys scream during a scary film, it means the movie's doing what it was designed to do, lol! I love reactions to this movie in particular, the faces people make when they first see the creatures! It's fun!

[@kurtbarlow9402]

3 minutes in " I don't want to see a dog die" Me : Oh, just wait girl.

[@DanielS2001]

As a long time fan since I was five years old (back when I watched this film on VHS with my Dad), I always find it enjoyable watching new viewers encountering this classic film. John Carpenter, the director of this film, did two other films which form what he dubs, "The Apocalypse Trilogy", which all three films deal with average people facing cosmic horrors. The two other films are Prince of Darkness (1987) and In the Mouth of Madness (1994). I definitely recommend them, as well as the rest of the works of John Carpenter.

[@stephensporman8206]

Glad I'm not the only one who's dad let them watch this when they were just a little kid! My dad and I watched this together when I was 6. He was smart (gracious) enough to play it during the day and when my mom was out with my sister. She would've freaked out if she caught us watching it 😂

[@DanielS2001]

@@stephensporman8206 The 1980s was a good time in horror movies. :D

[@ashkash89]

I love this channel it's very satisfying watching ppl who really enjoy and get into movies.

[@Khay-77]

This was fun, hope the two of you do some more reacts together. Maybe a horror reaction series?

[@mrhailstone1810]

im a huge horror movie fan and this one is still one of my favourites.

[@55titles12]

This movie, much like Lord of the rings, shows that no amount of CGI can beat practical effects

[@Damiana_Dimock]

Supposedly, the Director Of Photography, (I believe it was,) said you can tell who is the thing based on how the light them, but, after rewatching it since that article came out, I did not find that a useful clue 🤷🏻‍♀️ Anyway, I think a huge clue, or as the Ruined podcast calls them, a “fatal mistake,” is that Blair goes from being someone that would hang himself yo save the human race to someone who is feeling better and just wants yo come back inside. Antarctica is such a great place for a Horror film. One reason I really hope Guillermo Del Toro will finally get his Mountains Of Madness adaptation off the ground.

[@normlee6566]

Even though they did a pretty decent prequel in 2011 of the 1982 Carpenter version (which was a remake of the original 1950 film, Thing From Another World), the 1982 movie was the most memorable i believe.

[@rogershore3128]

When I saw the film originally when it came out , that dog scene had people screaming and running out of the theatre so fast they broke sprinting world records..... Most of the theatre was cleared by the time the film was over. It bombed spectacularly at the cinema..... Hard to believe but it did. People simply weren't ready for a film so gross then.....

[@sergiovr3]

I would have loved to see the that movie in the theatre and hear people screaming at my favorite scenes. 🤣