First Time Watching THE THING (1982) Reaction & Commentary

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The Thing (also known as John Carpenter's The Thing) is a 1982 science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter, written by Bill Lancaster, and starring Kurt Russell. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a parasitic extraterrestrial lifeform that assimilates other organisms and in turn imitates them. It infiltrates an Antarctic research station, taking the appearance of its victims, and paranoia occurs within the group.
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[@RyanCarrington]

Dont forget to like, subscribe and let me know what else i should check out 🤙

[@Kurahaara86]

You caught on quick man! Noice!

[@jennujor1551]

Here's a very condensed video of Kurt Russell & John Carpenter watching 'The Thing' years later together. Their commentary & Kurt's laugh had me rolling 😅 kzbin.info/www/bejne/emXVaKp_qLyYmMUsi=dEk5N7lq9xnK6Ftj

[@incubustimelord5947]

Watch the prequel The Thing (2011) so that you can see the story of how the Thing had destroyed the Norwegian scientific research center. It's very good. It's not as good special effects wise because they use video game-like C.G.I.s instead of the realistic practical effects from the 1982 movie, but the writing is still solid.

[@DPYROAXIS]

#NoTea

[@KingRenoBand]

New Years movie reaction: Four Rooms - 1995 (Quentin Tarantino & Tim Roth)

[@BouillaBased]

"it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is" has to be one of the greatest lines in cinema history.

[@m.ericwatson968]

"They thawed it out of the ice and it woke up, probably not in the best of moods" I love that one, so many good lines in this film

[@jackal59]

@@m.ericwatson968 "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 FUCKING COUCH!"

[@m.ericwatson968]

@@jackal59 There's some great moments of levity when the story needs it, great story telling, scripting and acting

[@shauntrek]

Three of my favorite F-bombs of all time are in this movie: Palmer's "You gotta be fucking kidding" during the spider-head scene, Garry's "I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter tied to THIS FUCKING COUCH" and MacReady's "Yeah, well fuck you too."

[@TheGoIsWin21]

​@@shauntrekthose first two are absolutely stellar examples of people acting naturally amongst the unnatural premise of a film, and part of what makes this movie so great. Nothing is scarier than watching people make the exact same decisions and choices you feel like you would make, and lose anyways.

[@baronvg]

Omfg I’ve watched dozens of reactions to The Thing and Ryan has been the ONLY reactor to go back and apologize to the Norwegians from the beginning (at least, in the KZbin edit) lmao 🤣

[@shainewhite2781]

BEST SCI FI HORROR FILM EVER MADE! Critics were not too kind to this movie when it was released, calling it "Boring, Dull, A Wretched Excess and one hell of an antidote for ET." Speaking of, ET was released 2 weeks earlier and made a lot of money at the box office. The Dog Kennel Sequence was done by Oscar Winning VFX artist Stan Winston, after Rob Bottin ended up in the hospital with a bleeding ulcer and exhaustion. The sound effects of The Thing when it transforms are that of Bears, Alligators, Horses, Crocodiles, Rattlesnakes, Pigs squealing and human screams played backwards or sped up to make it sound otherworldly. The Blood Test Scene as well as the Defibrillator From Hell were on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. The movie was filmed in Juneau Alaska, for the Opening scene, Stewart British Columbia Canada, and Universal Studios Hollywood California. The film was a box office disappointment, making $19 million dollars against a $15 million dollar budget. It has since gained a cult following, and has been regarded as one of John Carpenter's best movies ever made.

[@RyanCarrington]

Always appreciate movie trivia 👊

[@MellowMutant]

It's my favorite

[@viclagina347]

John Carpenter is just built different.

[@3xPin]

Prince of Darkness.

[@WolfHreda]

The only one built more different than John Carpenter was Rob Bottin.

[@OroborusFMA]

Icy, nihilistic, perfection. Love to watch it back-to-back with Escape from New York. It won no awards as I recall. Critics, in fact, hated it and it bombed at the box office because "ET" was released at the same time. This is infinitely better than ET or most any movie released that year. Arguably one of the ten best horror films of all time.

[@Humdebel]

It happens with Carpenter and Verhoeven a lot. And that's really a shame. But I wouldn't say it better than ET because they're so different that comparision lose meaning. Don't get me wrong, I completly agree that it is on of the best horror sci-fy of all times and probably my favourite carpenter movie (I cannot decide between the Thing and In the mouth of madness).

[@tonygonzales3206]

John Carpenter and Kurt Russell together are just on another level.

[@MellowMutant]

Right, it's my favorite horror movie

[@MellowMutant]

​@@tonygonzales3206facts

[@TheGoIsWin21]

Honestly, I would argue going as wide as 10 is even pretty conservative. The creation of tension, the representation of paranoia, the body horror. I think it's probably the perfect representation of its particular version of horror. Obviously other movies do different things better, but god damn is this just an incredible film.

[@StarShipGray]

Greatest horror movie ever made. Smart people making the best decisions possible based on the information they have, and the audience isn’t privy to any information that they aren’t.

[@MellowMutant]

My number 1 horror movie

[@mousetreehouse6833]

@StarShip, You are absolutely correct. (And according to the prequel, saddly, Lars is the only survivor from the Norwegian camp who doesn't understand English).

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

The best part of watching a reaction video to this film is the people talking shit about the guy trying to shoot the dog while knowing that that's the least evil thing he could possibly be trying to do haha

[@RyanCarrington]

I definitely didn't say, 'I hope he dies' 😂😂

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

​@@RyanCarringtonno no I hear I hope he has fries. Which is reasonable. There's going to be a lot of people saying that there is an answer to who was alien. Like there's this belief that child's at the end didn't have any breath visible and the aliens don't have breath but that's bullshit because the one that they burned in the courtyard had breathe. They're going to say that there is a little gleam in the eye of people who aren't the alien but there was only once in the movie that was the case and it wasn't put in intentionally. There's lots of people that think that the answer is in the film but it's just not. The director left it ambiguous on purpose and sadly there is no real answer. Fucking sucks haha

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

Perfect ending for what this story is.

[@Zentron]

The effects guy Rob Bottin, worked on the effects for this movie so much, he actually caused himself permanent physical health issues. Also, he did the effects for Robocop!

[@PV1230]

i think he did Total Recall as well.

[@Zentron]

@@PV1230 he did the character visual effects.

[@WolfHreda]

4:14 Everyone is against the dog eventually. That's the beauty of this movie. It's such a universal experience. "No, don't shoot the dog! What's wrong with you?" "Holy shit, kill it! Kill that fuckin' thing with fire! Oh my god!" The artistic integrity that John Carpenter has shown since this movie first came out is brilliant. It's been 41 years, and he's never told anyone who's meant to be a Thing by the end.

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

Nobody, just nobody,ever watched this film and started screaming about shooting the fucking dog/thing apart from moronic reactors 😕

[@kimmyfreak200]

i remember seeing comments mentioning when Windows does an anti gravity thing onto the ceiling that that was dumb... but what they forgot was the Thing could imitate many life forms, hence the spider/head scene so at one point it replicated a spider, same with the dog, so the anti gravity ceiling thing seemed insect like..like when u touch a flea or a grasshopper it flies off to the side or up like in crazy ways...i mean it barreled thru the dirt like a bowling ball the Thing had skills. The Thing also absorbed memory from all its victims, as they even said when Windows is found out on the couch u hear a scream but his mouth isn't moving, the director said that was when Windows was dying and being taken over as it absorbs all of u first then turns into the life... so that was Windows final moments being replayed by the Thing. EErie

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

They filmed in 2 locations, 1 is Juneau, Alaska & Stuart British Columbia/Canada. Built structure in june and filmed end of autumn, winter.

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

@@anothermovienerd correct, many indoor shots were in LA

[@LordVolkov]

A rare Carpenter movie where he doesn't compose his own score. Ennio Morricone (famed collaborator of Sergio Leone) does the music for The Thing, but there is a sort of Carpenter feel to the synth.

[@RyanCarrington]

Ahhh! Yeah as soon as the movie started I was getting a vibe that it could be Carpenter himself. Still need to check out a movie by Sergio Leone. Another name I've been sleeping on.

[@LordVolkov]

@@RyanCarrington Most people start with Fistful Of Dollars (and then the rest of the trilogy), but Once Upon A Time In The West is also a great place to begin with Leone.

[@Humdebel]

The score is awesome, and I love how Morricone capture the essence of the "carpenter sound" he really knows what he was doing. But I think to remember that (maybe because budgetary reasons) Carpenter itself has to compose some bits of it? Or that one of the temp tracks was composed by Carpenter and it stick in the final release, but maybe I'm remember it wrong.

[@Humdebel]

What a great reaction. I love just how invested you were and how great where your guesses, really on point. And don't worry about judging the norwegian at first, everyone goes from "Why would you shoot that cute doggie?!? are you insane!?" to "BURN IT; BURN IT BURN IT!!!" P.D. That dog is Jed, a canadian wolf/alaskan malamute mixture. He made "fame" with White Fang disney movies. But the performance in this movie is great, it really sells the uneasiness, everyone in this movie make an stellar performance, even the dog.

[@RyanCarrington]

Yeah I definitely put myself right into these movies as if I'm there haha

[@mousetreehouse6833]

Jed's hallway scene is a masterpiece in understatement.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Aliens may be the greatest alien monster movie ever made. But The Thing may be the most shocking / terrifying.

[@69coolchris]

This film and the 1951 version called The Thing from Another World are both based on the book called Who Goes There, written in 1938 by John W. Campbell jnr. The 1982 film is very close to the story in the original novel, whereas the 1951 film is more of a typical 50s monster movie, but is still a fun watch.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

Were there that many monster movies when "The Thing From Another World" came out? Or did it have a hand in starting the trend?

[@tommc3622]

What still blows my mind is that this concept, which seems fresh and relevant today, about this monster that works on a cellular level, is from 1938.

[@mousetreehouse6833]

Who Goes There had had an up-beat ending.

[@gregorygant4242]

This movie did win many awards back then for the special effects , those practical effects are still freakin insane today !

[@readhistory2023]

Ah no. It was never nominated for an Academy Award but the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films did nominate it for best SFX and Best Horror film but lost to Poltergiest. The film was nominated at the Razzie Awards for Worst Musical Score. Generally speaking horror fans loved it but it took years for it to achieve any status with reviewers.

[@jermainehaslam5634]

Fantastic reaction and one of the best monster movies ever made, not only do the crew have to deal with the alien but also have to deal with the cold environment their love the double threat to the characters in this film.

[@orangewarm1]

when this came out it was panned by the critics. they said Carpenter went over the top in terms of grossness. only in the last 10 years has it really been appreciated as a cult masterpiece.

[@5ilver42]

Everyone who was into movies that I've known for the last 20 years loved this when I was in school, I imagine it's just that the last 10 years "everyone" has graduated and gone out into the world.

[@mousetreehouse6833]

Actually, the Thing started to catch on with VHS and Blockbuster... so, not that long after the movie came out. Because it didn't show an emmediate profit, it was pulled from theaters before horror fans even got the chance to see it.

[@chrisw1555]

Bro, so glad you're doing this! One of my 3 favorite films.

[@GrisouIII]

What are your two other favourites?

[@chrisw1555]

@@GrisouIII Aliens and Predator. Aliens will always be my #1.

[@Humdebel]

@@chrisw1555 Aliens is such a good movie and one of the best sequels ever, on par with T2 in my opinion.

[@TANKTREAD]

Great score composed by Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter and Alan Howarth.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Classic! Saw at the theater! Thank again enjoy your reaction reviews!

[@jennujor1551]

I can only imagine what it was like seeing on a big screen! With all the grossness practically right in your face 🤢🫣😂

[@thunderstruck5484]

@@jennujor1551 it was awesome! Also back then there were movies to see every weekend, Hollywood was on a roll!

[@RyanCarrington]

Yeah, I'd love to check this out in theatres! I'll keep an eye out for it in the places that show classic movies.

[@trulskarlsen6944]

I am Norwegian, and in the beginning when the Norwegian shouts and begins shooting at them he says «get away, thats not a dog! Thats some kind of thing! Get away idiots!» which kind of ruins some of the suspense and suprise for us!😂

[@RyanCarrington]

That's so annoying lol Wont somebody think of the Norwegians?! You're the real victims in this haha

[@Templarofsteel88]

​@@RyanCarringtona lot of us from Scandinavia ( Denmark , Noway and Sweden) understand what was said so for us it was kind of a spoiler.

[@riskey]

Best line from your reaction: "He's eating him with his head!" Note: All eating is done with your head.😆

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

I do love John Carpenter's Halloween, but this is his opus, The Thing. This is application of how much he knew about filmmaking from older cinema. For a horror film, little matches it but nothing is better, just a match. But this is the best horror film that really penetrates the isolation, paranoia and distrust, and in the worst place of the worst situation imaginable. I'd rather deal with Michael Myers, the Xenomorph Alien, Predator I'll keep going. This is the worst situation imaginable, this exploits baseline primal fears of both infection and being eatem alive. This isn't a virus yet shares many characteristics with viruses. Its a kind of Cellular organism. In a cut scene Blair said this that its not any cell structure as humanity understands it. Horrifying nightmare. Perfectly crafted.

[@RyanCarrington]

It's definitely up there with my top horrors now!

[@stobe187]

Two things that are almost guaranteed when you watch reactions to this film: people go "oh no, nothing bad must happen to this dog!" and they admire Mac's hat :D Ps. Rob Bottin was like 21-22yo when he made the vast majority of the practical FX for this film, worked himself right into the hospital..

[@notjustforhackers4252]

You know what always amazes me about The Thing ( The creature )?.... it knows how to build a spaceship but doesn't know what a noose is for. Absolute classic film, as your reaction showed, it still gets 'em. Great reaction man.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

Perhaps human emotions confuse it

[@notjustforhackers4252]

@@lucianaromulus1408 Fair point but it's always been clever enough to cover its own tracks before.

[@mousetreehouse6833]

The noose is Blair's way to guarantee privacy so he can continue to work on the spaceship.

[@Neckromorph]

I've been waiting so long for you to react to this! Such a classic of a horror movie.

[@RyanCarrington]

Sorry about the wait!

[@EstebanDeLaVille]

It's awesome to see you experience such a gem for the first time. It's my favorite horror movie, up there with Jaws. You've been on point with your selection of movies so far, especially with the classics. Hope you don't mind some old and new recommendations of great horror films that may be good reaction material: - Rosemary's Baby - Let the right one in (the original, from 2008) - The Others - Cabin in the Woods - Get Out - The Host - Child's Play (1988) - Shaun of the Dead - Predator Thanks for the laughs, great stuff

[@RyanCarrington]

Appreciate the recommendations! Thanks for checking this out with me. This was a good'un!

[@karidennis6154]

@@RyanCarringtonThe Others is another must see, very creepy, best seen if you go in knowing nothing about it.

[@86leewis]

Bennings howl was terrifying. For me though, how long were you alone with that dog scared me the most. Pretty much all of it. This film is so effective

[@buzzardbeatniks]

The way Windows looked relieved when his blood didn't react, he wasn't even sure if he was the thing.

[@stobe187]

I've always found this to be one of the creepiest aspects of this film, Windows and Childs both show that they aren't even sure if they are human anymore.

[@Bluesit32]

I mean, the best way to pretend to be someone is to think you actually are that person. The question of whether or not you were truly human would be bound to come up.

[@Bluesit32]

​@@stobe187That was a big thing in "Who Goes There?", the story the movie was based on. People didn't just worry about it, they went insane over it, becoming violent, even suicidal from doubting their own humanity. Course, in the story, the base had dozens of people in it.

[@Mel_Lou_03]

I love the little details in this film. Like the noose indicating he’s an alien as if he try to kill himself then the alien took over. I wanna know who do you think is infected at the end out of the two? Cose I wanna say neither as I feel like the alien one would try anything to survive and win or they could both be infected but then wouldn’t they want to work together ? But if which one is infected! I just want to know the answer! X

[@Insolent8]

I would also say neither are infected. I don't think Mac would blow up the "main" one if he was also one and Childs surprises an exhausted Mac. He could've easily burnt him up with the flamethrower or turned him.

[@Mel_Lou_03]

@@Insolent8 agreed and that’s what makes it so sad because if both are not infected there could of been a way of survival but with neither trusting the other it’s just the inevitable x

[@lucianaromulus1408]

I also feel both are human at the end. Something more poetic about that. 2 people, dying in paranoia but unknowingly saved Earth.

[@mistahanansi2264]

11:15 He literally DOES flip the light switch in an attempt to “turn the lights on”. It just didn’t work.

[@3xPin]

Every. Single. Time. “Why are they shooting at the dog?!” Ten minutes later: “Wait…” Then: “Ohhhhh!! Fuuuuuu-“ Note: the effects in this movie are PRACTICAL effects. They used to be just “special” effects. But then came CGI. Puppetry, forced perspective, make-up, prosthetics, and “I feel like that shot was done in reverse” reverse shots. Good eye; you are correct.

[@pommie5093]

One of the best horror/sci-fi movies ever!

[@mwflanagan1]

Ryan, I keep trying to get someone to react the 1951’s The Thing From Another Planet, the original version. It has a fantastic cast, snappy dialog, and suspense like nobody’s business. Thanks for this reaction - I didn’t care for the remake for a long time, but it has grown on me.

[@Bluesit32]

Blair was played by Wilford Brimley. He had the power of oatmeal and diabeetus on his side.

[@scottmelville3476]

Ennio Morricone did the score and about 10 million other great ones.

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

Not exactly. He did the orchestral music, but John Carpenter & Alan Howarath did the synthesizer, though some was rough stuff Ennio did and was credited. But as far as I know, John & Alan did it all the synth work, which it sounds like a lot that could come from Escape From NY or Christine.

[@pantlessreactions]

Every reactor in the first 5 minutes: "WTF! they better not hurt this dog!" 15 minutes later: "KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!"

[@traceyreid4585]

Such a classic tension builder, Carpenter is the master at that. The blood test scene is my favourite, Garry's tantrum at being 'tied to this f***ing couch!' makes me laugh! Got to say though, with all the mayhem going on I still get distracted by Kurt Russell's hair! Its like a main character ☺

[@KingRenoBand]

Quentin Tarantino loved this score so much he hired Ennio Morricone to score The Hateful Eight, and Ennio Morricone used some of the unused score from The Thing.

[@TennSeven]

"Companies try their best to eliminate lens flare and they pay a lot of money for glass to have lens flare not show up." - Michael Bay has entered the chat.

[@joshfacio9379]

J J Abrams as well

[@NowLedgeOutpost]

Ennio did a tremendous job with that score. It's unlike any other horror/sci -fi track, it's unique.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

One of my favorite John Carpenter/Kurt Russell movies. I love how the practical effects still look really good 40 years later. And I know you loved the spider head thing. =D

[@pvanukoff]

It boggles my mind why they went with garbage CG for the prequel movie.

[@floppyblanket2587]

Loved the whole cast❤ Love this movie. And of course, love your reactions!

[@RyanCarrington]

Thanks for watching along!

[@eideticamnesia]

"we have to watch out for that 70's show as well" that line made my morning

[@RyanCarrington]

😂

[@mousetreehouse6833]

The Hot Shot actor is Lloyd Bridges, father of actors Beau and Jeff. Lt. Garry in The Thing is prolific character actor Donald Moffatt.

[@shaharadegan9993]

Fantastic reaction ❤😊My all-time favorite re-watch!

[@RyanCarrington]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@zeezee9670]

@28:22 _Oh. Here we go, here we go._ Yes. As we'll see in a minute the guy who fell moaning/groaning from a heart attack is an immitation of Norris (the grologist). The thing *can only immitate living cells.* As Norris has a prosthetic heart valve, which was not "copied", thus the copy became extremely prone to heart attacks. Note that this also gives other clues such as Childs' earring for instance.

[@hollyodell4012]

Ok, I've seen this movie countless times over 40 years, and a question has just occured to me. When Blair is questioning Clark, he admits he was alone with the dog for "an hour, hour and a half, maybe", and after he's dead his blood is tested and it turns out he was human. So is there any good reason the Thing-dog would just hang out with Clark, all alone, for an hour and a half, and *not* take him over? Poor Bennings is alone with the Thing for 2 minutes before it gets its tentacles all over him. Why would the thing hang with Clark for that long and just leave him alone? I know there's probably no reason for it other than the script said so, but seriously, what's so special about Clark, was he not the Thing's type or something? Lol😂

[@RyanCarrington]

Haha okay now you've got me thinking about this 😂

[@Gunnar001]

Maybe the Dog Thing didn’t see a good opportunity to take Clark without him noticing and running? Maybe some of the real dogs were hanging around and the Thing felt it wasn’t safe enough to try anything? We really don’t know the complete picture.

[@arifeannor9573]

I think it was because the thing knows it would be to obvious and they would probably kill him anyways, which they did. But yeah it is just a movie with a script. What it should of done is split off into lots of little things that can crawl around and latch onto people while they sleep or squirt them with its cells to slowly take over them. It was already demonstrated even drops of this stuff is its own organism. They could of been mice, small insects just crawling around everywhere. Only way to explain that away is it has never got a small animal before or it's nature is to be big and strong instead of small and sneaky and/or maybe the smaller versions can't exist for very long, as if they can't metabolise enough energy to keep itself going.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

Perhaps it didn't want to take anyone over and eventually felt it needed to, to survive. Perhaps it knew Clarke would defend the animals no matter what. Hard to truly know. My hypothesis is The Thing just wants to survive and get the hell of Earth and isn't thinking to infect all the humans or even get to Civilization. I think it just wanted off this rock lol

[@The_Foreigner_Belt]

The Thing is cunning. It picks and chooses its targets. Clark wasn't the right human to assimilate first... Palmer was.

[@86leewis]

The blood test. Carpenter only used this once, not for any other scene. The light in the eyes. When you rewatch you'll see palmer didn't have any.

[@TTM9691]

Loved it. Thing and Psycho back to back, you had a good week of movies! I see this in a lineage: "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" (1978), "Alien" (1979), "American Werewolf In London" (1981), "The Thing (1982) and "The Fly (1986). Not that there weren't other great practical effects horror movies during that period, and before (obviously Exorcist, Evil Dead 2, Poltergeist, The Howling, Creepshow, etc) but there is just some sort of lineage with those movies. "The Thing" has a little homage to "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers", I would LOVE to see your reaction to that one: the cinematography is incredible, the acting, the sound effects, the practical effects, the atmosphere......definitely hit that one eventually since you've done the others! You'll love it!

[@jtoland2333]

Always fun to watch your reactions, youngun'. You never disapoint! 😅😊 My favorite line is,"...It's weird and pissed off, whatever it is!"

[@RyanCarrington]

😂 Thanks for watching!

[@gwwasham]

That was a very important point that you made at 14:00. One is not infected. One becomes an imitation, a perfect imitation of the victim. And you made another excellent point at 39:40, which is why I think they are both human. Great analysis. This is the best reaction to this movie I have seen.

[@danelicker317]

It's funny. I've seen several reactions to this movie, and they all start and end the same. At the beginning, they're all 'No no, don't kill the dog." But later, they're saying "They should've killed that dog."

[@Gingerninja1138]

Ennio Morricone did the score for this movie, pure brilliant

[@commanderkruge]

To this day the single best "Cosmic Horror" movie in my opinion. The psycho terror of not knowing who's still human and who isn't is a true nailbiter and on top of it you have this absolutely nightmarish creature design. Beautiful.

[@donnyboy6848]

You are a top tier movie reactor in my opinion Ryan! Please keep being you and doing what you do amigo

[@RyanCarrington]

Always appreciate the topping up of my wafer thing self-esteem 😂

[@kimmyfreak200]

i was up late a few months ago and found old YT videos where they had the clips of this film all out of context on purpose...it was the funniest thing i'd seen...given the paranoid inducing scenes when they are re-cut they are alot of fun to work with...

[@viclagina347]

Hey brother I KNOW your gonna love this one.... practice effects off the charts. DIDNT do well in theaters cuz ET came out the sane week. Turned into the best monster movie

[@RyanCarrington]

Yeah, this was awesome the whole way through! It's a shame E.T took all its shine.

[@terryv2006]

It’s funny you mention foreshadowing when they entered the Norwegian camp. They actually used the burned out remains of the American camp to film the Norwegian camp.

[@wentshow]

They filmed it in Western Canada, either British Columia or the NW Territory. I don't recall which. They also built that compound and really blew it up with real explosives to film the ending. The one detail that does bother me, however, is that the explosions were so large, fast, and violent that the characters setting them off should've had no chance to get away. How Mac survived that explosion at the end is just a "cinema sin." But Carpenter has earned my absolution for this gem. In the scene where Palmer was in the snow burning, Kurt Russell threw a real explosive. That's why the blast looked so good. However, they didn't inform Russell how large or violent the explosion would be. He was too close, and it practically gave him PTSD.

[@raquelyoung5580]

‘You need to watch out for that 70’s show as well, he was in there laying with him’ my goodness 😂🤣 nice channel

[@RyanCarrington]

Haha glad you're having fun over here 🙌

[@lollywright4258]

Ahh Kurt Russell.. those long wavy locks. I think I may have a type 😂🤔

[@blakewalker84120]

I didn't see this the first few times I watched, but check out 38:49 with part of Blair's face on the side of the monster head. Nice touch. You said "it's a little bit of everything". Yep, including Blair.

[@nicolem376]

Me: I’m definitely going to do the things I need to be doing now KZbin: Lookie here 👀

[@RyanCarrington]

Haha sorry!

[@Masked_Rider420]

I randomly watched this for the first time yesterday myself. My god those effects were gruesome

[@DerekHarrison-ue9vv]

Still love this film 41 years later(1982) and HATE the film critics that panned it like they they panned THE BLUES BROTHERS two years earlier in 1980.Those clown film critics just didn’t have a clue.Rob Bottin’s special effects still hold up to this day.Just like one or two people have posted on here,watch the 2011 Thing prequel to get the Norwegian perspective and the events that led to the destruction of the American base.While there’s far too much CGI in the 2011 prequel,it’s still a good film,even if some still hate it!

[@doktor_ghul]

How can you go wrong with a Carpenter film scored by Ennio Morricone ( imitating Carpenter's electronic music ), with effects by the madman Rob Bottin, with comic artist genius Mike Ploog designing the thing scenes and storyboarding the whole film?? Fuck E.T., 1982 was the year of the Thing.

[@RyanCarrington]

This was amazing from start to finish!

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

In the scene when the dogs were being taken over, part of the thing escapes thru the ceiling. I assume that part was building the ship under the shed where they locked up Blair, so when they locked him out there they basically sealed his fate. And when he was trying hard to get back inside he was likely already taken over. At any rate, great freaking movie that I have watched a few dozen times over the past 40 years.

[@Gunnar001]

Nothing escaped through the ceiling. The Dog Thing was cornered and vulnerable (caught in the middle of it’s assimilation process) and simply lifted itself up to try and put distance between the hostile humans and itself. A defensive tactic. Palmer Thing also does this when it jumps up to the ceiling to get away from danger. Kind of a _fight or flight_ response for the creature. Blair Thing was alone for hours, if not days and was the one who was building the flying craft.

[@brandonflorida1092]

Ennio Morricone did the score, but they wouldn't show him an inch of film. He had to produce a kit for them based only on a verbal description.

[@nilkilnilkil]

Haven't watched you watch anything for a while, but I have to see people reacting to this ...

[@RyanCarrington]

Welcome back 🙌

[@saucygoat8287]

9:30 I sh*t my pants bro, I actually thought you were talking to me for a second here😂 I looked away from the screen and had just started participating in that “activity” when this happened, that was insane😂

[@RyanCarrington]

That's hilarious. Sorry bro ahaha

[@pasifred8589]

Ennio Morricone. All I have to say.

[@maingate7672]

''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' does something very similar. So does ''Leviathan''.

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

One of the possible endings to the film, was the scene showing the burned remains of the camp still smoking, and then you see a lone dog running away from the camp. The studio felt that ending was too nihilistic and dark, so Carpenter came up with this ending, where you're left wondering if the Thing survived or not. 1982 was one of the greatest years for cinema, so unfortunately the Thing did poorly at the box office and critics overwhelmingly hated it. Especially since this film came up against the family friendly film ET. VHS and home video however turned the film into a cult classic, and that is when the movie started to get appreciated as the practical effects masterpiece that it is. Carpenter though really resented the unfair treatment of the film, and started to become tired of the system in which Hollywood operates. Those feelings were only reinforced with his later films.

[@The_Foreigner_Belt]

I would disagree that the audience is left wondering about the Thing. It's pretty obvious that the Thing was defeated. Anyone who was the Thing was either burned up or blown up... The ending does seem ambiguous and open-ended , but in fact, if you look at it objectively, the film's narrative is pretty self contained. All we're left wondering about is the fate of the two men who survived the ordeal...

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

@@The_Foreigner_Belt Childs being off screen for so long, is why there is still doubt as to if the Thing still lives.

[@robertmills8640]

Was looking forward to your reaction to this. Great Reaction 👍

[@RyanCarrington]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@robertmills8640]

@@RyanCarrington Very Much so, always enjoy your reactions.

[@eideticamnesia]

22:52 it bothers me that a case with a half dozen firearms is ignored after this scene

[@Andy-rl4ji]

Guns didn’t affect the kennel thing, and I suspect the dog thing was indeed shot at the beginning but kept on going (but that’s conjecture). Not saying a shotgun wouldn’t have slowed it some, but a gun was probably more dangerous to the non-things than to a thing.

[@blakewalker84120]

33:18 "He's eating him with his head." I've tried eating with my elbows but I always come back to using my head. Though I admit, I limit it to just one part of my head while this Thing is less finicking than I am... Yeah, Windows just stood there and watched himself die. Probably best to get him out of the gene pool if we're going to have to fight off a planet-wide invasion.

[@namelessjedi2242]

Early Carpenter was so good. Especially paired with Kurt Russel.

[@sca88]

The Thing always knows it's the Thing so you can't be infected...it kills the original then copies it.

[@olivierbranson5009]

The ending: I think that Childs was the thing. When MacReady talks you clearly can see the condensation of his breath in the freezen temperature. This doesn’t occur when Childs talks. This is not a coincidence, I think

[@tranya327]

Great reaction. Loved it. There are a great many things in the film that are purposely left open to interpretation. For instance: When Blair destroys the radio equipment... is it a Blair who is still human (maybe half-crazy with fear) who destroys the equipment to •prevent a rescue• (and thus prevent an infection from reaching the rest of the world?) Or, is it Blair-Thing, who is acting to •prevent a WARNING• from reaching the outside world, so that it can do further imitation and spreading once the rescue team arrives? (I tend to think it's the latter: By acting crazy, Blair-thing knew that the humans would be motivated to isolate him. They locked him in the tool shed and left, where he would be free to begin to tunnel out, and build the escape craft, and maybe infect other people.) It's unlikely that Childs is telling the truth at the end, about where he was. When he was still human, he chose NOT TO confront MacReady, whom he believed was the thing, opting instead to 'let it freeze to death outside.' So, "I thought I saw Blair... went out after him..." isn't Childs's style. I think the collective evidence points to Childs being the thing. But, there's another possibility: Childs is human, but lying. If Blair-thing confronted a very tired, nearly exhausted Childs, Childs would have doubts that he could have defeated Blair-thing, even though he had the flame thrower. Blair-thing could have sensed that, and offered Childs a deal: You let me grab the generator, and I'll leave you alone. Childs could then have messed up the coats and gear in the coat room, to make it appear that there had been a struggle, and then fled. One of the other curious tidbits about this film, is that a couple of years before these words become super-common terms in the computer world, we have two characters in the film named... Mac and Windows. :)

[@markgordon6155]

So it was Norris who forat got infected by the dog when the dog goes into his room and we see the silhouette on the wall. I love how later when mac , norris and palmer go via helicopter to visit the spaceship, norris is looking at the ship with delight, knowing its his home. I truly believe this is when macready is infected by norris. After that trip Mac takes over and manipulates the crew. He changes. He kills fuchs as fuchs is giving him all the info from Blair, but doesn't share with the rest of the group. So gets rid of him, we see twice macs ripped long John's. Also he was present when doc mentioned about a blood test. Then straight after the blood is destroyed. I reckon mac took some of his old blood and faked his own blood test later, when palmer is found out. Mac infects Blair when he is in the shack and takes a swig of his vodka, and at the end when he's left with child's, he's happy to freeze and wait. He hands child's the whiskey and infects him, and gives a smirk. The whole thing is a chess game between child's and mac. Child's finally trusts mac with the drink. Mac knows that a small particle will infect someone. The bottle of j&b is prominent throughout the film and key

[@DytchWytch]

This movie scared the mess out of me, a life-long horror fan. I made my dad take me to see this flick, when I was about 14. He fell asleep during the opening scenes and woke up for the credits, while I sat there being terrified for a good 90 minutes. I wouldn't be alone with my pets for a good two weeks, after seeing this movie. Had to see the pink of dawn rising above the tree line, before I'd sleep. 😊 FYI, John Carpenter scores all of his movies.

[@TheHulk2008]

When Norris goes ill tell you what I've never seen anything like that and still in all the movies I've still haven't seen anything like it.

[@kimmyfreak200]

SCANNERS and VIDEODROME are the same director as THE FLY...in fact i think i'll re-watch videodrome tonight... my friend showed that one to me, and scanners another friend of mine..scanners has a famous scene that really freaked out audiences including my friend who was a kid when he saw it haha both carpenter and cronenberg were into sci f-/horrors....i feel like videodrome metaphorically and in a way literally predicted the future

[@norwegianmaster744]

Hallo from Norway! Right next to Sweden!

[@byrdie47]

best line in the movie/ during the blood test Gary says: this is pure nonsense, it doesn't prove a "thing", and that's exactly what it proves. lol

[@DVDhoarder]

6:12 you can find that out by watching the prequel movie, The Thing (2011) . ...yeah, yeah, most of tge effects are made by CGI but it is still quite a good movie 👍

[@philmullineaux5405]

All carpenter movies should be watched! Specially Assault on precinct 13, escape from New York, escape from LA, Starman, Big Trouble in little CHINA, they Live, The Fog, Eyes of Laura Mars, Prince of Darkness, and others. Carpenter resented Spielberg for ET AND it took all the money and awards. But Carpenter had the last laugh! Because this movie is much better! Carpenter made his own alien love story with Starman! Carpenter also is the master of the minimalist creepy theme music! Kurt did 4 movies with carpenter! He even did an early TV Elvis movie, for John! This is one of the 3 most important sci-fi movies ever made. Plus Alien and Bladerunner, which are all related, by actors, and some other technicalities. Also the brilliance here is, when the thing busts out, it comes out of u anywhere, any size, shape, etc. The dog trainer should have won an Oscar and the special effects guy should have won an Oscar! He was a twenty one year old college student!😮😮😮. Pro tip, carpenter is still thinking about a sequel! But there's still a massive tie in here with Alien, predator Bladerunner this , and a movie with Kurt Russell called, Soldier! They are related by the beings called Engineers, for Aliens, Terminator, predator, Bladerunner this, and a movie with Kurt Russell movie called, Soldier. Common companies, technology, Replicants, synthetic humans, beings that Engineers created, and even writers and producers! And this is why, prosthetic, robotics, special/ effects, practical effects, are way better than CGI! The three main corporations... Cyberdyne (Terminator) Weyland Corp (alien) and Tyrell Corp (Bladerunner) all did cross work for each other, and also shared some employees!😮 Kurt better have kept the hat! Also the total brilliance here is, once u have been infected, even from just a scratch, u have no idea when u are being taken over! One of the absolute must watch Carpenter films u must watch! Along with Starman, escape from New York, escape from LA, Big Trouble in little CHINA, assault on precinct 13. Go with those, and his Halloween stuff, Eyes of Laura Mars, They Live, The Fog, Christine, In the mouth of madness, prince of darkness, memoirs of an invisible man, vampires! There are critics who say this is Carpenter's version of Communism Socialism, etc , and how it takes over countries, much as a film in the 50s by the same name, i think...the special effects guy here went on to do some great movies!

[@zapssr1691]

This is strictly off-topic, but dayumm I’m obsessed with the hair lol

[@kimmyfreak200]

i often confuse john carpenter with david cronenberg..they both had pretty cool special effects

[@patriciadurr7245]

The score is phenomenal

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

I recommend giving "Vampires: Los Muertos" a whirl - it's criminally underrated. Starring Jon Bon Jovi, Darius McCrary and Diego Luna

[@lucianaromulus1408]

My favorite horror movie. I cant think of a worse scenario to find yourself in. Youre battling an intelligent enemy, you dont know if its malicious or simply trying to survive, if it touches you...youre dead, its almost impossible to detect, it can only be killed with fire/acid and if it gets to water or transportation its not just the end of humans but THE ENTIRE WORLD. Every Winter when the wind howls i think of this movie. It inspired me to get a flamethrower cause...you never know 😅

[@gggooding]

Folks argue about *when* Blair gets infected. (Carpenter has said _every_ infection is on camera in the movie.) I think you showed the moment...when the doc (Copper) takes his blood (camera lingers on that, don't it?) which is *NOT* a popular theory, due to Copper's arms getting munched...but only the doc and Garry (who is definitely human) have keys to the blood. 🤔 Was Copper _one_ of the Things, but sacrificed itself "knowing" the Blair-Thing was nearly done making a new ship? Or was this lowish-budget movie shot on-the-fly and fan theories are all convoluted without clear answers because the internal logic of the script is shoddy? Possible...but that's not a fun answer. Maybe *you're* the Thing, commenter and/or Ryan, and _that's_ why you're disagreeing with me. 🤨

[@dosnostalgic]

Can we get a source on Carpenter saying every infection is on screen?

[@gggooding]

@@dosnostalgic @dosnostalgic @dosnostalgic Thats an excellent question. I _know_ I've heard him say it, but I've watched *so* many interviews with him over the years that they all mush in my head. The commentary track (with Russell!) to The Thing is _probably_ where I heard him say that. But while I have a clear memory of it... I acknowledge memory ain't always accurate. Side note: "Fear on Film" is an *excellent* Carpenter interview worth youtubing, but not the one in question.

[@ajclements4627]

That dog can act!

[@frankgunner8967]

I think the critics gave this movie a bit of a bashing when it first came out in the cinemas but over the years it's become a cult classic.

[@DukeOfChirk]

Might be a good idea to watch the sequel (which is actually a prequel). Whilst not as good as this film, it is decent enough - it tells the story of the Norwegian camp….