The Boys FREAK OUT Watching THE THING for the 1ST TIME!! // Manly Movie Mondays

[@SeanTanktop]

So DOPE to be able to show your boys a bonafide HORROR CLASSIC BEFORE SOCIAL DISTANCING! For $2 you can watch this and 12 other Manly Movie Monday Reactions at Patreon.com/SeanTanktop ! Also the boys flipped their shit to "The Raid" Watch it here! shorturl.at/nrJO8

[@MattSipka]

Sean TankTop Windows got the keys from Gary when he and Bennings were in the storage room. When Windows saw Bennings getting assimilated, he drops the keys before getting MacReady and Fuches. That’s the reason he starts running to get the shotgun. HE had the keys last so everyone would think HE sabotaged the blood packs.

[@yoehonjohn4832]

I love this movie. I first watched it when I was 10. Little to young but loved it. Every time there is a blizzard out side and nothing to do this perfect movie to watch.

[@ianstradian]

I saw this at a twin theater. Small town two screens bad popcorn, sticky floor, uncomfortable seats, rundown twin theater. Incidentally: the place held live music events because they had a stage in each theater room. The last show that was put on at the Foley Twin was a concert, by Three Dog Night. The bands name is a reference to an Indian technique for keeping warm in cold climates. A cold night you brought in a dog to sleep with you, a really cold night you brought in two dogs to help keep you warm.... A three dog night was a damn cold night.

[@SeanTanktop]

@@ianstradian That is fucking incredible!! Awesome memory!!

[@ianstradian]

Sean TankTop thank you I’m old...

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Not just Carpenter's best movie, but one of the best movies of all time.

[@IJohnSmith]

Prince of Darkness would like a word ...

[@birdbrainiac]

@@IJohnSmith It can have the word: No. More seriously I enjoy it, but its not in the same league as the thing.

[@IJohnSmith]

BirdBrainiac I’ll agree the lighting, acting, and practical effects in The Thing are un-comparable. PoD though, IMO, sets a better tone of dread and bleakness, and the score is JC’s best.

[@HragFarraGaming]

Close 2nd is Escape From New York.

[@emperorpicard7222]

@@IJohnSmith About what, because it definitely doesn't want a word about being best.

[@Foksuh]

Rob Bottin, the guy behind the monsters and all, according to wikipedia: "Bottin worked on The Thing seven days a week (including late nights) for a year and five weeks straight, producing every creature effect (with the exception of the transformed dog, which was partially done by Stan Winston).According to the making of documentary on the DVD, the then 22 year-old’s schedule was so punishing, and his attention to detail so precise, that after filming finished, he was hospitalised with exhaustion, pneumonia, and a bleeding ulcer. " But the result of that work still holds up almost 40 years later and is still so disgustingly grotesque and effective...

[@apexone5502]

We can definitely see that he put some real work into those effects. They really hold up for a nearly 40 year old film.

[@mickesmanymovies]

In the interviews on the special edition dvd he himself says just that, and that he some nights just crawled under his desk to sleep, his assistant would wake him up when she got there in the morning, and then he just crawled out and continued working.

[@players7686]

Rob Bottin was amazing! And when I was wondering what was going on with him I found an article that he was in real estate now. Hope he is doing well but loved his effects better than CGI!

[@patrickgogan3517]

@@players7686 he did the Howling as well a year earlier

[@players7686]

@@patrickgogan3517 Oh I didn't know that! I remember seeing that movie such a long time ago. Now I have to go find it and check it out. I did like it a lot when I saw it. No wonder the effects were so good. Mr Bottin at his best! Thanks fo letting me know!

[@suncore598]

The Thing is a powerful example of non-CGI horror.

[@GKinslayer]

Skill and art can always do more than all the money in the world blown on unartful CGI.

[@Zeekay980]

@@jazzycat8917 Almost literally.They actually had great practical effects, but the executives forced them to put cgi over them.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

@@jazzycat8917 What prequel?!? :P

[@RevStickleback]

The problem with CGI is that it make the film all about the CGI. The special effects of the day were there to move the story on, not be the scary part. The horror and tension back then was created by the script, not a graphics designer. If this was made now it'd be a two-hour long alien-themed action movie, with constant human-alien battles. This uses the quiet moments instead to ratchet up the tension incrementally. It's almost a lost art now.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

I always go back to this movie as an example of pratical always beat CGI. Same with the Howling, etc...

[@justinecooper9575]

The dog should have got at least a nomination for an Oscar.

[@jorgetomas380]

Justine Cooper, OH MY GOD!!!! I thought I was tge only 1! The dog NEVER MADE ONE PEEP of a sound. Smh. So dam creepy and perfect. And the dogs locked up in the cage with the thing were AWESOME acting.

[@Lapinporokoira]

That dog is called Jed. He also played White Fang in that film.

[@justinecooper9575]

@@Lapinporokoira That's a really cool fact. Also cool that Jed is listed first in the Cast list on IMDB.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

@@Lapinporokoira He's also in The Journey of Natty Gan. On the Shout Factory blu-ray, there's a new interview with John Carpenter where the interviewer mentions the dog's amazing performance, and Carpenter, some thirty-five years after the fact, looks down, shakes his head, and says, "Jesus, that dog was smart."

[@richardjohnson5435]

Jed only befriended two actors in his career. Ethan Hawke from White Fang being one of them.

[@theborgv]

and that ladies and gentlemen is how you make a movie.

[@SeanTanktop]

big facts!

[@4sakend1]

Which really goes to show the critics who trashed this movie at the time had no clue what a masterpiece it would become....though I wish Hollywood hadn't tried to make a prequel.

[@Vaultboy101]

@@4sakend1 People were all loved up over E.T. when this came out and put the most disturbing alien ever on screen. You can imagine most weren't ready for it. Like a lot of great art, it is only appreciated long after it's release, usually because it is just too ahead of its time and the rest of the world has yet to catch up.

[@ikecarr5989]

It actually "won" the Razzle for worst film of 1982.

[@montycrain5783]

I remember when this first hit cable. There was a slightly different cut. At the beginning of the movie it basically gave a on screen rundown of the different men at the outpost and how they wound up in Antarctica.

[@stevenwright6573]

I'm 49. I saw this on VHS back in the early 80's when it came out. Scared the shit out of me.

[@FRODOGOOFBALL]

This was the first R-rated movie I ever saw. I was 10 years old and no one knew I had mild autism. Freaked me out so much I went the next 8 years without seeing another R-rated movie.

[@byronbrown1978]

I'm 50 and I saw it at the movie theater when I was 12 still scary to this day

[@raymondbrolly18499]

Woohoo VHS. I had to settle for Betamax. Still shit your pants scary lo. 💩

[@at-rexontheinternet1388]

My Tia (thats Aunt in spanish) showed me this when i was about 10 and i loved it

[@gregdark5203]

Same here and I'm 51.. We watched it on cable in a hotel room. Jesus! This movie ruined our vacation to Vegas because I was traumatized by it for the remainder of our stay..

[@dewey70]

Its ridiculously fun watching people see this for the first time!

[@draskang]

It makes me feel like it's not just my fav horror movie, but one of my fav movies ever.

[@warrenbfeagins]

IKR!? When the dude said, "this is unpleasant," I fell out.

[@jorgetomas380]

Lol. It REALLY IS.

[@patrickgogan3517]

@Samuel Black pretty sure middle guy has seen it before this reaction

[@spiderjeranimo4992]

ikr, i've seen 5 Thing reactions in the last week

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

To this day The Thing is still my favourite horror film.

[@beerme2096]

My favorite movie period

[@drlaackenstein]

Same.

[@victorsixtythree]

I feel like self isolation and adequate testing could have solved all of their problems.

[@SeanTanktop]

These guys are all American, There's no way they'll get adequate testing done!

[@SeanTanktop]

victorsixtythree this comment wins btw

[@21stcenturyhiphop]

You win the internet.

[@SeanTanktop]

@Paul WT Or its also linked to poverty within inner cities and work that is deemed essential and communities more relliant on public transportation. Take your reactionary garbage someplace else dude.

[@adambrown3918]

Great comment! It hurts because it's the truth. 😠😫😷

[@ErikBlankenship]

This film has about as perfect an ending as you could hope for. Undoubtedly Carpenter's best.

[@SeanTanktop]

Erik Blankenship damn straight Erik!!!!

[@probablypragmatic6893]

My personal theory is that last bottle of alcohol was actually more gasoline and he wanted to test the other guy with it.

[@NoProtect]

@@probablypragmatic6893 if you notice, mccreedys breath is hella foggy while childs breath is invisible. Thats a pretty solid sign of some fuckery

[@macantonioc]

@@NoProtect I've seen it so many times and never noticed this. Time to watch it again. October is coming up too!

[@JediPhoenix1976]

And Carpenter considered this a HAPPY ending...there's an alternate ending that includes one last scene of the dog-Thing running away from the camp before the scene fades to the credits.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Even this film's slightly "dated" effects STILL look better than CGI.

[@garysmith3037]

That's one of the big problems with the Prequel, watching the practical effects compared to the CGI garbage the studio Execs made them use instead makes it even worse.

[@bumfricker2487]

I'd have to say the only effect I consider "dated" is the big monster at the end, and that's mainly because it doesn't really move much onscreen the rest is 10/10 and horrifying

[@duanevp]

The ONLY way to have done this movie justice is with practical effects. CGI would UTTERLY ruin it.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

@@garysmith3037 prequel?! Wjat prequel?!?!?! I didn't know about that.

[@garysmith3037]

@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 , The Thing (2011). The idea was to tell the story of the Norwegian camp, and end right where The Thing (1984) starts. They wanted to do practical effects like the first one, but the Executives stepped in and messed things up. GoodBadFlicks id an in-depth look into it, as well as showing the better looking practical effects that were covered over with CGI.

[@cappinjocj9316]

“Lovely little pupper there” 🤣 just wait guys, dat a very naughty doggo.

[@patty1h]

Horror masterpiece. I've watched this numerous times over the last 20 years and it's a testament to how great it is that I still find it horrifying after so many re-watches.

[@tonybp]

That scene when they're testing the blood is one of the most intense scene's I've seen in a movie.

[@ionacustoyreviews857]

Keith David is a completely underrated badass.

[@SeanTanktop]

Ionacus toy reviews Among the greatest character actors of all time.

[@ionacustoyreviews857]

Sean TankTop damn straight

[@tropicvibe]

Met Keith a few years ago with his wife while I was playing with a band in a restaurant in NY. Real nice guy and down to earth. We had him in stitches though we kept telling him "It's all gravy" which was one of his lines in Platoon.

[@kereminde]

Look up his work in IMDB sometime, there's a lot in there which speaks to just how much he can bring the "badass". Though my favorite line from him here is "Mac wants the *what?!*"

[@diomedestydeus3298]

His first credited feature roll. His distinctive voice has helped him create a long career doing voice-over narration for documentaries.

[@MrBump2]

The petri dish scare gets everyone every time, so good.

[@blueroninstudios]

Tagline of this film chilled me to the core when I was 10 yrs old: "Man is the warmest place to hide." I'm a grown ass 40 yr old now, but DAMN if that tagline was not the scariest thing I had read EVER! Rewatched it when I was 17. It;s just perfect!

[@SeanTanktop]

JM RONIN true!!! That’s a “In Space No One Can Hear You Scream.” Level tagline.

[@captaincluster316]

The original Dawn of the Dead scared the crap out of me as a kid with "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth". I saw it on posters in a train station aged 8 😋

[@apexone5502]

@Enzo 1965 I was a few years younger when I saw it back in the '80s.

[@shanecreel3867]

I'm 50 years old and this movie came out when I was 11. My Mom took me to see this and it's still one of my favorite movies.

[@Roachh2877]

Lucky bastard

[@macantonioc]

Awesome mom and as Thinles said, lucky bastard!

[@kelst75]

I've seen this movie so many times, and there's so much joy in watching someone see it for the first time and really realize how good it is. Cheers guys!

[@RoggerdaSilva]

I watched this movie for first time in 2017. This movie is masterpiece!

[@RoggerdaSilva]

In Brazil this movie has as title :"Enigma de Outro Mundo" =Enigma from Another World . 👌

[@macantonioc]

@@RoggerdaSilva haha 👍

[@SpaceCattttt]

If you see someone trying to snipe a dog from a chopper.......let them get on with it.

[@at-rexontheinternet1388]

But it's so cute :(

[@susanlawens3776]

Or stabbing a kid in a church. And shoot the guy letting the infected, or possibly infected person, on the ship/in the compound. If everything's fine, and you should have done something different, just let them know you watched a lot of horror movies, so...

[@sailormoon262]

Agreed. If a normal person has to go out of their way to harm something that's outwardly innocent, like a dog or a child, then it's same to assume that cute thing is more than it seems.

[@Kiliny]

Still not sure a bullet in the dog's head would have solved much... they would ve bring it inside... and scenario would be the same

[@georgemorley1029]

Help them!

[@vpreggie]

The older this movie gets (and the older I get) the more and more effective this film is. Not just in it’s horrific effects, but the degradation of humanity and an all-encompassing sense of dread that drapes the men in the film like a wet blanket. It’s stark reality is gripping, not in the plausibility of such a creature existing, but in how a small group of people are slowly engulfed in the hopelessness of the situation. Tension and mistrust force MacReady’s character to have the wherewithal to inwardly admit that the group’s demise is inevitable and ultimately necessary for the rest of humanity.

[@MRSLAV]

Captain america, tony stark and aquaman

[@SeanTanktop]

Lolol

[@rasendori20]

*Tony Shhtark

[@vincentjoyce5100]

MR SLAV gay, straight, incel

[@isaiahhatter2062]

Tony Stank

[@d33p]

🤣🤣🤣 made my day

[@starbrand3726]

Gotta watch Carpenter's "They Live" and "Big Trouble in Little China."

[@dnllrnt]

Go for the trifecta! Escape From New York!

[@starbrand3726]

@@dnllrnt Oh, how about "Prince of Darkness" as well?

[@davidhonnay1540]

Maybe conside watching Christine too

[@starbrand3726]

@@davidhonnay1540 Sorry to say but Christine was my least favorite Carpenter movie.

[@Realfakesnake]

@@starbrand3726 I really NEED to see that, It's like the ONE Carpenter movie I havn't seen, it's so hard to find in a store, I probably should just order it online

[@staciepoole8161]

The dog never barking, or growling, or even wagging his tail, that is truly freaky! I’ve never seen a dog that don’t bark at everything. Yes, that dog deserved an award!

[@winkles2314]

“Wet” is a great adjective to describe Hellraiser lol

[@doclewis8927]

I love that you guys actually caught the humor when Garry calmly starts talking about not spending the "rest of the winter tied to the f-ing couch" and yells the last part.

[@SeanTanktop]

It’s one of the best laugh breaks in all of horror!!!

[@travishimebaugh8381]

This movie was actually not popular when it first came out and I can't believe that. Given the premise, I think the execution is damn near perfect.

[@gwagnsso]

The fact it premiered the same summer as E.T, the "happy-go-lucky" in comparison blockbuster alien film, might have something to do with it.. talk about whiplash going from one to the other.

[@HragFarraGaming]

ya it was because the AIDS epidemic started and people flocked to see E.T. instead of a terrifying concept as The Thing.

[@RobinDale50]

@@gwagnsso I saw both that year. The Thing was by far the superior movie and the one I liked better. It was unappreciated in its time, but has finally gotten its due in recent years as an amazingly crafted scifi horror classic.

[@travishimebaugh8381]

I mean, there were even people bashing the musical score. The music is probably one of the best, most tense, atmosphere-enhancing choices in this film.

[@RobinDale50]

@@travishimebaugh8381 Agreed. The music is one of the main things that makes this movie so effective as a paranoid mood horror piece. Fun Fact: same composer who did this score also did The Untouchables, and The Hateful Eight for which he won his first academy award making him the oldest composer to ever get one.

[@rhwinner]

I was given this by a friend thinking it was some run of the mill, low budget thriller. I was BLOWN AWAY. One of the best movies I have ever seen.

[@zzygyy]

Best sci-fi horror from the 80s. Amazing practical effects

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

Zzygyy well... unless you count Aliens as a sci-fi horror ;)

[@PumpkinHoard]

@@HistoritorJimaldus Alien... Yes. Aliens.... More of an action movie. I'd call it the best action movie of all time, but Terminator 2 happens to exist.

[@IJohnSmith]

This and Lifeforce are tough to beat

[@rileyandmike]

Zzygyy yes!! Zero CGI crap

[@metimoteo]

Top five, certainly!

[@tommyhughes2264]

That is how you make a Horror movie, and to this day nearly 40 years later still one of the best Horror movies of all time.

[@GoCrazyBaby3]

The fact that 1982 is nearly 40 years ago boggles my mind, holy crap

[@johnshannon9656]

One of the greatest movies ever made.

[@players7686]

And to think at the time it was a box office failure! Everyone was running to see shit like ET! Thank goodness for video stores!

[@karaokehammick5215]

One of those movies that every true horror fan has on their shelf.

[@Realfakesnake]

It's a MUST HAVE AND A MUST WATCH for I think any Movie fan!

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

It's interesting that most people don't seem to notice that when Blair insists the most that he's "all right" there's a noose that he made hanging right there!

[@nighthorder6542]

I am confident that's the first time we see him assimilated. Everything he does prior to getting put in the shack is to the detriment of the Thing. So his isolation then made him a perfect target. It probably got him when he was about to commit suicide.

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

@@nighthorder6542 Yeah exactly. He was probably in the middle of trying to commit suicide when he was taken over.

[@crazykirsch]

@@nighthorder6542 Most of his actions are purposely ambiguous, like most things in the film. He COULD be sabotaging the things ability to leave when he's wrecking shit... or he could be sabotaging the camps ability to communicate and warn the outside world. I think it's the former but I love how almost every scene can be read two ways.

[@HragFarraGaming]

@@crazykirsch the power of ambiguity.

[@bumfricker2487]

Exactly, the fact that he actually hasn't USED the noose is proof enough that he's the Thing, and then he insists that he be let out of isolation (when the insanely paranoid blair would be all too fond of isolation from the other men)

[@Doggeslife]

Even with today's CGI it would be hard to surpass this gem, so well-made as it was. A timeless horror movie.

[@haveanicedave1551]

They would screw the whole movie up. It would be a girl playing Kurt Russell and all the characters have pronouns.

[@ccchhhrrriiisss100]

I watched this movie on TV at a hotel during a trip across the country when I was seven-years-old. It gave me nightmares. However, I couldn't stop watching -- because it's an amazing movie!

[@ganador13]

When showing this film to some friends for the first time, they commented at the beginning saying: "that dude shooting at the dog sucks, he keeps missing every time". I responded saying only the following: "He is not missing a single shot.."

[@faizfuad8361]

wait he didn't?

[@stevenpuckitt212]

@@faizfuad8361 The thing can only be killed by fire, so it's entirely possible he wasn't missing.

[@jakaalatas8938]

@@faizfuad8361 Yep..bullet ain't work It's make condition even worse Since THE THING is lethal EVERY single cell.

[@livingbeing1113]

Shooting at a moving target from a moving, flying object, good luck with that. Not to mention the norwegian guy wasn't a trained marksman, plus add all the tension and fatigue of the events. And if i remember correctly he actually hit the dog, you can see it being medicated when the doc fixes Bennings. Bullets of course do nothing to a Thing.

[@ganador13]

@@livingbeing1113 "good luck with that" You should watch some hog shooting videos. That is easy mode. "wasn't a trained marksman" You don't know anything about this characters training. "he actually hit the dog" Yes he did, over and over. But it doesn't matter, which is the point.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Blood test: first jumpscare done right I've seen. Nowadays, no one does jumpscares properly. But then again, current "horror" movie are just shitty jokes. Sudden Blair: ANOTHER perfect jumpscare! If people who make movies these days would only watch the classics... and read... and study... and not be barely more than illiterate (being generous here)...

[@mannylugz5872]

The horror and paranoia in The Thing is somehow lightly happening in the COVID-19 pandemic. The horror of dying, the paranoia that the person you see walking towards you may be infected, the blood tests.

[@elektralyte1]

‘Garbage bag of flesh’ is my favorite phrase now.

[@sinistersquid5161]

This movie is the citizen Cain of horror special effects movies. Most horror effect people today will say it's this movie that made them want to get into the art. And it is art.

[@dougdynamo9398]

For a movie that came out 38 years ago, it's amazing how well it holds up. To me, it's the definition of a timeless classic, and everything a great horror movie can be.

[@ashtonturner2862]

In my opinion, this is the best sci-fi horror film of all time.

[@BloodRavyne]

I love The Thing! Its one of my top favorite horror films. I miss non-CGI special effects like this!

[@leegend3004]

I watched a film called The Void a few weeks back it wasn't brilliant but the practical effects in it are pretty good for a budget film.

[@Embur12]

I even love the campy original The Thing from the 1950’s.

[@tonyfonseca2480]

1982 I was 10 years old my mom brought me to the movies to see this film and it scared the crap out of me. Best monster movie ever.

[@CGOMEZ-vv2bn]

Awesome reaction! Just letting you guys know It was Rob Bottin who worked under Rick Baker at the time that did the practical effects for the film, Stan Winston studios created the Dog Thing whilst the key Rob Bottin creature was the dead Norris body and spider head.

[@duberdurm]

The scariest fictional monster of all time. I can't believe more movies aren't done with it or the concept of a creature that can be anybody. It could even be great with multiple remakes because the fun of the story is trying to figure out who to trust.

[@blazingsaddle166]

I think Alien would like to say something about that.

[@duberdurm]

@@blazingsaddle166 Bro, imagine you were well armed with a team of 30 trained soldiers by your side in a mild urban environment. Would you rather face multiple xenomorphs, or a creature that can copy any one of those soldiers down to their personality and training? It could start out as a flea, a fly, a gnat or mosquito. All it would need to do is get a single cell onto the skin of one of those soldiers. Be aware that you have to go through the discovery phase where your group doesn't know what the danger is until one person turns into a monster. Then you have to lose several more people before you can devise a rough pattern of the monster's behavior. Finally, you have to devise a way to test one another almost constantly on top of being aware of tiny insects that could light on your skin. Give me xenomorphs any day.

[@moonpiero]

You should watch "invasion of the body snatchers" and it's remake "body snatchers", the theme is the same but there is no mutation just an outworld organism that replace humans little by little, very scary though, you 'll love it.

[@youtubeistrash953]

@@duberdurm exactly. I'm a huge Alien fan but the creature isn't nearly as deadly as The Thing.

[@livingbeing1113]

@@blazingsaddle166 The Thing is much more creepy, scary and dangerous. The Xenos look cool and are deadly but the Thing is a completely different kind of monstrosity.

[@Grottgreta]

Shoutout to Rob Bottin who was like 23 while making this film and working himself to exhaustion. The effects still hold up and uses every trick in the book. Like the intro title was done using a blue light and some black masking tape.

[@rsrt6910]

And a fishtank filled with cigarette smoke.

[@TheColorOfCaramel]

I miss the old days when people actually used their *imagination* to make special effects work.

[@Grottgreta]

@@TheColorOfCaramel hear hear. A small group of talented craftsmen using camerawork, precise timing and any other trick of the book instead of an army of special effects people who just want to get paid

[@michaelmartin8446]

You also gotta give a shout to Dean Cundey. His masterful use of minimalist lighting breathed life into Bottin's effects. Had they been brightly lit (as originally intended), the creature would have looked fake as hell.

[@stillhammered3060]

Uhm you do know that the opening credit scene is an exact copy of the 50s movie so not really that groundbreaking. Still looks great though.

[@CoopyKat]

This is one of my Top 10 FAVORITE movies of all time - I LOVE seeing these guys react to it for the first time. I am sure I was grossed out and shocked a little, but the film is just so well made, and the actors' were great in this.

[@ianwestc]

12:23 My favorite shot in the movie. A better shot than you'll find many movies! With Mac recording on the right side of the screen, and the empty doorway on the left. What are we going to see in the doorway? Oh god, there's a reason it's shot at this angle, we're going to see something in the hallway, aren't we? And then we don't. John Carpenter plays with your expectations here. You might not even have been aware of it. But it increases your agitation level.

[@calibre97]

And then that moment with Fuchs approaching the doorway with the camera in the hall...sure enough something's going to be there in the hall, right? And hells yeah there was. BUT. Nothing came of it. Just a blur and a noise and offscreen it went. Like the shadow turning earlier when the dog goes past the doorway. Little things that mean something, or nothing...who the hell knows. But the scenes are effective as all get out.

[@onelusciouslad7841]

'This is one of the best dog performances ever' Cujo: *sad dog noises*

[@megaglock22]

Of course Wilford Brimley is still alive, God Bless him! He made "sure to eat his oatmeal, it's the right thing to do", every day! But to be honest, I didn't recognize him when I saw this at the theater way back when in 1982! Yeah, I was there!

[@MichaelJShaffer]

Rob Bottin. His special effects make-ups were incredible.

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

He is up there with the greats - Harryhausen, Dick Smith, Tom Savini's, etc.

[@cmac7188]

An exceptional film, from one of the masters of the genre. It is also a great examination of the human psyche, and the fact that it is miles from anywhere merely adds to it. Like many great films, less is more. The book on which it is based is a great read as well. The fact that this film is 38 years old, and is so much more enjoyable then the more recent effort is testament to the crew involved, and also shows that modern cinema has am awful lot to learn from older movies.

[@JsscRchlDrsy]

It’s so much fun watching you gentlemen reacting to this particular movie. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@d.b.cooper5775]

This might just be my favorite film of all time.

[@Enkarashaddam]

Dude gets grossed out at the dissection scene Me, understanding the kennel scene is yet to come: we have such sights to show you...

[@23Revan84]

Pinhead lover!

[@victorsixtythree]

If Manly Movie Mondays is going to be "thing" - I hope that other Kurt Russell/John Carpenter classic, 'Big Trouble in Little China' , is on the list.

[@SeanTanktop]

Once, ahem, things get back to normal. For Now we have 14 previous eps that have been available on Patreon since late 2018! So will keep the train rollin!!

[@mysticsaxophone4181]

Escape from New York is a must as well.

[@victorsixtythree]

If Pat Morita was in Big Trouble in Little China, he was definitely under-utilized...because I don't recall him being in the movie at all! LOL. Perhaps you're thinking of James Hong (he played Lo Pan)? Or Victor Wong (Egg Shen)? Certainly not Carter Wong or Peter Kwong ("Thunder" and "Rain")...

[@legaultrants]

YES!

[@HragFarraGaming]

and Escape From New York

[@mikek5958]

14:44 "You gotta be fucking kidding me." Exactly what everyone watching for the first time said to themselves or out loud; great line.

[@riveraharper8166]

Not to mention Palmer was the Thing here already... :P

[@martj1313]

I remember watching this as a kid and not sleeping for like 3 days.

[@BigfootJ13]

This is the best reaction video to the best movie. Awesome stuff

[@redjones8010]

That film's a classic. Still a great favourite after all these years.

[@Patrick-df5fo]

This is Carpenter at his best! Did you guys notice when Windows gets thrown against the wall & lands of the floor, he holding the boardgame LIFE. Also at the very end, I don't think Russel & David should've been drinking from the same 🍾 but Mac did chuckle when Childs took a swig. Rob Bottin did the make-up effects & Rick Baker was his mentor. Bottin also did the effects for "The Howling" as Baker left the movie to do "An American Werewolf In London" but if you liked this movie then check out "The Faculty" which is pretty good

[@CaptainNemo1701]

13.52 I do first aid at work. Every time I train on the resuscitation mannequin, this scene pops into my head!

[@brt5273]

Fun watching you guys react. So glad how much you appreciated the craftsmanship of the film. That's what has brought me back to see it again and again over the years. I think you could take the same actors, characters, setting, etc...and base it on a completely different premise, and it would be just as great of a film.

[@nickmattio3397]

Never Trust Wilford Brimley, RIP, when he says he’s not gonna harm anybody and he’s all better now and let him come back inside, he’s got that Silverback Gorilla Old Man strength as u saw how he easily fought off all the guys at once when enraged

[@macantonioc]

😆👍

[@kingfreak8548]

38 years later and this film is still amazing every time. Definitely a masterpiece, so simple yet so great.

[@ViroVeteruscy]

Despite the prequel having its issues, I hope they react to the 2011 movie

[@drinnenber]

Great video guys. I saw this first run with my brother and best friend, and I remember us reacting exactly like those 2 guys who were seeing it for the first time. We were so grossed out we were laughing and loving it all. Possibly the greatest horror film ever.

[@SeanTanktop]

Matthew Drinnenberg that’s amazing!!!

[@nervmeister]

R.I.P Wilford Brimley.

[@paulprecour3636]

Fun fact: When one's contract is finally over at the US Base in Antarctica, this movie is played 24 hours a day the last two days on site.

[@darastarscream]

I read about that! Kind of perverse when you think about it-- goreporn horror in a community where it's dark for four solid months and the only things to do are your job and drink.

[@shademan2135]

You know, just got a thought, like very fast lightning thought in my head, that you guys, become kind of an old friends to me. So many reactions i watched and lived with you, damn, i am really feeling this way and i love it. Thank you guys, for keeping doing this! Anytime you are in Barcelona, i will be happy to invite you for a glass of beer 😂🤙🏻

[@SeanTanktop]

We're all a big weird family, online and in the Burlington! I love Barcelona! Would love to knock back a few when I return! Thanks for hanging out and be safe!!

[@21stcenturyhiphop]

What's the next movie?

[@99thJediWarrior]

These were all practical effects too! No CGI whatsoever! Not only that, but I also notice the lack of music really helps the film, too.

[@birdmanhero]

Also, diabeetus was the least of Wilfred Brimleys problems here.

[@JuandeFucaU]

and he'll never be sick..... he won't get any older..... and he won't ever die.

[@ryangatling2973]

I saw this movie on opening night and it is still my favorite. I watch it every year during the middle of winter

[@geeked-outturtlesfan4288]

Such a great build up, paranoia and fear built up in this film. Still one of my favorite

[@warrenbfeagins]

"This is unpleasant." 😂😂😂😂😂 Gentlemen, you've watched my favorite horror film of all-time. It's in my top 10 films PERIOD. It's a fucking perfect masterpiece.

[@hellavibesofficial]

Greatest horror movie of all time. Special effects and makeup are legendary. Who needs CGI?

[@leytonjay]

This is brilliant, a classic and my favourite, can't believe you've never seen it. This reaction is exquisite, thanks so much.

[@beriliumsphere107]

One of the best movies ever made

[@Boroman9]

One of my all time favourites! A cinematic masterpiece! If any of you noticed, Childs (Keith David) had a blue winter coat on at the start of the final act. After the giant explosion that destroyed the whole camp & he encounters MacReady, he’s now wearing a beige coat on... the same beige coat that Nauls was wearing in the final act too, which makes me think that Childs was now The Thing at the end. So make what you will of that.

[@johnr8095]

The camera lingers on the door where the coats are hanging and you can see the coat missing. Suggesting that he is the thing.

[@KoboldGamer]

Carpenter purposefully left the ending ambiguous

[@yester30]

"The photography was excellent" Well it's Dean Cundey, so, yeah

[@SeanTanktop]

Bastien Merindol not everyone knows the cinematographers by name. I did mention him in our uncut version tho!!!

[@mjrtaurus2714]

The genuine love you guys show for the work that goes into the sets and everything is very nice.

[@sassysteveartist]

Real pleasure to see a couple of Thing newbs realize just how shocking and shockingly good this amazing classic is. Still stand up as one of the top horrors of all time!

[@jamesaitchison9478]

Watching someone watch The Thing is a joy to behold. This film is a masterpiece, and is probably the finest example of practical fx in a movie. Great reaction guys 👍

[@SeanTanktop]

Yeah yeah my dude

[@GeekBearReporter]

" Honey Glazed" 🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣

[@SeanTanktop]

sweet heat

[@spins321]

This is one of my favorite movies of all, and it was such a pleasure to see your friends watch it for the first time! I especially love that they (and you) appreciate the style of storytelling and pacing that was representative of the time

[@Bdakkon]

There are SO many great facts about this movie I could spend hours just talking about half the crazy things about this movie an why its so great. I love the fact that the crew used to argue genuinely about the Thing. Like that line about "if I was a perfect imitation how would you know it wasn't me" was an actual point Keith Davis (the actor) used to bring up during the filming. (Anyone interested I'd recommend any of the documentary about this movie). Also this movie was a critical bomb when it originally released. Some of the 1/10 scores are pure gold to read for a laugh.

[@kurtrivero368]

Not just a critical bomb, it received several Razzie nominations including one for ENNIO MORRICONE and his haunting score. Ridiculous. Stanley Kubtick also received a directing Razzie nomination for The Shining. I don't know what critics were smoking in those days.

[@heavysystemsinc.]

@@kurtrivero368 It's pretty typical for the initial appraisal of movies to be wrong. Who the fuck remembers ET? Anyone? Hell naw. Same year though and it was a critical and commercial darling. There's tons of movies that got top honors in their day, but no one remembers now and movies that were ignored at the same time that are considered pure classics, not even cult classics, but just outright, full on, classic, full stop. A lot of modern reviewers cite The Thing as a masterclass in making a good movie despite the fact no one liked it when it came out. Some even cite the cold war as a reason for the dismissal. The cold war had just started and politically speaking, this movie was sorta like a microcosm of cold war paranoia of the day. So...maybe making a movie that both has disgusting effects and amplifies the general nature of the times is a bad mix in general.

[@mfree80286]

@@kurtrivero368 " I don't know what critics were smoking in those days." They weren't. They should have.

[@wal743]

Welcome to the club, boys. Since 1986 (when I was 12 yo), I've seen this movie at least 15 times. On TV, then VHS, dvd, and obviously blu ray. Carpenter's masterpiece, and best sci-fi/horror of all time (together with the first "Alien"). A HUGE movie... 👾👽😎✌️🎥👍

[@gsh341]

This is one of the best horror movies of all time.

[@Realfakesnake]

My Favorite line is near the end in the generator room when Gary says the generator is gone and McReady asks if it can be fixed and Gary says "IT'S GONE McReady". The generator is just completely trashed and I'm pretty sure the engine is just ripped out and there is NO REPAIRING IT. Cementing that there is no escaping Death, and that The remaining Humans MUST kill The Thing, They cannot fail.

[@SeanTanktop]

DeinFerm oh yeah!! Good one for sure!!!

[@TheReverendStrange]

You guys mentioned the training of the dog. The scene where the husky walks into the cage with the other dogs was a pain-in-the-ass to shoot. A dog's natural reaction to another dog walking into its area is not just to lie there. John Carpenter said it took awhile for them all to calm down and relax enough to get the scene shot.

[@raputathebuta]

This is one of my most favorite The Thing reaction videos. Sean's total GLEE when anticipating the action/scare scenes is a joy to behold & makes me laugh. That's totally me every time I watch this movie. Alex & Scott's reaction are awesome & all 3 of you guys are hilarious. The Thing is one of my all time favorite movies & I love seeing other people enjoy it as much as I do.

[@stevenino3035]

I laughed so hard when he said "It looks like a Magic: The Gathering card" LMAO

[@TheMOSEPH]

Hey, guys! This was hilarious! Loved it! Carpenter's The Thing is one of my all-time favorite films for many reasons, many of which you point out in the video. One point, the effects artist you're referring to toward the end is Rob Bottin. Bottin was one of THE best special effects artists in the business & did stuff for The Howling, Legend, Robocop & Total Recall (1990) among others. He was trained by RIck Baker, considered by many to be the modern master of his craft. Rob Bottin sadly quit the business when Hollywood started pushing for more & more digital effects rather than practical. Last I heard, he was in the insurance business in southern California. Fun fact: The dog-thing effect was actually done by Stan Winston because Rob was swamped with work on the film, handling everything else.

[@graverob1910]

“Would an alien demon be able to approximate humor?” Damn, that was well-thought and well-said.

[@fourthhorsemendeath218]

That's one thing I love about this movie. Not everything is explicitly shown, just implied or revealed later on. I love movies that make you think.

[@DJDIGITAL1983]

One of the greatest movies ever made. I also like THEY LIVE.

[@RM-eg1ed]

Scott has the best reactions. You can feel his discomfort.

[@patsstuffclark9522]

Now imagine being really drunk and stoned watching this!!! Still have nightmares 30 years later.