THE THING (1982) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!! Full Movie Review | Ending Scene

HERE WE GO! Hold onto your seats, horror fans, because Coy Jandreau and Roxy Striar are diving into the creepy, crawly world of The Thing! In this video, we'll be watching and reacting to the classic horror movie that features everything from Kurt Russell's magnificent beard to some truly wild special effects. As we take a deep dive into this horror masterpiece, we'll break down the most shocking moments, discuss the characters' questionable decision-making skills, and offer up our thoughts on the ending that still haunts us to this day. And let's not forget about the iconic soundtrack that still gives us goosebumps! So, whether you're a die-hard fan of classic horror movies or just looking for a good scare, don't miss out on this entertaining review of The Thing that's packed with personality and plenty of keywords to boost our SEO search and recommendation on KZbin.
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[@rojobroko5979]

I still have no idea, maybe? Love this movie.

[@thinkbeyond3457]

Sequal Xbox game was great! Worth a play for any gamer fans of the movie.

[@parinthianquattropani9071]

I think the difference in condensation from McCready's breath compared with Childs' breath is suspicious. Childs internal temperature should be the same as McCready. Then again, it could just be that Childs was cold from wandering around aimlessly looking for Blair, if it's true... Either way, it's only a theory. I could be wrong.

[@Chuck_EL]

As a diehard "The thing" movie fan everyone freaks out at the Norwegians attacking the dog and I just go "Just wait a bit ..."😂

[@jean-mi1825]

​@@parinthianquattropani9071 It is widely considered as fact, nowadays...

[@n2011b]

So, timeline of this movie is about a week. The doctor isn't infected (or completely taken over) until they put him out in the shed for a few days. When he realizes he's infected he makes that noose to kill himself but doesn't get around to it before the thing finishes replacing him from the inside. The ship in the tunnel looks complicated but if you look close it's just an outer shell with no internals, so he had just gotten started on it a couple of days ago, and i think his monster form dug the tunnel. He got the tools from inside the shed they locked him in/from around the camp after he dug out, everyone was so busy suspecting each other they didn't notice what he was up to. He was destroying the radio equipment and going crazy because he realized that if that thing got to the mainland it would take over/destroy the world. He disabled their radios, vehicles, and killed all of the sled dogs to make sure they stayed isolated and the thing had no way to get away, but they thought he was just crazy and locked him up. He's ranting and raving because he doesn't trust anyone, but if you listen closely to his crazy babbling he explains what he's doing.

[@kristianmingle]

This^^^

[@fabianmonge6765]

Yeah, literally the Thing maybe had millions of shapes and some alien may have been bulldozer shaped x)

[@lisamaitland157]

almost a week, 5days... Script says 5 days, 2 days of light, then 3 days of winter night. The blood bags being drained was just when perm night is coming for them= almost 48hrs. We have Fuchs being burned and Norris flipping out. Palmer releases Blair after he burns Fuchs. This release is for Blair to obtain the Generator, for the hover craft. Mac tells everyone: Last storm hits in 6hrs, which leaves only 18hrs left in real time before camp is destroyed. Blair was infected on nearly day 1.4, and dug that hole when the base equipment was still functional to remove tons of snow. He did not dig that locked in the shed, or we would have seen snow piles inside the shed on each visit out to Blair. Remember shed is bolted from the outside, so snow would stay inside if he dug that inside. Blair wrecking everything was to keep the humans from following him, and to hide that he stripped the parts almost a day ago. You see if Blair was human he would have seen the cat's and chopper were already stripped for parts. "no wrecking would be needed" Many believe he was infected during the dog autopsy, while some say in his room. Each version of this infection timeline, gives Blair enough time to complete his mission. The timeline Blair is placed in the shed, doesn't give him enough time and we would have seen snow piles inside the shed. Blairs shed time does give him time to build part of the craft, due to the hole and parts are already there. Last part no one notices, how did Mac get his over coat and bottle? On the second explosion in the distance you can see Mac's shack is intact, and safe from destruction. This is how he got his extra clothing and his drink, and this will be the reason he will survive. "Yes Childs is the Thing at the end, he is wearing different clothing then what he had at the Guard post he abandoned. Along with missing clothing on the wall of the doorway after he was attacked by Blair." Childs is wearing that missing clothing at the end, and is not tired from running around for 2hrs as he claims with a heavy flamethrower on his back. There is also a scene showing scuffle marks on the floor in the doorway, showing he had a struggle with something. Then he stumbles outside after the attack and the power goes out instantly from letting Blair in. Blair at this moment doesn't know his craft is compromised, and still removes the generator. Once he assimilates Gary his mission changes, and he goes in full attack. Assimilating Gary tells Blair Thing his craft is no longer there, and Mac plans to burn everything. This is my ideal how it happened based on the correct Time of 5days. Granted any ideal would work, because this movie leaves open interpretation for many spots. Truth be told, the space craft in the hole is a bad plot hole. This is how i rationalize it away, without removing the scene from the movie. Do i give Blair almost 4days to build that hole\stairs\ship, or do we only give him 20hrs? =nothing is functional as for equipment and the shed is bolted from the outside, nothing is coming in or going out. The act of Palmer releasing Blair, tells me the Thing has minor communication between each other. Poor Fuchs stumbling onto Palmer outside dropping Mac's torn clothing, just for it to be placed in Mac's furnace within that same time frame. Next scene showing Palmer in the rec room removing the flamethrower, just to put it back on. lol

[@kevinburton3948]

The brilliance of the radio room destruction sequence is that Blair's motivation could go either way- Yes if he is human destroying the radio prevents the Thing from calling the outside World to come and rescue it... However if Blair is already a Thing at this point, destroying the radio also stops anyone still human from *warning* the World to *stay away* and quarantine the area indefinitely. Eventually "someone" would come looking to find out what happened which would give the Thing another chance of escape. But the radio room rampage has another motive- it gave a second Thing the opportunity to destroy the blood bags; Palmer is not present at all during the chaos.

[@lisamaitland157]

@@kevinburton3948 At this point Blair's focus is his hover craft. Childs assimilation of knowledge is only of them going to give Him the test. It would only be when he assimilates Gary, that the creature knows of the crafts destruction. This would have been it's true time of wanting to freeze, but make sure Mac is assimilated. It doesn't care about Child's because it knows Childs is already the Thing. So becoming a huge massive Blair with the reptile part head, was it's play to go get Mac. Gary's Assimilation and maybe Nauls, also told the creature of the detonation device location. See i never believed Child's story, because of a 1 second cut when it showed him not at the door guarding anymore. There is a fast cut to the ground as the door is wide open. The snow on the ground is disturbed by what looks like 2 sets of boots\shoes on the ground. The sets are all entangled up like a struggle took place. Not to mention a white brown coat is now missing from the wall rack. Childs at the end is wearing this coat. "Remember his story?" he was in such a hurry to chase Blair, but found the time to remove his old coat and then the flamethrower to put a new one on. Then he tells Mac, he got lost and was running around for 2hrs. 2hrs with a heavy flamethrower on his back and he is not tired. We also get to see Childs stumble outside, as if he is under the transformation just before the power is removed. Childs at the end doesn't care to know what happen to everyone and he is now very trusting of Mac. The real Childs would have burnt Mac, and not drink from his bottle. Of all the people in this group, he didn't trust Mac the most. This was Child's greatest survival point, and at the end it's no longer present at all. Well that's my look on that tiny situation :)

[@chauser400]

My favorite line from this movie is when Gary says, “ 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!”

[@p0laris74yt8]

It’s great. My other one’s gotta be when they see the head crawling away and one of them goes “You gotta be shitting me.”

[@p0laris74yt8]

I forgot about Mac’s reaction to the final form of the Thing. “Well, fuck you too!”

[@geekgirl616]

@@p0laris74yt8 which is a great misdirect by the thing itself because at that point that guy is the thing

[@eddhardy1054]

​@@p0laris74yt8 That is cool...only it's "you've gotta be fucking kidding!"

[@nicktroisi6347]

Mine too 😂😂😂

[@jean-mi1825]

Blair wasn't going "crazy". He just understood that the Thing wanted to get to civilisation and was prepared to sacrifice everybody, him included, to protect the world from it.

[@ghostlyexe]

Yeah, that’s why he destroyed all of the computers and communication systems, so that the Thing couldn’t call for help and get to the rest of world

[@mannylugz5872]

He was still human up to the point where he asks Mac to watch Clarke. He was already an alien when they visited him and he asks to be let inside.

[@jean-mi1825]

@@mannylugz5872 Yes... He was probably assimilated right before trying to hang himself (you can see the rope behind him when they come to see him).

[@JustAnotherAlex]

​@Manny Lugz yup, because the real Blair wouldn't want to go back in

[@ripum853]

​@@JustAnotherAlex and we can assume that the real Blair was intending to hang himself, but turned before he could do it

[@edwardthorne9875]

The puppy's name is Jed, and he has his own Wikipedia page. Jed freaked the human actors out because he was so quiet and was watching everybody and everything. He also played the title role in the movie 'White Fang'.

[@w1975b]

That was a baby dog? I'd hate to see how big it gets when full grown.

[@PlasteredDragon]

@@w1975b he was a wolf husky mix.

[@Kawayolnyo]

The reason why he "freaked out" the actors/crew, is because Huskies (and "Siberian" Huskies even more so) are ill-notorious for being extremely fidgety, neurotic, and way too much energetic, so that it becomes extremely hard (nigh impossible) to train them even the simplest of tricks, let alone doing film acting. That dog (?) was definitely not out of this world (???), an extremely rare case of a Husky that obeys every command and does it perfectly calmly.

[@danieldickson8591]

@@Kawayolnyo That was the "wolf" part of his genes.

[@Kawayolnyo]

@@danieldickson8591 Huskies and malamutes, despite their looks and behavioral quirks, are actually much farther from typical wolves sheer DNA traits/gene "passing"-wise. It's bizarre, but huskies are waaay LESS "wolves" than...shihtzu, chow chow, saluki, Akita (also Shiba, obviously), and basenji. Malamutes and huskies LOOK like wolves, sure, but that's basically just that - a facade, outer layer/disguise (just like cubs of cheetahs look like honey badgers, until they grow up, because NO ONE in African savanna dares to cross/mess with the BATSHIT CRAZY berserk that is a honey badger, so cheetahs managed to develop that genetic trait which gave their cubs fur coloring that heavily resembles honey badgers, as means of additional protection/survivability) to mislead and fool, a red herring. Inside, on a genetic and ancestral or behavioral level, they're much further from any wolves than a friggin' shihtzu or a chow chow.

[@nickkarmol7462]

I'm a huge Carpenter fan. With all due respect to Halloween, THIS is JC's masterpiece. Endlessly rewatchable. Incomparable atmosphere and tension. Absolute classic, right up there with the original Alien (79).

[@maddpablo6098]

I agree, at first I watched this movie at the age of 11, now I'm 22 years old and having watched it for several times every year since then I can only say that everytime I rewatch it I just fall in love with it more than before, I really can't get tired of it and always find new details inside the movie. At this time I think I've seen this movie around 20 times being both alone and with family and friends and it just gets better for me. I also agree with you that this one is at the same level with Alien, I personally think no movie can achieve that level of highness of horror shown in both movies.

[@casualsuede]

He has three masterpieces. Suspense: Halloween Horror: The Thing Sci-fi: Escape from New York.

[@vladyvhv9579]

@@casualsuede You missed one. Christine.

[@77marioland]

They Live

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

Prince Of Darkness

[@jimtatro6550]

My dad took me to see this when it came out and I was 14 years old, it’s my favorite horror film ever. Thanks Dad. R.I.P.

[@thenerdywave2007]

This horror movie is still a classic, So happy you guys are reacting to this movie

[@Soldier-Boy1954]

true it's one of my favorite

[@EleventhCubFan]

They really don’t make ‘em like this anymore. The practical effects in this are amazing!

[@wolfman-up7dh]

It's a hard sell to general audiences, sadly. Even this movie bombed in the theaters.

[@petboy5839]

​@@wolfman-up7dhWhat are you talking about?

[@spiral83]

true that

[@jawsplayz]

​@@petboy5839 from what I heard, when this movie was first released, it didn't do so well as it was way ahead of its time, even some people who went to see the movie and enjoyed it, were upset that it didn't do so great when it first released (I think it was due to critics? ), meanwhile today people are loving this movie ! (This is from what I heard at least! So take it with a grain of salt

[@fusionaddict]

To answer some of your questions about my all-time favorite movie: THE CHARACTERS: MacReady (Pilot) Palmer (Pilot) Childs (Mechanic) Copper (Physician) Blair (Biologist) Fuchs (Assistant Biologist) Clark (Sled Dog Handler) Garry (Station Supervisor) Bennings (Meteorologist) Norris (Geologist) Windows (Radio Operator) Nauls (Cook) The movie was filmed atop a glacier in British Columbia, near the border towns of Stewart, BC and Hyder, Alaska. The station is modeled on one of several real-life stations (such as McMurdo, which is namedropped in the film by Windows) where scientists conduct climate & geology research. It's never been confirmed why exactly Blair went crazy, or exactly when he was taken over. When he's ranting while destroying the radio room, though, he makes it clear that he wants to keep everyone from escaping because, per his simulation, if an infected crew member got into a populated area, the entire world would be consumed in about 3 years. That's why he also disabled the vehicles and killed the sled dogs. The prevailing fan theory is that he was infected after he touched the pencil to his chin while he was explaining the alien's assimilation cycle, and the reason there's a noose in the shed is because he was going to try to kill himself before the infection could take him over, which was progressing slowly because he only ingested a very small part of the creature. Speaking of the shed, don't forget that both Norris and Palmer were also infected, so they could have been helping him build the ship. Special effects designer Rob Bottin, director John Carpenter, and the film's writer Bill Lancaster decided that the alien absorbs and retains the knowledge and abilities from every other being it consumes, so it would have no problem building a short-range craft to get it away from the outpost and into an area with biomatter that it could assimilate, likely New Zealand or Tasmania.

[@alexp601]

But what is the dogs name?! 😅

[@fusionaddict]

@@alexp601 Jed. He also starred in The Journey of Natty Gann.

[@fusionaddict]

@@YonIon996 "Canon" is a very loose term. And yes, the 2011 film is a totally unnecessary prequel that actually ruins the best aspects of this film.

[@wesleyprince3465]

​@@fusionaddictit IS unnecessary CGI filled garbage but it doesn't actually do anything to ruin this movie

[@fusionaddict]

@@wesleyprince3465 Disagree. The 1982 film works because of the suspense built up in the Norwegian base. If you know what happened there, it ruins the shock when the dog reveals itself.

[@antoniolmartinez8426]

I saw this in the theater. It was incredible. Blair isn’t building a space craft, he’s building an aircraft cause he only needs to get somewhere populated. Great reaction

[@wesleyprince3465]

Doesn't even have to be anywhere populated which makes it scarier. Literally just making it to the edge of Antarctica would be enough, penguins, fish, and leopard seals etc. Could easily spread from there across multiple species until stumbling across more humans eventually or even just infiltrating/contaminating our food chain.

[@ajalvarez3111]

@@wesleyprince3465 Exactly right.

[@ProfArmitage218]

This movie, and the 1951 version, were based on John W. Campbell's 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" In the story, McReady (Kurt Russell's character here) was described as a tall muscular man with skin, hair, and beard the color of bronze, leading to a fan theory that he was pulp hero Doc Savage using an alias.

[@dropkick79]

That fire scene in the 1951 version is fucking insanity! You could not film that today or your production company would be put out of business.

[@ajalvarez3111]

And Mac was the meteorologist in the novella. Not a pilot.

[@Polymathically]

This is one of my all-time favorite movies. The special effects and music are great, but what really stand out are the tension and paranoia. You're right there with them, desperately looking for clues and watching everyone just in case they reveal something. Repeat viewings are interesting because some scenes come off completely differently when you know who's infected. One of the more subtle ones I noticed was during the standoff between Garry and Windows. Pay close attention to who is positioned where during the confrontation. Norris and Palmer - the only two present who are infected - are standing off to the side with Fuchs. _They were trying to isolate Fuchs while the rest of the group was distracted._ And though he's out of focus in the background, look at where Palmer is staring: _directly at Fuchs._ Some other tidbits: The film was shot in LA, Alaska, and British Columbia. It was actually really hot during production, so they had to refrigerate the set to make it realistic. When Mac and Copper reveal the corpse of the Thing they recovered from the Norwegian camp. Everyone is coughing and gagging for real, because the production team used smelly AB smoke fluid for the effects during the scene. The TV airing also came with brief character introductions. MacReady used to be a test pilot before getting into a confrontation with top management, then resigned and took the pilot job in Antarctica. Childs is an expert mechanic who used to work in the airline industry. Garry has a 30-year career in the army and became an officer. Clark is doing a study on the effects of extreme cold on animal behaviour. Palmer intends to open his own business as a mechanic after his work there is done. Norris is a geophysicist and was a professor at Cal Tech. Copper graduated from Harvard, trained at Massachusetts General Hospital, but an unknown personal tragedy caused him to leave and move his work to Antarctica. Bennings has been in the meteorology field long enough to be published many times. Blair is a microbiologist who specialized in cellular growth and laid the groundwork for genetic engineering, and Fuchs worked with him at the Rockefeller Foundation. There are dozens of other interesting details, so you should do some reading. I hope you watch the rest of Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy!

[@richardjohnson9543]

The creature effects are still so awesome 40 years later! Keith David is Childs and yes he's had a long career both in live action and animation. The spider head scene is actually referenced in IT: Chapter Two

[@shangc2781]

Keith David's most recent Horror film was a short but memorable appearance in Nope

[@omegastar19]

This movie is actually one of Keith David’s first roles, and his first major role in a movie.

[@TheSnoopyEmu]

The guy in the helicopter at the beginning was not trained with guns at all, I believe he's actually a dog handler, he was just desperately trying to kill the dog before it found more people.

[@monsterking1973]

Such a legendary movie the practical effects are still amazing to this day

[@KthulhuXxx]

One notable thing about this film is that it doesn't distract from the storyline by having ANY sort of a subplot.

[@jimbearone]

The THING, The FLY and The BLOB. All highly underrated and really amazing special effects at the height of practical effects movie making.

[@angelavalentino5146]

Absolutely!

[@GeeVanderplas]

And all remakes of 50s movies

[@tonygmichael6434]

The The Trilogy!!

[@ajalvarez3111]

I disagree that the Blob was “highly” underrated. It is not close to the level of the other two (The Fly is excellent but even it is not in the same ballpark with The Thing). The Blob was okay. The Thing is an all-time masterpiece. Arguably one of the best horror movies ever.

[@LMarti13]

I've never seen anyone react to the dog transformation scene stoically before... also, "there's no plot" is a wild statement

[@elektralyte1]

What’s weird about Kurt Russell being in this movie was that before this he’d starred in mostly Disney movies. It was so distracting for me at the time as a movie goer. It was like watching Zendaya go from Disney to Euphoria. 😂

[@moondog3056]

Outside of doing the voice for Fox and the Hound, Russell stopped making Disney movies in the mid 70's. At least 5 or 6 years before this one.

[@elektralyte1]

@@moondog3056 That’s probably true, but I saw The Thing when it came out in ‘82 (I was 17) and we didn’t have the Internet (heck, my family didn’t even have cable TV) so I hadn’t seen Kurt Russell in anything since he was in a Disney movie.

[@Reefism]

The year before the release of The Thing, Kurt Russell starred in John Carpenter's Escape from New York!

[@MoreIrrelevantTwaddle]

A lot of people mention how the helicopter shooter is "the worst shot" but in the end he is likely just a scientist shooting from a moving target at a moving target, with the severe downwash of the helicopter blades, the bumpiness of flight in a small airborne vehicle, and the side to side motion from air currents.

[@johngarynavida]

The question still rages to this day whether Childs is the Thing or not based on the last scene.

[@ghostlyexe]

The main question is actually: Is one of them the Thing or are they both human? From that last scene, the chances of either them being the Thing is equally likely. Since we don’t see Mac survive the explosion, it could possibly not be him, it could be the Thing. But the same goes for Childs, he disappeared a while ago and we have no idea where he was for the last part of the movie, it could also not be him, but actually the Thing. Or they could both just be human and freeze to death together. They are all just as likely to be true and the audience will never know which one is the truth

[@shawneebushatz1963]

There's a game that takes place after this film where you play a government agent investigating what happened, and in the game you find child's dead and it's revealed Macready is the thing, though I don't know if the game is canon

[@thejake13]

Carpenter already said that Mac wasnt infected and it was Childs - if you look closely Childs is not putting off any heat/breath while talking and Mac is

[@flea1972]

​@@thejake13 Respectfully disagree. You can see Bennings breath before he's burned. There are scenes where none of the actors breath can be seen. If you look closely you CAN see Childs breath. This is more likely to do with where each scene was filmed and as other youtube videos have pointed out you need breath to speak. ✌️

[@Gu3ssWhatsN3XT]

@@thejake13 carpenter never said that, and the original cut of the movie you see both of them breathing at the end. The lighting just hid it

[@GoodEyeSniper74]

Had to pause. I see so many people questioning how Blair could tunnel under the tool shed and put a ship together in such a short space of time. You guys do remember that he is a shape shifting alien of unimaginable intelligence and capabilities right?

[@DanDanTheMusicMan92]

Literally just watched this again the other day, one of my absolute favourites! The practical effects and gore were ahead of their time.

[@jean-mi1825]

Rob Bottin is such a genius

[@dnllrnt]

I showed this movie to my kids last Halloween and the part where Mac says, "Because when I left yesterday, I turned the lights off" my 12 year old shrieked "Oh shit!" It broke the tension in the house but they started losing their minds during the blood test scene.

[@brianwalley2131]

Blair wasn't infected when he went crazy. He went crazy because he realised the thing would infect the entire world if it ever got out of Antarctica, so the only choice was to destroy everybody and everything in the station

[@disturbed1013]

He was in the novella. Who's to say he wasn't in the film? In "Who goes there?", he did it to get isolated so he could build the spaceship.

[@thedarkknight2221]

It’s been 40 years since this movie came out and it’s still one of the best horror movies ever made. More movies (especially sci-fi and horror) need to use practical effects like this much more often. I was like 15 when I first saw this and it literally haunted my dreams for almost a month. And I love dogs with all my heart, which is why that scene in the kennel always hurts to watch. Still the dog who played The Thing is one of the best trained dogs I have ever seen in movies. Also watching either one of these two scared is entertaining enough, but both at the same time and it’s pure unadulterated fun. Especially as a fellow citizen of New England, now that we have had 2 Bostonians in one video at the same time this channel has some class and style.

[@danieldickson8591]

The dog, named Jed, was part wolf, which is probably why he behaved so atypically for a dog. Even the cast members have remarked that Jed creeped them out sometimes.

[@colourjerry]

Loved Roxy’s reactions to this film. We gotta get her to watch more horror films😂

[@MrOAKIL246]

1000 percent

[@Snikerpiker1]

So you know the names are (in death reveal order): Lars - the Norweigan shooter Bennings - the guy who gets shot and dies first later on Fuchs - the glasses wearing scientist who burns himself Norris - the chubby technician who suffers a heart attack Copper - the doctor Clark - the dog caretaker Palmer - the technician and the shadowy figure at the start Windows - the radio guy Blair - the biologist Gary - the commander Nauls - the cook Childs and MacReady - the sole survivors (it was confirmed that Childs was human in the video game which is a sequel to the movie. He freezes to death)

[@johndoe9231]

Since the thing can change form, whos to say that Blair didnt go all Doc Oc and grow extra arms and hands to expedite the building of the escape craft. Also, they locked him up in the tool shed, which is why he had full access. to supplies and equipment.

[@jeffehren]

Just like "The Thing" from 1982, "The Fly" from the 1986 is a remake and a classic. Maybe because I was born in 1975, but I truly enjoy the reactions to the 1980s movies.

[@danieldickson8591]

"Blair" wasn't building a space ship, just an aircraft to get it off Antarctica and into a populated area where it can propagate itself. Its human form wasn't an engineer, so it used memories from past hosts to build their kind of aircraft.

[@disturbed1013]

In the novel he was building a spaceship.

[@JDMunoz-ct9xn]

They say most everyone's names early on, and give subtle clues to relationships that are easier to pick up on rewatch. Give it another viewing, and you'll see that they're actual people.

[@jezykwkosmosie]

I love how in the beginning they are both "how you shoot so bad, how did you miss a dog with a grenade from a helicopter?". They are scientists from Norwegian base, not Rambos.

[@JakkFrost1]

Not getting to know the characters increases your own feelings of suspicion, towards each of them. That increases the tension.

[@Col_Fragg]

FYI: Blair was locked in the tool shed. So, he had no shortage of tools. At some point, the Thing went to the tool shed and infected Blair. They speculated that the Thing could have simulated a creatures from a thousand worlds. One of those creatures has the power to bore through frozen ground. If the Thing can do that, why not a creature with 20 arms all working to construct a spaceship? And it's clear that there's more than one Thing. One Thing to collect parts. Another Thing to assemble it.

[@BLUNAProductions]

If you think about it, if it wasn’t for this movie, we would have never have Among Us

[@tookiem7618]

They said all of their names multiple times throughout the movie. I think you both continually missed it because you were talking over some of the exposition.

[@wesleyprince3465]

Tbf it took me watching it a good 3 times by myself to fully learn and memorize who's who.

[@wtimmins]

This is possibly the best practical sfx movie of all time, and still holds up.

[@rossmckenzie7629]

Rob Bottin who did 95% of the insane creature effects mysteriously disappeared from filmmaking. It is said that with the invention of CGI that he found his work just not relevant. But I would easily say he was top 3 for creature effects easily.

[@HonkHonkler]

"Imitate" doesn't mean it's making a copy of you, it means it's literally imitating you in your own body.

[@korrainomad365]

Not gonna lie, y'all missed SO much subtext and a boatload of visual clues throughout the movie.

[@thedrewyariexperience]

According to Keith David, John Carpenter told the actors to use their imagination as to what was happening. The actors saw the practical effects at the premier of the film.

[@jasonmd2020]

There was another Thing movie from 2011. Turns out it wasn't a remake or a sequel, but it's revealed in the end credits that this was the story of the Norwegian camp, and leads directly into the original.

[@martinboyle9163]

I would have loved to have seen the practical effects version.

[@alyxgriffen5073]

It was a prequel. What made it weird was that they used CGI, so they could do "fancier" and *faster-acting* SFX than the 1982 one, so the prequel's Thing did stuff that the "later" (but much earlier filmed) Thing wasn't capable of. But even with (what was) top CGI effects, the 2012 prequel still didn't look as good as this 1982 original.

[@Konoshy]

​​​@@alyxgriffen5073 From what I've heard they wanted to do practical effects and even did for most if not all of the scenes while filming but the studio make them cover over the practical with CGI.

[@Lava91point0]

The noose in Blairs cell (cabin) was because He tried to kill himself but the thing took over and stopped him, according to a lot of fan theories. I can't remember if that's from a cut part of the film or something, but it's pretty dark, there's a lot of deleted scenes floating around. And also a short story by Peter Watts, not canon but very involved and fills a lot of the gaps. Back to the final version, Blair went crazy because He knew they were screwed as soon as the dog showed up, his only option was to destroy all the communications equipment so it couldn't get more people to come, or ask for rescue, there was too much risk it would get out.

[@shainewhite2781]

For the sound effects of THE THING, they used the sounds of Grizzly bears, Snakes, Pigs Squealing, Crocodiles hissing, and human screams played backwards or sped up to make it sound otherworldly.

[@mannylugz5872]

Imagine an apocalyptic movie about The Thing spreading all over the world.

[@wesleyprince3465]

Wouldn't even take much is what makes it scary. Imagine it just makes it to the edge of Antarctica and assimilates a couple schools of fish. Soon the whole ocean would be taken over through various species' food chains and humanity wouldn't even be aware that anything nefarious was happening..meanwhile it'd be in our food/supply chain and we'd already be fucked.

[@Vulcanerd]

Assimilation...? Oh, are you thinking of simulation? These two are gold! 😄

[@puffguy]

I will die on this mountain 🏔John Carpenters THE THING, is the most well-written movie of all time 😎

[@wesleyprince3465]

It's truly one of a kind because it's so well written WITHOUT being pretentious or reeking of self importance. (Which is a trap I feel alot of Kubrick's work falls into for example). But this movie, you can watch it one time as just an entertaining horror movie, or you can watch it 4 dozen times and analyze every other frame. It's equally as good either way

[@Wolvie181]

I'm glad you guys got to watch John Carpenter's The Thing. It's one of my favorite sci-fi/horror movies. The practical effects still look great 40 years later. To me It's Carpenter's best film. The ending is still discussed among fans to this day.

[@lkf8799]

I thought Blair destroyed everything to keep The Thing from spreading. But he definitely got infected by the time he built the ship.

[@Chuck_EL]

And because the thing is a shape shifter it definitely used multiple limbs, heads, tendrils and tentacles to get parts and build that spaceship in a few days plus we know it's 10,000 years old at least according to Norris

[@UrbanAnywhere]

Yeah thought that was pretty obvious. Not sure how the pair missed it. Probably busy telling jokes.

[@reconsoldier135]

Best horror movie ever. Also the thirst for Kurt Russell is palpable

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

Snake Plissken is still my favorite 💕

[@turningcaterpillarsintocar5465]

This is my FAVORITE horror movie, so glad you’re reacting to it.

[@BigSy19]

They made a prequel in 2011 named “The Thing” it shows you what happened at the other camp.

[@EQSATUB]

So, I vote for regular horror reactions with Cody and Roxy…The Fly has to be next!!!

[@Itstwofourteen]

I concur.

[@offcenterideas]

I always loved that they didn't do much with names and backgrounds. Makes it feel a lot more "everyman", and with such a closely knit crew, realistically names just wouldn't come up all that often.

[@rogersjgregory]

This movie is dripping with atmosphere and tension. All of the characters react differently to what’s happening, so there’s always someone here you can relate to. The practical effects still hold up, and I love the ambiguous ending. Also, the musical score is pitch perfect.

[@adamali813]

This movie can be rewatched endlessly. There is a prequel made in 2011, which is not bad. John Carpenter said there is now a sequel in the works. My parents watched it on video in the 80s, they found it too scary for me. However they told and descrived the story to me in detail. It sounded terrifying to me as alittle kid. Finally a few years later around 13 i finally watched it. Scared the crap out of me but I loved every second of it. A true masterpiece of film making. John Carpenters 'In the Mouth of madness' is also worth watching.

[@PotatoGuidanceMissle]

The biggest takeaway from this movie to me is that it doesn't matter what era you're from, classics will remain classics for all time. You can remake, remaster, and revive as many IPs as you want, almost all of the original gems will still outshine them all. Practical effects are so amazing that it makes this movie timeless.

[@Shlankyman545]

These two Bostonians have some bad takes with this movie, jeez.

[@TerbInYourFace]

My absolute favorite title sequence ever. How it rips through the screen as if it were being assimilated and becomes, The Thing

[@shainewhite2781]

Portions of the Dog Kennel Sequence was done by Oscar Winning VFX company Stan Winston Studios, as Rob Bottin was hospitalized for exhaustion and a bleeding ulcer.

[@Chuck_EL]

And he was 21 at the time too also he took over for Rick Baker to do the howling while Baker did an American werewolf of London

[@castlew4162]

Yes, you missed names of characters and other subtle stuff because you were distracted by your reaction commentary that went off-topic or just too much meandering. This film is best experienced with all your attention in a dark theater feeling the isolation, paranoia, tension, fear, etc. and trying to think of what was going on and what you'd do if you were there or one of those characters. The genius of this film is that even when it's over you're still on edge, and there is so much to go back to and debate who got taken over when; and what's going to happen next with the remaing two where possibly one of them is The Thing. Stuff is still being debated 40 years later: the sound of keys dropping, what coats are on the coat hooks, could another dog-thing be already treking to a neighboring base, how smart was The Thing to plant ripped clothing or foment distrust among the humans while deflecting suspicion of itself by pointing out the Norris spider head crawling away. BTW, the dog-thing was masterfully played by Jed the half-wolf dog actor. They were all smart guys - most were research scientists including Blair who ran the computer "simulation" of the assimilation of a being by The Thing. It overwhelms what its taking over converting the cells to a copy at a rate according to the amount of its mass it can get to what it is taking over. The result is The Thing with the combined mass of what organic material it assimilated. More dogs absorbed = larger creature with more morphing capabilities. When Blair-thing aborbs Garry and Nauls it now has the combined material to form the large roaring creature with long teeth and a lower dog's head appendage. Blair was not crazy when he destroyed the helicopter and cat controls, killed the remaining dogs, and was destroying the communication equipment. At that time he was explaining that it wants to be us (humans) and take over the entire planet of beings - he cannot let it get out of their camp to take over the world. He cannot trust that anyone else is not an imitation - he got that long before the others realized anyone and any number of them could be The Thing. When he was drugged and locked in the tool shed he was still human, but soon afterwards he was visited by Palmer or Norris and converted rather than absorbed to a separate humanoid Thing like them. After that there was over 6 hrs. before the storm was to hit, then the treking out in the storm, then the standoff with the dynamite, then the first session of testing of the blood, then the battle with Palmer-Thing, then more testing; and then they went to give Blair the test. Blair was in the TOOL SHED which included a welding set that was used to hollow out the tunnel and make space for the workshop. The building of the craft was ongoing and Palmer and/or Norris could have helped with the gathering of parts or construction. Also, the 3 Things could have morphed to allow it to do stuff faster or phyically more powerfully. The craft was not a spaceship, but just transportation to "anywhere but here" using the knowedge it aborbed from the aliens, Blair, and other humans. The ending is another puzzle for the audience to figure out, and Roxy nailed it IMO that both Childs and MacReady cannot be The Thing or they'd give each other the "we got this now" look; and that Childs is probably The Thing and MacReady is playing it cool before he can form an effective attack on Childs-Thing. Yes, it is the duty of a surviving human to torch the other guy incase he is The Thing - that was Mac's whole reasoning to burn down the place and destroy The Thing so it cannot just freeze and then attack the rescue team that would arrive in the Antarctic Spring.

[@tonywilliams6294]

We always thought it was Childs... all the signs pointed to him but he is proven human in death in the game. It's really messed up. Although, I really just consider the game a possible outcome.

[@HonkHonkler]

Blaire is destroying everything either because Blaire is the smartest, already assimilated and _The Thing_ is playing the role of Blaire REALLY well to avoid suspension from the others. Making the others think he's just crazy and trying to PREVENT _The Thing_ from getting out. Or the latter Blaire isn't infected there yet and knows they can't escape or _The Thing_ also possibly escapes to assimilate the rest of humanity.

[@uktechnoob]

Your discussion at and about the ending was why the ending was done in this way as it was talked about a LOT. Also, there was a movie that came out later in 2011 and was a prequal which was about the Norwegian base and what happened to them and leaves exactly where this one starts and worth the watch. A sequel to this came out in the form of a game which involved a rescue team that goes to the outpost (and they find the recording that Kurt made in this one).

[@dabbadonisthestout7284]

Lol in regards to his bad aim in the helicopter at the beginning, the chopper isn't on a steady level, it's in constant motion and thus the guy has a hard time aiming in winter gear while on a faster moving raised platform, I'm not an expert but I think that might be a hard shot plus the dog is also sprinting

[@4523bgb]

Exactly, almost impossible to hit a moving object, from a helicopter, without some sort of automatic weapon.

[@wesleyprince3465]

Not that I'm any kind of sniper or military expert or anything, but it makes sense....just think of the downward wind/force the helicopter is generating. Dude was probably missing every shot low tbh.

[@jarrennickerson1346]

This is my go to horror film. Just absolutely love the practical effects, story, acting, etc. Glad you both got to experience it! Now ya gotta watch the 2011 "The Thing".

[@jaquesshugossen9398]

I fully agree with you that is is one of my TOP Go To Horror films, also purely for all the reasons as mentioned. As for the 2011 "The Thing", I didn't personally like it, but that is personal taste. I would however recommend it to those who have recently seen the Carpenter version as to be able to compare the GREAT differences in FX quality! Also in writing and acting.

[@stephenmalley3729]

2011 The Thing, a glaring example of how practical effects are so much better than CGI!

[@jaquesshugossen9398]

@@stephenmalley3729 I deeply and fully agree, and it should also be a grand example of what you get with Studio interference. Case presented: In the 2011 "The Thing", Almamigated (FX company) actually made actual practical effects which was then changed in Studio decision to go way more to CGI. I really hope that you guys watch the 2011 version and in the after-watch discussion, compare quality between the two, in FX, Video, Script, etc. I am fully aware that it may give a lot of reaction in comment section.

[@rainman3164]

Blair (Wilford Brimley) was never crazy. He just realized what was going on before everybody else did. He knew they had to keep themselves isolated to keep the thing from reaching civilization. If that happened, the entire planet would be doomed.

[@tjwsports]

The original film “The Thing from Another World” from 1951 is worth checking out. A great red menace sci-fi flick.

[@trevorkent7916]

I agree

[@TheSnoopyEmu]

I wouldn't exactly call it "original", both films are based off a short story. Carpenter's version is very faithful to the book whereas the 50's version takes tons of liberties.

[@HowDyaYouLikeMeNow]

"Everybody who has seen this movie is judging us so hard now." Yep. Well, mostly the part where you thought Blaire was a possessed thing monster when he is clearly attempting to stop anybody from leaving. The previous scene where he is seeing the likelihood of somebody having been infected and then grabbing his gun should have made that obvious. 🙄

[@ericstorm5285]

Amazing how some people missed out on seeing so many great movies. 1980s were amazing. If you haven’t seen The Thing here are some other great 80’s all time classics you may have missed Raiders of the Lost Ark Empire Strikes Back ET Ghostbusters Back to the Future Caddy Shack National Lampoons Vacation Beverly Hills Cop Die Hard Lethal Weapon Princess Bride Nightmare on Elm Street Hellraiser Top Gun Goonies Aliens Terminator Predator These are just off the top of my head. The list goes on and on but this is a good start. Horror, sci fi, action, comedy, etc.

[@ericstorm5285]

Thought of some more all time great movies from the 80s: Lost Boys, Platoon, Glory, Blade Runner. I’m sure I’m missing a lot more. And yes The Fly is great as well

[@stevenbaumann8692]

How have you never seen this movie? Better late than never. It is a classic. The sequel is actually a prequel.

[@barbastos]

And it sucks.

[@dragon_ninja_2186]

We don’t talk about that sequel/prequel. It doesn’t exist and shouldn’t have been made in the first place!

[@barbastos]

@@dragon_ninja_2186 couldn’t have said it better

[@mrpickmanb]

Coy says it would work in CGI.. spoilers lol

[@Theeplayboi]

@@dragon_ninja_2186it wasn’t completely bad but also if they watched it some of there questions would be answered

[@sca88]

Saw this at theater with friends in high school. Right away we knew something was wrong with the dog. It's a horror film and I grew up watching the Twilight Zone.

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

I really love Wilford Brimley even without a giant mustache.

[@Chuck_EL]

Fun Fact: that scene where they run with an ax at Wilford was legit as Brimley was a marine and a boxer so he really pushed them back with Russell taking the ax to the table while Wilford held up the table that's some strength there Rip Wilford

[@Vulcanerd]

Coy... from Boston... not like lobster?? Then Roxy's reaction when Coy was like 'eh' on clam chowder 😂

[@matt_afact]

BTW you can hear Windows (podcaster) drop the keys when he sees Bennings being assimilated, giving the thing an opportunity to take them to sabotage the blood later. Also, many scientific groups in studies have military personnel for equipment and/or protection in remote areas. Carpenter has said that Mac was a chopper pilot in Vietnam.

[@manugibert7355]

I like your chemestry together, how she doesn't scare easily and how make him questions on his thinking. Like you noticed the dog as the alien immediately, few people do. You should definitely react to The Fly together, is disturbing and gross in some parts but it also is dramatic and tragic and that make it more disturbing, with a great and underrated perfomance from Jeff Goldblum.

[@Cthulwho69]

Few people do? Everyone who watches it with a working brain does lol.. They don't try to make it overly subtle..

[@manugibert7355]

@@Cthulwho69 Look at other reactions on the web, most feel sorry for the dog and see the guy in the helicopter as a mad man.

[@stobe187]

Goldblum in The Fly is hardly underrated, my man.

[@dramakingnyc937]

... Roxy is friggin gorgeous ... Every year she gets better looking.

[@roxystriar]

And soooo smart & humble

[@dramakingnyc937]

@@roxystriar .... Well I didn't wanna overdue it because I'm sure you get hit with compliments everyday... But yes, that too... Being funny as well is the icing. 😘

[@DMFX1]

@@dramakingnyc937 Being funny is the cake, being a babe is the icing.

[@dramakingnyc937]

@@DMFX1 ... I stand corrected! 😂

[@DrWatson4]

“Bleurgh” “Yes fuck you too” What a line 😂😂

[@Sandy-dd4le]

The pinball machine in the rec room is called Heat Wave. On the rear display is a thermometer, the idea of play is to score points raise the temperature of the thermometer, when it reaches the top, it blows. A fun bit of foreshadowing that only pinball fanatics get.

[@aridante4110]

I watched this when I was 6 years old back in ‘84, back-to-back with the Beastmaster, hahah, I had to rewatch several times as I got older to recover from the trauma 😅 This and Aliens remains my favoritest horror movies of all time, hope you guys enjoyed it!

[@markant9534]

i watched it when i was 7 in 84 too i watched beastmaster then too

[@77marioland]

I was the youngest of four kids, my older sisters loved horror and sci fi. Funny thing is I love nightmares now; aliens, zombies, and creepy crawlies with a splash of psychos... it's strange, but I like them all.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Your reaction and in movie and after movie analysis were excellent! Really enjoyed ! And heck yes Keith and Kurt are still working why not a sequel!

[@raharbour388]

The testament of The Thing's greatness is that these two very noisy at the start people became way more quiet 5-10 minutes into the movie, captivated by its atmosphere and story.

[@unxprienced9548]

This movie has yet to be toppled as my favorite horror movies. Such a killer flick! Also I think the reason the Norwegians are a bad shot is because they aren't military. They were probably trained to use weapons but for the most part the characters in this movies are scientists, doctors, cooks, computer specialists, radio operators, pilots, etc. Also also,,, the bottle they drink out of at the end is gasoline and they should both know that. When Mac hands the bottle to Childs we could guesstimate that Childs is The Thing.

[@Classicalsin484]

The ending the biggest key to have an idea who might be the Thing is watch their breath in the air while talking. Only MacReady's breath is visible because he is a human Childs has no breath... so subtle but so good. truly a classic.

[@vincegamer]

Watch more carefully. Both have breath vapor, just hard to see due to lighting angles

[@rsrt6910]

Also watch the Bennings-Thing exhaled vapor when it screamed just before Mac torched it.

[@bulma12345678910]

​@@rsrt6910 Yeah I don't agree with the breath thing either. They're shown to be perfect imitations with human organs and since the Norris thing has a heart attack, these organs actually function so the imitations would breathe normally. I don't like the 'whiskey bottle is actually a molotov cocktail' theory either because I think the Childs thing would be smart enough to know humans don't drink gasoline or kerosene. Besides if you wanna point to the whiskey bottle isn't it way more likely that Mac is infected and is deliberately trying to get Childs, or maybe he's testing to see if the Childs thing is discrete enough to avoid sharing fluids like they've been so careful about? Maybe Childs doesn't give a fuck either way, the ambiguity makes it great.

[@paulferguson5550]

For me, it was the alcohol test that Mac gave Childs! Mac knew Childs wasn't a drinker! And afterwards, you can see him smirk! That's when I knew...

[@MrCarlBackhausen]

I love listening to you not understanding the story up until the kenel scene. Because so many of your questions up until then is actually answered in the beginning. The Norweigen scientist actually reveals a lot about the movies polt if you understand what he says. He warns them that it isn´t a dog and that it is some sort of "thing" and how they shouldn´t let it get close to them, that it is dangerous and that they are being idiots for endangering themselves. It is cool seeing how you didn´t understand it at all and being so confused, even though you just got pretty much the whole movie spoiled right in the beginning.

[@Vesohag]

The ending is not nihilistic at all, but the whole contrary. It is a tragic one but one of heroism too. They sacrificed themselves in order to be sure that the Thing would be dead and humanity saved.

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

I disagree, Blair imo wasn't assimilated untill after he freaked out and they locked him in the toolshed. I'd say both this film and Phantasm require more than 1 viewing to really grasp the gravity of everything happening, who is who, when and where they were. He's destroying everything to keep The Thing trapped with them off the mainland to prevent an apocalypse, or he's trapping everyone without communication to warn. It really can go both ways, genius of this film, but I choose he's trapping The Thing to prevent mainland escape.

[@jamesmoyner7499]

I prefer the original film version The Thing From Another World it may look a little campy, but I find it more exciting than this one.

[@brilicusgaming6922]

Everytime I see someone reacting to The Thing they always say in some variation "Don't hurt the dog" lol.

[@B8Lola]

lol, the same with Jaws.

[@wratched]

The dog's name is Jed for the record. And he was technically a dog-wolf hybrid. The only female characters in the movie are the chess computer (played by Carpenter's girlfriend, Adrianne Barbeau) and the contestant on the taped gameshow.

[@AndyMatts44]

I think you probably have a very unrealistic idea of how easy/hard it is to shoot something. In this case you have distance, a moving target, the shooter is not set and is not only moving at however many mph a helicopter goes, but is serving back and forth. And, finally, that's probably a research scientist trying to shoot it, so experience or expertise is also not a given. And when Blair flips out and you're wondering if he's infected or going nuts, you need to listen to what he's ranting about - "You think that thing wants to be an animal? It wants to be us! No one gets out of here....." How did he get the tools? Mac: "I don't want him in my shed. We'll put him in the tool shed."

[@eleaj4951]

Simply a masterpiece. I was so happy to see this pop up on my KZbin today ❤

[@andrewjk87]

Can't count how many times I've watched this movie, one of my faves. Really enjoyed this first time reaction!

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

12 men: • MacReady pilot • Palmer pilot THING • Childs engineer • Copper physician • Blair Biologist THING • Fuchs biologist • Norris geologist THING • Nauls chef/cook • Bennings geographer THING • Garry Security • Windows Communication • Clark Dog handler/sled musher The ambiguous ending is Mac and Childs could both be human, both be The Thing, or one of them. The point is we do not know but we do know paranoia and distrust lives on as they freeze to death. They say their names numerous times in this film, almost everytime someone is addressed they say their names.

[@sca88]

Blair was still himself when he was in the shed at first. The Thing always knows it's the Thing. It takes the knowledge of everything it's consumed. That's how Blair as the Thing was able to build a spaceship. The Thing has taken over Alien creatures on different planets. The only Earth creatures it can imitate are humans and dogs, the ones its consumed.

[@CiaoKnives]

Yes! Love this film. The alien threat drew me in and 80s Kurt Russell made me stay.

[@Joelmate96]

Ten days late to this video but you guys have awesome chemistry, would love to see more of this duo!

[@__Black_Sheep__]

Filming of 'The Thing' took place on refrigerated sets in Los Angeles as well as in Juneau, Alaska, and Stewart, British Columbia.

[@51tetra69]

“The Thing” is suspicion, mistrust, and paranoia personified! It is the story of desperate men, isolated and hopelessly trapped in the middle of nowhere, caught up in a terrifying life-and-death battle with an inhuman enemy, in which the fate of the entire world hangs in the balance. What would you do?