The Thing - Group Reaction

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[@Grf1556]

The thing that, to me at least is the most frightening aspect of the Thing, is that in horror movies it's a trope that animals can sense when something is wrong. But the dogs in the kennel didn't react at all to the Thing until the Thing decided to shed it's disguise. The Thing's disguise is SO PERFECT it can even fool other animals is something that's just downright terrifying.

[@lionhead123]

all the dogs were highly suspicious though. i think thats the vibe they are supposed to give off as the dog enters the kennel, the other dogs looking at it wondering if that is a real dog.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

​@@lionhead123exactly. The dogs were absolutely suspish about that dog, I think thats why it was forced to blow its cover. I think the dog would have kept to itself longer if the dogs didnt react

[@krisdoggett483]

The dogs knew it wasn't a real dog. They began growing at it before it turned. Their reaction caused it to reveal itself and, in turn, attack them.

[@danieldickson8591]

@@krisdoggett483 The Thing dog starting making strange sounds just before it started to transform. I'm sure that's what warned the dogs. Before that they were all lying in the kennel very relaxed and apparently unconcerned, including the Thing.

[@krisdoggett483]

@@danieldickson8591 I didn't hear anything. I could be wrong. I'm going by the assumption that the thing tries to blend in and not reveal itself at all unless it is under attack and the fact that animals have an extra sense of danger that humans don't have or that we have suppressed which would alert the "real" dogs that something was amiss and when they began getting aggressive the thing dog revealed itself and attacked.

[@riffler24]

Chris absolutely cackling like an evil genius while everyone else freaks out about the dog is really what makes rewatching The Thing with people who haven't seen it so fun

[@LilHaitiworld]

😂😂😂

[@SunlessNick]

Everyone falls in love with the dog! And then...

[@rileyandmike]

These reactors suck! Fake and mugging for the camera! So FAKE

[@RajeshJustaguy]

hahahahahah everytime

[@Crunchyfrog28]

The fact that this film has had fan theories about the ending for FORTY YEARS 😆😆

[@th3voice]

I believe there's a bilingual bonus in this movie. The Norwegian guy at the beginning is straight up telling them, "No, that's not a dog, it's some kind of THING". But unlike ALL OTHER NORWEGIANS, he apparently doesn't speak English.

[@ANTIStraussian]

In the Norwegian dub of the movie he speaks Swedish

[@ajalvarez3111]

Watch the 2011 Thing. It is all about the Norwegian camp. You will see that his name is Lars and that he is sort of the caretaker/handyman of that camp. He takes care of all the mundane duties the scientists weren’t going to. He was tough and intelligent but probably didn’t have much formal education and he didn’t speak English. I believe he WAS the only one in the camp that didn’t speak English but he was a good man to have in a tough spot. There were 4 Americans at the camp (2 pilots and 2 scientists) and if I remember right, and to no one’s surprise, none of them spoke Norwegian and likely no second languages.

[@th3voice]

@@ajalvarez3111 I mean, backstory is nice and all, but if the guy is a poorly educated Norwegian but present at a south pole base, it's even MORE certain that he'd speak English, because he will have a background as a seaman of some persuasion. That was the thing you DID back in those days if you were male and poorly educated. Go to sea, earn, see the world, and learn English. It's actually kind of hard to believe that he wouldn't speak English perfectly serviceably, albeit with an atrocious accent.

[@NobleVine3]

@@th3voiceI agree but it’s a movie so plot gotta happen somehow 🤷

[@HollowAvarice]

I literally just met John Carpenter at NYCC today. I praised this movie and the ending. He was a really nice really chill guy too.

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

LUCKY

[@chaost4544]

The look on everyone's face when the dog changes 🤣

[@LilHaitiworld]

😂😂

[@KyleS3m3noff]

But especially Chris'.

[@Uncle-Charlie]

Everyone I see reacting to the movie is pro dog and anti human being!

[@pinkishhaven5158]

@@Uncle-Charlie solo viewers have atleast the knack to question or be suspicious as to why the Norwegian was being violent. Or like, still be a little suspicious of the dog but at the same time get won over with the cuteness. These guys are the first I've seen to instantly jump on the guy😂. Mob mentality I guess...

[@tenjenk]

you can tell the reactions are real because of all their little body and hand movements, rubbing their bodies or the back of thier head cause of the creepy feelings seeing this shit gives you like somethings crawling on you.

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

"MAC IS BURNING WINDOWS" Rana: STOP IT, STOP IT!!! I love this reaction so much.

[@katiestewart5688]

Then everybody was like 🤔😯🤣

[@mr44mag]

"Windows what are you doing!?" is all too relatable.

[@orboobleck5366]

Dammit, Suraj...

[@brianvw2724]

Loved that! "He's getting XP" was great too 😉

[@osterro]

where is his from?

[@BradyRamaker]

The best thing about the Thing is that its a bunch of smart people trying to make the best decisions they can with limited information while stressed & exhausted to breaking, in a cat-and-mouse game against an alien intelligence also trying to survive. The regular horror fan instinct is to try to outsmart a film, but with this movie you can't. Nobody would do better in this situation, and in fact most people would do worse. Watching reactions to the movie always follows the same pattern of the audience judging the characters before progressively realizing no, wait, there's no way to really win here. It's why it's one of the best movies ever made.

[@wastelandlegocheem]

Agreed.blair immediately destroys all their vehicles to ensure they can't escape, fuchs ensures sevure food, mcready creates rhe test, and everyone id overall on edge and alert. They're rrady to do what must be done despite bein friends as they recognize the risk if the thing wins

[@atheist101]

​@wastelandlegocheem it did win in the end. This is a set of 3 apocalypse movies made by the same guy. Each is different with nothing to do with the other and imply the end of humanity. Even if the Thing didn't make it out right away it would freeze until someone else found it and then make it's way to a major city and humanity would be done for

[@Scarshadow666]

@@atheist101 That's true! I think there's an old sequel videogame that covers that too!

[@Scarshadow666]

Definitely agree with OP's comment! It's also worth mentioning that - despite how often people usually compare this movie with the Among Us videogame - one of the biggest struggles people probably would have gone through is not contracting the Thing assimilating them (whereas in Among Us, at least becoming the imposter is not the same as spreading an alien intelligence like a disease). Also, Among Us is a videogame where after everything happens, people can just turn off the videogame and move on with their lives. Being in an actual physical situation like the characters experience in The Thing is extremely different (and more horrifying to actually experience). Another good example would be something like the Twilight Zone's "Maple Street" episode.

[@wastelandlegocheem]

@@Scarshadow666 among us is based off the concept but takes it to a murder mystery kind of twist

[@SeanTanktop]

Identifying with Chris so damn hard right now. Exactly my whole ass vibe when we did our reaction with Scott & Alex! And shoutout to Rob Bottin who did all the practical creature effects when he was TWENTY THREE YEARS OF AGE! Absolutely legendary.

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

My favorite thing about Rob doing this film is he did most of the effects within a single week, and got hospitalized for exhaustion. As soon as he was discharged, he was right back to work.

[@Talisguy]

The Thing is very much having your cake and eating it too when it comes to horror films. The film is sustained by subtle, slow-burn tension, but when that tension is finally released by the Thing showing itself, the film goes nuts. After the dog kennel scene, there's a long stretch where there's no full-on Thing action and all the horror comes from the paranoia as the base crew turns on each other. Then that peaks with Mac coming back with dynamite and threatening to blow up the base, and just as the tension threatens to flag ever so slightly, the Thing opens its chest and eats the doctor's arms, grows extra heads, it's set on fire and one of the heads detaches from the host body and grows spider legs. The blood test scene is several minutes of tension expertly ratcheted up, before it's broken up by a jump scare and the scene then descends into complete screaming chaos in *seconds.* It's incredibly well done.

[@zandylovesrisk]

If someone was the Thing and attacked another person that wasn't, at the end would there be two things now or just one as it assimilated into someone else? We see one attack Bennings and then once Windows and MacReady return, whatever was on the table is still there (I assume it is what went and destroyed the blood bags with the keys).

[@mACS925]

props to chris for stone faced desperately not giving away the intro at all, he just lets them love the "dog" as you do its the reaction your suppose to have at that point

[@DevilWearsAdidas]

idk if you're refering to what I saw, but I never seen this movie (know of it since I'm 35) and just saw a dog get homicided. Like I clicked a random part and less than 20 seconds later the dog died lmfao

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

@@DevilWearsAdidasin the beginning the “dog” is running from a helicopter. You don’t know there’s anything wrong with the dog at this point, so most people come to the dog’s defense, saying that the guy shouldn’t be shooting at the dog.

[@DevilWearsAdidas]

@@brotherkhrayn3525 you did read that I said I haven't seen this movie right?

[@rjcasale457]

The cool thing about Noris before the chest burst stuff is I think the original had a heart condition which means the perfect imitation also had the heart condition. So the thing takes the good and the bad with it.

[@mwillblade]

He would have bad gas and diabetes if it got me.

[@danieldickson8591]

The "Norris heart condition" theory gets floated a lot, but there's no line in the movie that says he has one, and he did rappel down and up that pit where the space ship was buried -- unlikely a man with a heart condition would try that. It's more likely that the Thing was transforming Norris from the inside, like a cancer, and his collapse was the transition between him being Norris and becoming Norris-Thing.

[@danieldickson8591]

@@bb21again.67 John Carpenter kept his cast in the dark as to which of them was a Thing, until shooting the actual scenes in which they were to be discovered. He didn't want any of them to give a hint to the audience that they were different, so they all played as their normal characters. That's why Palmer was so, well, Palmer -- his actor didn't know any different.

[@rjcasale457]

@@danieldickson8591 That's an interesting theory. My take has always been we don't know when he was taken over, but one of the big themes in the movie is that its a perfect imitation, and therefore it copies everything, the good and the bad, as in existing heart condition.

[@cmlemmus494]

The explanation in the movie is more like the Thing converts all flesh into itself and each cell is an autonomous entity that remembers the DNA of all things it has consumed. It isn't actually Norris, or a dog, or whatever, it's just a colony of cells taking whatever shape is most useful in the moment.

[@Girder3]

3:41 - The subtle smile on Chris's face when they get excited over the dog... And the shit-eating grin afterwards...

[@koga711]

Chris's smile and look directly at the camera when everyone exclaims upon first seeing the doggy added 10 years to my life...and when everyone is freaking out about the dogs his little "I like this movie" I am crYing. Honestly, having one person who had already seen this before on the couch really made this for me! I'm glad everyone had a good yet horrible time with this movie, it's one of my favorites and I think everyone should see it at least once!

[@babatundeadedeji7714]

The stomach was the probably the craziest and coolest thing i saw😂😂 so unexpected

[@russellmassey9324]

Her name is Rana

[@nimz8521]

What's interesting is that when you watch the scene again, look at the doc's face. It's clearly a mask because they used an amputee to make the effect easier and put a mask on him because nobody is looking at his face.

[@Teddy_Bare_Bliss]

There is another movie

[@crazyfvck]

An excellent horror movie! :) A few fun facts: -real organs were used in some of the autopsy shots. -They only built one camp. The American camp scenes were filmed first, then they burned it down to film the Norwegian scenes. -That was a real stick of dynamite that Kurt Russel throws to kill Palmer. They didn't realize how strong it was going to be, which is why you seem him get startled/pushed back a bit. You can also see the icicles being knocked off of the building behind him.

[@kuribayashi84]

Chris making eye contact with the Camera at 3:45 was just perfect!

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

The blood test to this day is still the greatest jump scare of all time...I've seen that movie like 10 times and i know it's coming and it's still effective !!

[@FuzzyDlop]

That is not a jump scare as it actually happens in frame, same as everything else in every Carpenter film.

[@hectorale212]

The best jumps scare of all time is in The Exorcist 3….but this movie has an epic jump scare when Fuchs is in the dark with only his lighter on and the shadow figure walks across the screen, always scares me

[@Talisguy]

​@@FuzzyDlop It's still a jump scare if it's in frame. All a scare needs in order to be a jump scare is to startle the audience with an abrupt change. People usually use the term "jump scare" to refer to the obnoxious kind where something pops out of the frame to go "boo" or make a loud noise, but jump scares are a tool to be used well or badly. Jump scares can take place in frame, they can be a real scare - an actual threat - and not a fake scare, they can even be *subtle* if handled skilfully. Silent Hill 2 has an excellent example of a subtle jump scare: your character has found a radio that makes staticky noises when monsters are nearby and is exploring an abandoned hotel in Silent Hill, and when he examines a mannequin a monster jumps out from behind it and attacks him. It's a very standard jump scare. ...But then you think about it. "Wait. ...How did that thing sneak up on me when I have the radio...?" *The radio doesn't always work.* It's a subtle undercutting of what little sense of security you've developed, by making it clear that not hearing static doesn't necessarily mean you're safe. It's also a jump scare. Same with the climax of the blood test scene. It doesn't cease being a jump scare just because it's actually effective.

[@DanielS2001]

What truly sells it is that Mac does a test of a sample with the same camera angle and holding the dish the same way. So, when it cuts back when he goes to test Palmer's blood, no one expects anything. XD

[@christopherwall2121]

Only small issue is that Kurt Russell is wincing before doing it, because he already knows the puppet is going to pop up and is bracing himself. But what can ya do?

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

John Carpenter's The Thing is a good candidate for top 5 best horror movie of all time...Not because of the effects which are impressive, not because of the acting which is good...but for the atmosphere alone. It's a pure isolation and paranoia masterclass of cinema ! You never know 100% who as been assimilated and you can't just leave...Even at the end, there many theories that they are either both human but have so much paranoia it doesn't matter and they will kill each other or one is the thing because there is no breath...Still analyzed today in order to figure out when in the movie characters were assimilated.

[@GamerKatz_1971]

The best part is everyone being so concerned over the dog. And I'm thinking 'just wait'. lol

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

Moronic reaction to a Sci-fi/horror opening sequence

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

Ikr, if this is real I bet all of them would be the first to being assimilated (died)

[@onelusciouslad7841]

Yep, The Thing preys on our weakest aspects, our love for fluffy dogs

[@michaelbertrand6250]

The main behind the creature designs and effects was a man named Rob Botine. He was only 22, worked all day for the 6 week production, often sleeping at the set. And he worked so hard that he has to check himself into the hospital fir exhaustion. They had too bring in another top tier designer to help with the effects and he refused to be credited out of respect for Botine.

[@scottschofield5000]

Chris just grinning while everybody is rooting for the dog at the very beginning is peak lol.

[@JonNelson523]

Rob Bottin (Rick Baker’s protege) did most of the effects for the film he was 22 years old at the time he also did The awesome transformation scene in The Howling year before

[@dnllrnt]

He had to take himself to the ER after the movie wrapped from exhaustion and pneumonia. He was on set for like 18 hours a day.

[@Drkwlf92]

The Thing, based on a story called “Who goes there”. The writer came up with the story due to having twin aunts who used to scare him when he was a kid. This is one of my top 10 favorite movies of all times! There were many comics depicting what happened after the camp was destroyed, but the actual sequel was a The Thing video game that came out on the PS2 in 2002 . There was a prequel in 2011, but it just did not have the same feel of this one. LOL And I loved all of Rama’s reactions, especially at 15:58!! Absolutely PRICELESS!!😂😂😂😂 Everyone’s reactions were Epic!! I love seeing people’s reactions to these classics!!😂😂😂😂

[@michaelmonthey5974]

A great horror movie has to do more than scare the life out of you. It also has to make you think. The Thing is a great example of that. Not only does it have the scariest monster in cinematic history, it also makes you question who you can really trust.

[@paulonius42]

Everyone else freaking out about the dog scene, Chris grinning like a maniac. I love you guys!

[@rileyandmike]

Even seeing this in the theater - it was OBVIOUS something was wrong with the dog! You don’t get into a helicopter and chase a dog across Antarctic if it is just a dog! Pretty obvious for someone with a brain

[@fleacythesheepgirl]

“Here’s the fun thing about the Norwegian base you get to imagine” That’s so right and chilling. I love that they have knowledgeable fan of the movie.

[@mongooseunleashed]

Well, not anymore

[@ShortyLongstrokin]

Watching Chris try to not smile from ear-to-ear when they're all loving the dog in the the beginning.

[@arataarter8146]

33:41 Chris laughing derangedly while everyone is passively panicking is glorious-!

[@orcasin112]

I immediately burst into laughter at the response by the group seeing the Norwegians shooting at the husky. Ohhhh the surprise they're in for. Chris' response was perfect.

[@jerbil9353]

"Older movies don't scare me..." Then the dog scene happens!

[@monadreher2428]

The Thing is absolutely one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Personally my favorite John Carpenter film. The Thing (2011) is well worth a watch as well. Also quick edit. Fun fact since I myself just realized this a couple of years ago when I was rewatching this movie. The cook of the research station is played by T.K. Carter aka Gary McCullough of HBOs "The Corner", the show before "The Wire".

[@mwillblade]

The chauffer in "Doctor Detroit".

[@bjohn1027]

Seeing this in the dark theater when it came out was insane!

[@noirgatherer]

The thing is a perfect imitation. It evens absorbs all the memories and personality of the person it absorbs so it will behave completely like the original.

[@fearlesswee5036]

Yeah, there's a fan theory that it even "imitates" your brain almost like a simulation (or like emulating a game system on a computer) so even *you yourself* don't know you're a thing until your chest is splitting open and attacking somebody. The thing does this so it's imitation is *truly* flawless and acts just like the original person, only sometimes taking control or maybe even like subconsciously "nudging" the host to work in it's interests.

[@rastiga9196]

Kurt Russell actually suffered semiserious injury's because after the blood scene he actually threw dynamite and got injured from the concussion of the blast and a little shrapnel. Insane but true. They didn't F around back in the day.

[@siddbastard]

semiserious omg !! that's semi-interresting to the max

[@andys8483]

That reaction to the Thing stomach/mouth scene was priceless 😂

[@JamesASharp]

You can never go wrong with a reaction to The Thing. Great reaction! 👍🏿

[@asbjrngrindervalhj245]

You should consider watching the 2011 prequel as well. It is not nearly as good as the original, but it has a couple of really memorable transformation scenes, and it explains every question you might have about the Thule base. How they found the spaceship, how Split Face came to be, etc.

[@tygerchickchibi]

I was a fan of the prequel too. I hope they decide to do that next time.

[@VanDavis]

It's a decent popcorn movie to watch, and they DO try to stay faithful while adding some new details. But it's ALSO a great watch, just to see how AMAZING the effects of the original are when compared to the subpar CGI they end up using in the prequel.

[@ryno1509]

They just overdid the CGI in the prequel

[@battleaxe8252]

They'd probably like that one because of all the CGI.

[@jasondavis2995]

​@@ryno1509agreed there were definitely some moments where you could tell... it was just very meh cgi😩

[@vatolee]

This is one of the best reactions I've seen! Everyone on the couch had hilarious moments. I love the practical effects in this movie.

[@cauaviniciusguedes1434]

The Thing (1982) is one of the best movies of all time. This movie is perfect in everything, it's a masterpiece of 10/10. Simply one of the best of the best literally very true good.

[@Elerad]

According to Carpenter, Blair wasn't always a Thing. He was human when he was destroying all the equipment, but at some point Thing Norris or Thing Palmer got to him out in the shed. Oh, and there is a prequel movie set at the Norwegian camp, but it's really not very good.

[@anthonyhudak9363]

Needless to say the practical effects in this really f***ing hold up. What's even more impressive is that head of special effects, Rob Bottin was only 22 when he worked on this. There were so many instances behind the scenes that caused problems like with the infamous defibrillator scene. That was originally meant to be a "budget to do this once" scenario, but not only did the creature not erupt out of the chest like Carpenter wanted, but the flamethrower also ignited several flammable materials that were used for the effects, setting the room ablaze. They then had to set it up again in a very limited amount of time. Bottin would actually be working full 24 hour days at the studio and by towards the end of the shoot was hospitalized due to exhaustion. In fact, the first dog thing creature was done by Stan Winston (Jurassic Park, Terminator), but refused to be credited out of respect for Bottin. I also love the little detail in that scene when it tears its flesh open and the flower like appendage comes out, if you look closely it's a ring of dog tongues covered in teeth. Crazy how inventive and ahead this movie was and even more crazy that it was bashed upon initial release.

[@ninjatoriumnova2483]

Yeah, it's crazy to see that 57 score on Metacritic (because it takes into account old reviews), when it is generally considered to be one of the best horror movies of all time today. And it aged like fine wine, too, from the effects to the general opressive mood.

[@JBeezyForever]

Fun facts: this movie absolutely bombed at the box office because it came out at around the same time as E.T. and was also during the middle of a recession. Only made 19 million of its 15 million budget back. It was only after it’s theatrical release that people realized it was actually one of the greatest horror movies of all time.

[@venomfuryx3250]

The critics at the time weren't nice to the movie and dismissed it as a dumb gorefest shlock, but years later it turned out they were idiots lol

[@mihailcirlig8187]

Critics are just idiots overall ​@@venomfuryx3250

[@zachhoward9099]

@@venomfuryx3250critics a lot of times are

[@ColtonGamingTV]

This is by far my favorite horror movie of all-time. It was a pleasure seeing you react to another one of John Capenter's Horror masterpieces. He was actually on Colbert recently and stated that there are clues throughout the film that if you pay close attention to them you can figure out by yourself if Childs is the Thing or not.

[@byonemesis]

36:41 "All you had to was to blast the freaking Thing, Windows!" (You might have understood the subtle reference😉)

[@petersonchan9250]

I consider the 80's to be the Golden Age of "practical" fright films! 😅

[@jenny2tone242]

Me too 👍🏻

[@GorianXx]

Great reaction! The Thing (2011) wasn't a remake. Its the Norwegian prequel you guys were asking for! Should definitely watch it.

[@firstname4337]

no, its horrible

[@robolavirus8353]

It's not about the Movie, it's about the story, watch it to understand the whole story

[@judahtheechidna5673]

@@firstname4337 sure its not good but atleast it tells more of the story

[@tobyjuanbaloney]

​@firstname4337 it would've been better if they hadn't used CGI

[@byonemesis]

@@firstname4337 I disagree. This movie is what made me watch the 1982 movie as I never heard of The Thing before. And, it turned out to be the prequel of the 1982 movie so I was glad to understand the story.

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

It never ceases to amaze me, but it still trips me out how this just seemed like "our" little horror movie, me and all the other guys who were 12-15 when this came out. It was like a club, being into horror in the early 80s, and if you met someone else in that club, you'd probably end up talking about how awesome The Thing was. I still have a copy of Fangoria with the two-faced thing on the cover. The whole (relatively small) horror fanbase appreciated this. I guess we wouldn't have been surprised if you'd told us, way back then, that The Thing was going to end up being considered a masterpiece of cinematic horror and Exhibit A - Q in the argument for practical effects. Brilliant on every level, pacing, lighting, cinematography, score, atmosphere, acting.......

[@cullenarthur8879]

I'm sure Quinton Tarantino belonged to that club as well. He turned that fandom into a career of his own. Love your name by the way. I love Al and his side projects.

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

@@cullenarthur8879 Right? I feel like QT would be great for discussing movies with, especially stuff like this. I would probably only be able to handle about an hour of Quentin, though. 😆 Yeah, I think my favorite side project would be Pigface. So many cool people as honorary members! I actually met Al and Tommy Victor at the 2nd to last show of the C-U-La Tour in 2008, I think. We only got in there because a girlfriend of mine had been buying drinks for the soundman for Meshuggah. Al was barely conscious. 🙄 But I got to tell Tommy Victor that "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" was on my workout mix.😁

[@AlasdairGR]

12:48 Chris geeking out over vintage gear. A man after my own heart ❤😂

[@marcharley6465]

I saw this movie at the cinema in 1982 and it blew my mind. It's amazing that the special effects still stand up in 2023. Great reaction, guys and ladies.

[@Jupiterninja95]

In 20 years, great CGI will look like 20-year-old CGI. In 20 years great practical effects will still be great practical effects

[@sickleweed3270]

Normies, really wish you would do more horror movies, your reactions are so damn fun to them, can't believe we get only 3 this season. 😩 No matter how any times I've seen this movie the kennel scene is still upsetting cuz of the canine actors, really some of the best acting from dogs in any movie.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

As an animal lover, I just have to keep reminding myself..no animals actually get harmed in these movies 😅

[@bb21again.67]

What 3 are they so I can watch them.The only thing is ,The Thing sets the bar so high not many movies can match it.😊

[@sickleweed3270]

@@bb21again.67 Other than The Thing they also reacted to Blair Witch Project and IT Part 2.

[@Thenormies]

Your wish might come true. We are trying to do one horror move a month starting next year. Fingers crossed it works out with our schedule (Navi)

[@sickleweed3270]

@@Thenormies Thanks! So excited!!

[@all1lla197]

@24:43 Navi: 'How many axes does he have?!' Chris, without hesitation 'You have to "axe" him.' Vintage. 💥🤣

[@K_kruhk]

Jed the Wolfdog plays the Thing’s initial form, he also portrayed the titular character in White Fang 1991 and it’s sequel, and Wolf in The Journey of Natty Gann.

[@TheUltraYusuf]

An absolutely stunning film. One of the best horror films ever made.

[@TheUltraYusuf]

Also Navi is distractingly gorgeous.

[@Khann_2102]

​@@TheUltraYusuf Her hairstyle got me tho

[@JediMcPimp]

I'm only 12 minutes in at this point, but watching Chris' grin grow each time they say Sus is killing me!!

[@DerGeek]

Great reaction to a masterclass in horror. There is a good short story called "The Things" told from the perspective of The Thing. It's both fascinating and terrifying.

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

Chris' devilish grin from moment one of the movie starting was priceless ❤

[@user-blob]

Watching reactions to this film is sooooo rewarding. People tend not to expect much from ‘old’ horror films and then they get the brilliance of this!

[@Polymathically]

I was lucky enough to watch The Thing in high school over 20 years ago. It was the end of the school year, and we'd finished the Chemistry curriculum a few days ahead of schedule. So the teacher brought in the movie for all of us kids to watch. It quickly became one of my all-time favorite movies. I've watched it countless times and could probably quote all of it verbatim. The tension and paranoia are palpable. 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 at 26:49. 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 in the hall 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 at 11:17, everyone is coughing and gagging for real, because the production team used smelly AB smoke fluid for the effects during the scene. The TV broadcast 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 behavior. 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. You've seen the first movie in Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy, so you should definitely check out the other two: Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth of Madness. I'd also go with Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Event Horizon, The Descent, 1408, The Faculty, and The Cabin In The Woods. I put The Cabin In The Woods last because the viewer gets more out of it depending on how much experience they have with the horror genre. There's plenty more sci-fi and/or horror out there to see, but this a good start. Happy viewing!

[@armchairgravy8224]

I was still in high school when this came out, and my group of friends saw it. Yeah, it was scary af back in 1982. It was fun watching it scare the crew! 😱😱😱😱😱

[@Blaize24]

Same.

[@robertparker6280]

36:08 THAT was the reaction I was waiting for! And I *KNEW* that was going to be their reactions!

[@mattskones]

When the dogs face splits, and every one freaks but Chris is grinning like y’all don’t even know yet.

[@WhatAreMovie]

3:44 Chris' face is hilarious after Pat's comment lol

[@rileyandmike]

These people are so dumb!

[@deanna9808]

Such a good reaction! I love Chris's face through this whole thing was a work of art. The vindication!

[@rileyandmike]

Good reaction?!?! What were you watching? This was so fake! So much mugging for the camera - fake screaming! Fake reactors just for the camera! Wow - garbage

[@ceremus]

Navi's "WHAT?!?!" at the husky reveal is just a blessing.

[@TheKannibalistic]

9:28 Damn, I didn't realize Navi and I were the same person lmao 🙃

[@antsmasherjack]

There is an interesting theory for why there is a noose in Blair's shed. He was going to hang himself, but the Thing got to him before he can do so. Thus, the guys were talking to Blair who's already infected.

[@PeterMaranci]

The original 1951 Howard Hawkes movie (The Thing From Another World) and this version are both based on John W. Campbell's classic short story "Who Goes There?", which was later expanded into the novel "Frozen Hell". You all probably don't know it, but Campbell was the editor of _Astounding Science Fiction_ magazine, and was the primary shaper of the golden age of science fiction. In other words, he took science fiction from its relatively crude and pulpy roots and made it what it is today. He mentored many of the greatest science fiction writers of all time, including Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon, Arthur C. Clarke, and Robert A. Heinlein.

[@Smulenify]

The black and white version is The Thing From Another World made in 1951, both films are based on the same novella Who Goes There from 1938.

[@Monoblock]

This is the absolute best reaction video you guys have ever done. You all are literally shook to shit and sitting there shocked LOL. The Thing is my favorite horror movie of all time and this scared me back in the day for weeks when my older cousins put it on and made me watch it (late 80s).

[@joshwi4193]

This movie literally scared the shoes off of Rana 😂

[@eolsunder]

and almost her top.

[@Akiraspin]

The fact that this film was considered "low-brow trash" at the time of it's release will go down in history as the biggest whiff in horror history. My dads second favorite film of all time.

[@Zer-db1bp]

The reaction to the dog kennel scene was everything I hoped for and more 😂

[@ThePyroSquirrel1]

They should watch the remake of the blob, it’s just as good as the thing and the effects still hold up

[@kaybaumann4989]

Great Suggestion, that’s another great classic horror movie.

[@CharlieBrown20XD6]

Some truly horrifying deaths in that one. Nothing worse than slowly being digested

[@rwilsonpaladin]

How could you have NOT seen "The Thing"???? It is a classic that still is great today.

[@BrotherPraetus]

The last person who had the keys was Windows. Bennings told him to go get the keys from Gary, and you can hear Windows drops them when he see Bennings being absorbed. Blair was turned sometime after his isolation in the shack. He even says "I hear things out here." There was a sewual game made for PC in 2002, and a 2011 prequel.

[@99thJediWarrior]

The Thing was the ultimate horror movie. No music queues so the scary parts have more shock value, a good amount of tension, and attention to detail in the scares as well... it's the epitome of what a horror movie should be.

[@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear]

21:13 - you can hear Windows drop the keys, even the movie subtitles state that if you pause it. This is how the thing got to the blood later in the movie. Also explains why Windows ran for the shotgun when everyone started arguing about who had the keys. So subtle.

[@PeterMaranci]

True about the keys, but it could be misdirection all the same. I'm thinking the Thing could shape a tentacle or bony extrusion into an effective lockpick or key.

[@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear]

@@PeterMaranci Earlier in that same scene he drops the keys, you can hear Windows say he has to return the keys to Garry. I'm pretty sure it was the keys and not misdirection.

[@howwlll]

Great reaction, especially the stress and freak outs during the blood test. Rana at 36:30 ahaha

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

There is a story called “The Things” that’s written from the alien’s perspective. It’s a really good read!

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

9:27 Navi with the honesty 😂

[@mustarastas88]

Classic kino, one of the best horror movies of all time.

[@imgettingtoooldforthis]

This is one of the movies where the person that has seen it gets a special kind of joy watching those who haven’t.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

The blood jump-scare is so effective because it breaks the rule of three. You subconsciously expect the 3rd test to be The Thing and so your brain relaxed when it isnt.

[@Whitebrowpriest]

Robin R. Bottin was in charge of the special effects for the The Thing. But the famous Stan Winston did much of the effects for the transforming dog sequence. Nothing can beat practical effects for horror movies like. CGI has its benefits for like action and superhero movies, but for horror, practical effects makes it far more visceral and realistic, and impacts the viewer better.

[@Koda89]

I *love* the quiet look to the camera Chris does at the start of the film with that shit-eating smirk when the rest of the couch is reacting positively to the husky.

[@sickleweed3270]

Navi you're awesome, Kurt Russell's doppelganger just didn't deserve you! ❤

[@Thenormies]

Aww thank you ❤️ (Navi)

[@Takomaru562]

People that just started watching "The Thing" to see the doggo: "aww so cute" Me that seen the move: *Turns and looks at the one that reads this comment and then smiles with those that seen it, then looks back at the video and continues to watch their reactions.*

[@markc.7984]

Love it. Keep watching it and I really enjoy seeing you guys get affected by, and respect, this classic. ✌🏼

[@DVDNewsFlash]

I saw this at the drive-in summer of '82 when it came out (I was 13) and it traumatized the hell out of me. The 1951 version, THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, is favorite of mine too.

[@UpmostFrank840]

Yall should check our the prequel too. The studio got involved in the effects, but the people behind the movie really loved the original

[@josephmummerth2516]

when the thing takes you over , it also copies your thoughts , your memories and your personality , and allows you to function as normal ! it exposes itself when defending itself ,or attacking another victim ! it`s not an animal . it`s highly intelligent , and has the knowledge and memories of every being it has copied ! that level of intelligence makes it more dangerous than one would expect !

[@FerDeLance06]

Absolutely splendid! One of the best reactions to this film that I've seen. When it comes to reaction videos, you guys are always a great choice for a good one. I prefer group reactions to singles; great banter. Well done lads ... and lassies. 👍👏👏

[@starbrand3726]

Pat was struck SILENT during the dog transformation scene. Hahaha! And yes, there actually IS a prequel movie and that's exactly what happens.

[@Clu2298]

My favorite thing about this movie is how much is left to the unknown and minute details. Like how Blair was perfectly fine being quarantined in the shack at first, until they came back for him and he was all like "I wanna come back inside" and we were shown the noose, Indicating the thing had infected him and as it was assuming control of him in the shack and he tried to hang himself to stop it (Like the guy who cut his wrists in the Norwegian camp) but failed and was now fully in control by the thing and... Wanted to come back inside (of course it did). Or how the dog is shown engaging with a silhouette at the beginning who appears to kinda look like Palmer or Norris but in actuality it's none of the main cast, they purposely made it someone that you wouldn't recognize, further increasing suspicion and confusion. God i could talk for hours about this movie! Like Chris said it truly is a perfect movie, 10/10 across the board, my fav horror movie of all time.

[@kingofgames1220]

The moment they reflected on if they had just killed the dog... Hilarious!😂

[@Nester665]

This is still one of my favorites of all time. The effects are still amazing 41 years later. Not sure if you're aware but there is a prequel movie of the same name that came out in 2011 that's from the Norwegian camp. It's spot on a recreation of all the scenes and items found in this movie. Wasn't a big hit but are a great homage to this classic.

[@chasejones3101]

- John Carpenter is planning on making a sequel The Thing 2, so most likely Keith David and Kurt Russell could be back for the sequel. It would likely ignore the events of The Thing prequel and explore what happened to Child’s and MacReady after the credits rolled

[@Acid_Assassin]

This is the first in John Carpenter's 'Apocalypse Trilogy'. I haven't seen Prince of Darkness, but In the Mouth of Madness was pretty cool.

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

I have the Shasta Publishing 1st ed book 1948 that has the short story "Who Goes There," that this and another movie were based on. Also have a rejection letter signed by John W. Campbell. The DJ illustrator was Hannes Bok. It's a prize of my book collection.