The Thing Review

[@DandyAndy23]

Btw, Norwegian guy says "It's not a dog, it's imitating a dog, it's some sort of thing. Get away from it you idiots" (Roughly translated).

[@brianmartin6486]

i kind of thought that's what he said , so now i know for sure , Thanks . :)

[@Dorianin1]

Yah, apparently it was a dead giveaway to anyone who spoke Norwegian...

[@Maqya]

I understand Norwegian and I had no idea wtf he was saying

[@eyesoresoob]

almenfelix In one of the commentaries it's mentioned than the actor just made up gibberish.

[@GokuInfintysaiyan]

Drosta Dorianin It was only like 20 minutes of spoiler anyway

[@stevenguitink5947]

Funny thing; according to the documentary Jed the dog kept wandering around the set just staring at people freaking them out. Apparently being half-wolf brought out the predator in him.

[@ghostface1529]

yep and the crew actually had to stop filming everytime he just stopped and stared because his owners said that he could actually attack if he sees a reason to so they completely stopped filming when they happens to avoid any injuries and resume filming when jed has calmed down enough

[@vladyvhv9579]

It's not that he was being predatory. It was that he could get to be uneasy in various situations, which his owners/handlers were able to read his body language. When he went into a stare-down mode, it was because he felt threatened and might bite or attack if approached in that mindset. To him, he would be protecting himself. To most humans, he would be attacking. So, everyone else learned to give him more space so he could calm down when that happened. The production needed to shut down a few times to accommodate this.

[@IIISWILIII]

Jed must have been a method actor! 😂

[@LegendOfZeldafan666]

​@@vladyvhv9579 still an adorable doggo I used to be to a family that raised them ^^

[@legofan370]

Actually, on the Chess Wizard screen at 2:10, the computer COULD have beaten him if it moved its Queen to H4 (3 above the King and next to the Rook). However, we hear the computer say "Rook to Knight 6", and I've scoured the board, and NO WAY could the computer beaten him with moving the Rook one move. Looking at the full scene and figuring out the lingo the computer uses for each space, "Knight 6" would be in between its King and Pawn (also known as G6). So, MacReady is correct in his assumptions that the Chess Wizard is in fact a "cheating bitch". I'm really fun at parties.

[@owynpeschke5964]

legofan370 I can tell...

[@brandonkellner4053]

...Qh4+ is answered with Qh2. Edit: I thought it was a mate in 3, but actually the black bishop is attacking h2 so the next move is just ...Qh2++. Still, it's a mate in 2.

[@maxskellington910]

Dude this is a really cool thing actually!! Thanks for this info!

[@kissarococo2459]

Terminator taught us not to believe in machines ;)

[@pdub88372]

Look at the actual board when he loses.

[@TheBorgAssassin]

I saw in an Documentary on the Antarctic Science Station that they have all the first timers watch "The Thing" their first night at the station.

[@jfetzer5711]

That IS awesome!

[@ToxicTerrance]

Good prep

[@LucianCorrvinus]

the original, the movie from 82', or the.most current iteration? Oh, who cares, where are they going to go, and who are they going to complain to?

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

Don't know about that, but they apparently do screen it for the whole base every February to mark the first week of the Antarctic winter.

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

@Juni Post Nah, the hazing ritual would be if right after the movie ended, the veteran crew members all started acting weird and unfamiliar.

[@spider-man2157]

This movie is a masterpiece

[@ToxicTerrance]

The perfect amount of cinematography and dialogue. It's not explaining everything you see, and it's only explaining their confusion. It's brilliant.

[@BloodyFlowerFilms]

DIЭD OF DУSЭИТЭЯУ It’s taken me a long time to decide this, but I firmly believe John Carpenters The Thing to be the best horror film ever made... or the original Halloween... argh, it’s so difficult!

[@TheDUDERulez1]

Amen!

[@potatoking4227]

@@BloodyFlowerFilms The Thing is definetly better.

[@dylankaiser5546]

Whenever someone says "All remakes suck" I immediately point to either this or David Cronenberg's The Fly.

[@Chrisbajs]

2:48 "Kom dere vekk! Det er ikke en bikkje! Det er en slags ting!! Den imiterer en bikkje, den er ikke virkelig! Kom dere vekk, idioter!" "Get away! It's not a dog! It's a kind of thing! It's imitating a dog, it's not real! Get away, you idiots!" Greetings from Norway.

[@Sparrowexe]

Thank you. I was scouring the comments looking for a translation.

[@spartanwolf]

You could've saved them if you were there

[@disturbedone8731]

Yes someone already told us about 2 years ago

[@georgel1084]

Wow, Mac torched Windows... fun fact neither company was started befor this movie.

[@hungryfilms3707]

George l HA HA that's clever

[@Tee_B]

George l Both both existed, however neither OS did.

[@The_Chosen_Heretic]

Mac stopped working, and Windows froze.... Just sayin’.

[@ZERO-ue2mx]

George l Thanks deadmeat

[@homelesshannah50]

LOL

[@Spar10Leonidas]

I actually love that line from MacReady at the end. "Yeah, fuck you too!" I love that they didn't try and make him say something cheesy or something that everyone would want to quote, he just said what he thought in the moment... which actually makes me quote it all the time. That's a win! On a side note: I would actually refer to this version of the film as a "re-adaptation," especially since it's much more similar to the novella than the Howard Hawks film was.

[@oldleatherhandsfriends4053]

He said something realistic cause even horror movies in the past had to seem real.

[@zaggermanking29]

"Ice to see you" would have been funny

[@infinitesimotel]

Yea I would say that the JC version is a screen adaptation. It took the idea and converted it into a horror movie. I dont actually mind remakes or screen adapts as long as they are GOOD, and have something that is not a direct copy of the original in a newer format; JUST BECAUSE CGI

[@infinitesimotel]

@@zaggermanking29 Or "CHILL OUT!"

[@homelesshannah50]

Agreed this has more suspense and tension because ANYONE could be the creature, you didn't know who was next or who was safe.

[@davidjones272]

The false checkmate at the start is actually foreshadowing for the climax. When the computer cheats mcready destroys it, when the thing cheats by killing the generator so it can freeze again, he burns the entire camp down.

[@theghostofyankeejim]

I think the best part is that it's also a perfect encapsulation of Macready's character. He's an intelligent guy but if you push him into a situation where he's going down no matter what he'll make damn sure he drags you down with him.

[@joshnaver3994]

🤔😃 Ooohh interesting. Makes me love the movie more.

[@1805movie]

Apparently what the Norwegian said was, *"Get the hell away from that thing. That's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! Get away you idiots!"*

[@edmar1972able]

neat

[@1Tomanr]

That's not good Norwegian, but you can kind of understand it. Norwegian words with Icelandic panache 😂

[@turningkiller8737]

Ryan Hartwell sounds about right

[@manoman9791]

I though he said some thing like "It be terrorizing everything" at some point in broken English... no?

[@wingedhussarswiss4703]

Ryan Hartwell If only someone in the movie were Norwegian. But when you think about it he went the wrong way with it, he could of showed a way to tell what's the thing or not.

[@RodZombie]

Something I thought about that I've never considered before is whether or not the ship The Thing crashes to Earth in was actually owned by it, or it was one which belonged to another alien race. And that the reason it crashes to Earth is because whatever alien owns it was being assimilated by The Thing as it was flying the craft, and it did it as a last ditch effort to kill The Thing. It can't be confirmed of course whether the ship was originally The Thing's or not but I think it's something interesting to think about.

[@Hunne2303]

then why would it try and build a smaller craft...knowledge of the how to´s is needed...so I figure that basement vessel is just rebuilt, but non fuctional as the thing knows nothing about e.g. hyperspace, heisenberg-compensators etc. :)

[@spencermccreery2508]

Food for thought at a book club right there. Love the idea.

[@razzdarkstar]

One of the theories was that the aliens were collecting wildlife from various planets and the thing imitated an animal that they then collected.

[@xxrocketshark216xx4]

Ive always thought the Thing was the result of some experiment by another alien race to make a biological weapon but that they lost control of it before they could use it but thats just me.

[@razzdarkstar]

HammerMeister1999 The ambiguity of it all is pretty great, it could really be any- Thing that caused it.(pun intended)

[@__-iv9dk]

The couch is different, I’m unsubbing

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

And did you notice how flaky the wall looked? Inconceivable!

[@BulletTooth504]

Decker didn't want to spend the rest of winter DOING REVIEWS SITTING ON THE SAME FUCKING COUCH!

[@HurricaneDDragon]

Broken Fixes reality Look at it this way... at least you aren’t tied to it. 😉

[@BlackGoldSaya]

Someone unsubbed. I'm unsubbing

[@user-rm1jp6hf5h]

Broken Fixes reality SUP BRAH LEARN TO RESPEC COUCHES NO MATTER THE COLOUR YOU RASIST

[@joshuahoover6841]

Interesting trivia, John Carpenter found a man without forearms that almost looked exactly like doc. When doc gets his arm bit off it's actually the local guy on screen.

[@faceless2302]

The armless guy just wore a mask that was made to resemble Dysart from what I've read on the making of the scene

[@adamgray1753]

Well made practical effects always outdoes CGI no matter it's quality.

[@infinitesimotel]

@@adamgray1753 I agree, and even bad practical is better than CGI, because even if it looks shit, it still looks disgusting, whereas CGI looks retarded.

[@homelesshannah50]

@@adamgray1753 It's like that actor friend of Eli Roth who plays a zombie because he's missing an eye and part of his jaw. He doesn't even need special effects make-up

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

@@homelesshannah50 think you could name him or say a movie he's been in I'd like to see that

[@jonesfrom9661]

"While the Necromorph fails to impress,Clark is tasked with taking the new dog to the kennel" Necromorph... Clark? I see what you did there! R.I.P. VISCERAL GAMES Message to EA... "Go to hell,and take your friends with you!"

[@xxrocketshark216xx4]

Jones from96 Someone needs to edit the clip where Macready blows up Blair-Thing and put an EA logo overtop of its face 😂

[@jonesfrom9661]

HammerMeister1999 Well... This IS the internet,maybe somebody's already done it! :3

[@xxrocketshark216xx4]

Jones from96 True lol

[@futtynucker5278]

Hope they catch the diabetes.

[@griffingower1883]

My message to ea "get the hell off your asses and make dead space Re-engineered trilogy already"

[@SeruraRenge11]

"They do...science" Outpost 31 was, as far as I can tell, a monitoring station.

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

Blair was apparently some sort of scientist--they may have been drilling and cataloguing ice cores for atmospheric surveys.

[@exquisitecorpse__]

They were monitoring science.

[@Puppy_Puppington]

They did do science ya fooo

[@FrancisR420]

Thats science

[@phicks7963]

​@@DistractedGlobeGuyBlair was A Biologist, Bennington was a Meteorologist, Copper was a Liscensed Physician, Fuchs as far as I can tell was Blair's assistant and was a Biologist as well. McCready is simply the Helocopter Pilot, Palmer is the Helpcopter mechanic, and Child's is a General Mechanic and most likely works on the Snowcats as well as doing the in-base repairs such as when the Generator blows naturally. The point isn't made in the film but the Men in the film are the Winter skeleton crew for the Research station and are really only there to make sure the Station stays operable for the real crew to return during Antartica's spring, fall, and summer. Hence why we don't see much actual science getting done during the film

[@jorgetomas380]

The dog Jed, to this day, gave a masterful performance.

[@Wallyworld30]

I love this movie. This and Alien are the two best Horror Sci-fi of all time!

[@xxrocketshark216xx4]

Marty Moose Agreed. I personally like Alien better bc i watched it first and i like Ripley better than Macready and the Xenomorph more than the Thing but The Thing is the scarier movie by far. Objectively its a better horror movie but i like Alien just a tad bit more

[@alienonlsd3209]

And I agree with both of you I think on it and when I think of horror using science fiction in it those are 2 of probably the best examples I think I've ever seen

[@mrjay288]

I don't agree...the thing wasn't scary..tense,yes ...filled with paranoia..yes....gory as fuck...absolutely....but not scary, ....Alien on the other hand is very very scary....the classic old dark house movie, but in space....sorry if I'm a lame fuck, but there you are...otherwise both brilliant flicks...

[@mrcokez1]

you cant compare resident evil with silent hill , two different types of horror.

[@hungryfilms3707]

Marty Moose they're two pretty badass aliens as well

[@Sir_Master_Kaino]

19:50. The blood got away. They never kill it. The Thing is still out there.

[@kylekenney1907]

Cept they blew the whole shit up

[@TyRiders2]

It went back to Palmer

[@kylekenney1907]

Never thought of that

[@xxrocketshark216xx4]

I always assumed the blood returned to Palmer-Thing when it transformed

[@victorconway444]

It honestly doesn't matter if the Thing survived (which it most likely did, in the form of Childs). Because the facility blew up. There's no means of escaping, no contacting the outside world, both MacReady and the Thing will freeze. The only threat the Thing poses now is if someone rediscovers them and thaws it out.

[@cam-a-lot1973]

#SaveTheWorldKillYourCoWorkers2018 (disclaimer: don't actually do that)

[@YourPrivateNightmare]

as you wish, my lord. The rivers will run red.

[@ShumaiAxeman]

But it'd be so much fun!

[@ShumaiAxeman]

And Ted has seemed rather distant and slimy today >.>

[@Automaticstop1]

That was not norwegian. That was made up!

[@Dorianin1]

Careful, I'm a cook...I can make it happen.

[@grapeshot]

This was Keith David's first role he did a damn good job.

[@randybarnett2308]

He was also good in They Live another movie I love , him and Rowdy Roddy Piper had one of the most brutal fights scenes ever

[@grapeshot]

@@randybarnett2308 you should watch the movie just for the fight scene.

[@thegamewin100]

@@grapeshot the ending is really great too messed up but great

[@ironbutt1834]

Mac wants the what?! Lmao

[@CyborgSodaCollects]

@@grapeshot it never gets old ha ha suplex on concrete lol

[@bromodragone8405]

The Thing, The Fly and The Blob. A trifecta of awesome 80s horror remakes, arguably better than their 50s originals.

[@bromodragone8405]

@Jonathan Birch yes

[@Sodorboy98]

The Flying Blob Thing. Now there's a movie.

[@user-xf8xk6hw9m]

so the thing, the fly, and the blob walk into a ba-

[@vanillabadboy4469]

All better.

[@knickknackpattywack]

​@jonathanbirch2022yes

[@QwertyCaesar]

When Wilford Brimley reaches for the firearm in his desk around 11:00 I was always under the impression that he was contemplating suicide. He does create a noose later in the film, after all.

[@JukeboxJoeB]

I always found it odd that they took a trip to the Norwegian base in order the search for answers but never thought that the dog the Norwegians were trying to kill might contain some answers, or might even pose a threat. They don't make any attempt to examine the dog, contain it, or closely observe it. They just let it wonder around the camp as it pleases as if it's just their new pet.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Well, for them it's just a dog. Not a person they could ask questions from .

[@LegendOfZeldafan666]

American education XD

[@kylemendoza8860]

They did observe it. With the knowledge that they had they determined it was just a dog. That Norwegians went crazy.

[@bromodragone8405]

I love how Palmer looks completely resigned before Mac tests him. Like he's thinking "Welp, cat's outta the bag. Oh well! 19:45"

[@kaboom6529]

Decker: I'm not going to bother introducing all of them. Also Decker: Proceeds to introduce them all at once.

[@blackfiredragonthe13th43]

Funny thing to note about 8:19 is that’s why a lot of people think Norris and Palmer were already infected. They were the first to rush in and put out the fire. Happy to see you finally reviewed the thing, it’s been one of my favorite movies, to the point it grates on people’s nerves.

[@zerrodefex]

I always heard that the reason why Norris or Palmer have to be first infectee is because of the shadow on the wall when the dog goes into the room, they're the only two with a head of curly hair and capable of casting such a shadow. However even the director's commentary doesn't clear it and Carpenter can't remember which was casting the shadow or if it was a crewmember instead.

[@th3lonef0x4]

@@zerrodefex the shadow was caste by a standin as the crew though Palmers shadow was too obvious so it sounds like Palmer was the first to be assimilated.

[@briarrosegael2015]

Wasn't the man that unleashes that unearthly scream (I forget his name) who's also the one holding that appendage thing licked by the dog a.k.a. contaminated?

[@cl8804]

They weren't already infected because they put out the fire first; they were fucking instructed to do it, so they could examine the fucking thing. They were INFECTED FIRST because they went in to put out the fire. Garja!

[@kiiltochii1607]

@@zerrodefex The shadow is a random crew member. I can't remember where, but I read they first did use Palmer's actor, but it was too obvious who it was even just from the shadow so they instead just got someone random. I don't recall where I read this bit though, but I always considered him to be the first one to be imitated. Who is he best choice to take over as an alien? Well of course the dude who is already odd and another one who already imitates furniture or floor or the background (at least Norris came of like a reserved person who keeps to himself)

[@primeministerofgreenteam1983]

MY GOD I was just thinking, "Man, Decker hasn't reviewd The Thing. I wonder when he'll do that." I just rewatched The Thing with my girlfriend last week and I've been watching videos related to it and suddenly you appear. I must be psychic.

[@daviddrouant2852]

or THE THING!!??

[@mothertrucker341]

Dead Meat cover it on The Kill Count. They are a quickfire version of Deckers reviews and I found Deckers channel from watching The Kill Couny

[@primeministerofgreenteam1983]

I'm not going to take shit from a guy that's obsessed with a children's cartoon made solely to sell toys.

[@primeministerofgreenteam1983]

Hey man, I don't give a flying fuck what you do in your free time, but don't come here with some of the most obvious bait I've ever seen trying to get a rise out of me. Go watch your toy commercials and get the fuck out of here.

[@labratt3742]

Starscream91 Aye, we see you liking your own comments.

[@HyperionRailGaming]

One thing I noticed recently rewatching this is most of the characters have piercings of some sort in various places. The Doc has one on his nose and Childs has one on his ear. But never noticed one on any of the characters that change. I meant to go back through and take a closer look but later in the prequel, even though its not as good but does at least have the good graces not to ruin the original, they introduce the factor that the Thing can't imitate non-biological matter and thus piercings and fillings are left behind and became the "tell" of who was and wasn't the thing. It makes me wonder if Carpenter had this in mind from the beginning and used the piercings as a symbol of who was and who wasn't the Thing in this film, and as for Childs at the end...he still has his ear pierced, so regardless of being intentional, based on the (is it canon? who knows) lore of the prequel, he is NOT the thing. Now, is this a tidbit of info to unlock a secret, or an element in the prequel that DOES in fact ruin the original...I don't know. Just something to think about.

[@Dorianin1]

Good eye...I never noticed that. I gotta watch this movie again...

[@scottmotcheson7455]

Hyperion Rail Gaming I know this is old so you probably won't see it but maybe Child's is the Thing. My reasoning behind why he still had the ear ring is that the Thing has learned and adapted from the Norwegian base that since he can't imitate non-biological matter he should put the ear piercing back on to help conceal that he is the Thing. Just food for thought but it is interesting to think about this stuff.

[@owynpeschke5964]

Hyperion Rail Gaming I would agree with your reasoning, but at the end he drinks from a Molotov

[@joshuaanderson1712]

Pretty much what Scott Motcheson said plus the fact that you shouldn't necessarily treat anything added in by a film more than two decades after the original as absolute canon affecting the original film's ending. It was a somewhat generic film, maybe that was because of the executive meddling that also slammed in all that cgi and added a pixel vortex to cover up another alien because it might have 'confused' the audience but it just didn't feel like it was trying to do 'its own thing' as it were, instead of just trying to make quick money.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Child's was wearing an entirely different set of clothes. If the thing can't imitate objects then it can't imitate clothes.

[@uwerosler7813]

Probably one of the best films ever, very underrated along with Escape from New York. Keep up the good work.

[@Puppy_Puppington]

EricCantona MUFC Kurt Russell is a badass.

[@BanditMan105]

No way. I searched your channel just yesterday to see if you reviewed this movie and I was pissed it wasn't there. I am now satisfied.

[@DeckerShado]

I was kinda angry this wasn't on my channel yesterday, too. I have no idea why it took me so long to edit this. :/

[@BanditMan105]

it was a great review #SaveTheWorldAndKillYourCoworkers

[@jagannathbarman6712]

For all Norwegians, the movie is completely spoiled at around 3:00.

[@kalebsantos72]

Jagannath Barman huh never thought of that

[@lordvlygar2963]

It isn't exactly correct. Apparently, they didn't have anybody that spoke Norweigan fluently, so it is off. But, I believe one can still make out what he is meaning.

[@maxskellington910]

Fun fact about that scene of the dog walking into the room at 4:58 !! They purposefully got someone else ((aka someone not playing anyone in the main cast)) to act as the person in the shadow so people watching would not be able to definitively guess who the dog walks in on aka so nobody could know who was infected before hand

[@Darkman1025]

This freakin movie scared the shit out of me. That blood test scene was absolutely amazing!

[@bromodragone8405]

This movie still gives me chills.

[@randybarnett2308]

The Thing is way more scary than the Xenomorph from Alien, or the Predator, or any Vampire or Werewolf .

[@tiffsaver]

I remember seeing a screening of "The Thing" at The Directors Guild in Los Angeles when it was first released, so no one had yet heard the buzz about it. The entire release was ruined by the simultaneous release of Spielberg's "ET," a monumental stroke of bad luck. Had this not happened, I think this film would have enjoyed the success and accolades that it seems to have received only many years later. When the movie ended, the audience walked out silently, like shell shocked zombies. To me, that was a tribute to the visual terror and impact this landmark movie made on all who saw it. Not only was it a splendid cast, but the practical visual effects (long before CGI), and the genius of Ennio Morricone composing the particularly creepy soundtrack, made this film a classic for the ages, and in my opinion, John Carpenter's crowning achievement.

[@Puppy_Puppington]

tiffsaver couldn’t have said it better myself! You’re so lucky to have witnessed a theatrical release screening sir!!!

[@tiffsaver]

@@Puppy_Puppington I wish you could have been there. Since it was a Directors Guild of America screening, it was completely filled with industry professionals. As we sat there at the end (all members are required to stay until ALL of the credits finish rolling), there was nothing but STUNNED SILENCE. Everyone kind of walked out of the theater as though hit with a brick. The only other time I've witnessed such a stunned reaction was when I saw the premier of "The Exorcist" in Westwood, California. More people began attending church in the months following its release than at any time in recent history. So the Catholic priests just loved it:)

[@user-dr2yz8um3d]

The movie is officially 40 years old! Still one of my favorite horror movies and one of Carpenter's finest, he actually sticks closer to the original short story by John W. Campbell Jr The screenplay was by Bill Lancaster, the late Burt Lancaster's son Kurt Russell is amazing next to Wilford Brimley and Keith David Taps into the fears of our own extinction with themes of mistrust and paranoia There could also be an AIDS allegory Love the fantastic practical special creature effects by Rob Bottin along with the late Ennio Morricone's haunting score Watching The Thing in the time of Covid provides the film an added relevancy Particularly as cases and related fatalities in the UK are both on the rise once more Someone you know and trust is carrying an agent that attacks you on a molecular level and, in a very messy fashion, could stop you being you It's a shame it tanked at the box office and wasn't met with the best reception But over time it has gained much more appreciation and remains big with fans Plus it inspired such acclaimed contemporary filmmakers as Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, J.J. Abrams, Neill Blomkamp, and countless others So happy they made a video game sequel 20 years ago The film continues to reflect man-made apocalypse anxieties (like a literal Cold War between man and alien)

[@Armageddon-yt3so]

I love this movie. the characters, the special effects/creature designs, the music, the atmosphere. just brilliant. I remember seeing this on DVD at a local video store and renting it. I was hooked. it was nothing I'd ever seen before at the time. this film imo still holds up today as a masterpiece of Sci-Fi Horror and one of John Carpenter's best films

[@slckb0y65]

holding up ? dude, watch it in full hd or even 4k if possible, it's a brand new movie every time. the level of details in the SFX is just out of this freakin' world and hand their sorry ass to every CGI monster in existance.

[@josephrockall6769]

I've never heard anyone else call Norris by his first name, Vance

[@zerrodefex]

Didn't know that anyone other than MacReady even had more than one name, even Gerry still only says Bennings despite saying that he's known him to 11 years.

[@cimbakahn]

Look here: www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/

[@XenomorphXIII]

@20:45 Having been hit with way too many flus and colds all this season myself, I am 110% behind turning this into a meme, Decker. Come on, guys, make it happen!

[@Horror-Man]

When I first watched classic horror films like The Shining, The Exorcist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Dawn of The Dead, Jaws, etc. I thought they were all very good but also quite overrated. Then I watched The Thing, expecting to have the same reaction, and it completely blew my mind!!!

[@GokuInfintysaiyan]

Halloween was the only overrated one All the others were just as good as said but for reasons other than just horror

[@EhCanadianGamer]

The Exorcist is definitely overrated, sure it may have helped Mike Oldfield rise to fame as a musician because of the film. For some reason the Oscar's look down to horror, but if it had to do with possession or the devil, they made an exception. Both The Exorcist and The Omen were released around the same time and gain allot of praise from the Oscar's for that very reason. When you take that into account and how bias the Oscars are, and how allot of films go unnoticed or only get praised years later because of it. Getting an Oscar feels empty and hollow. Did you earn that Oscar cause you're a great actor? Or did you happen to be in a film that they look favorably on for some arbitrary reason?

[@ssharkbait]

Eh, Canadian Gamer the Oscars are a complete sham. It’s a glorified popularity contest. I mean Black Panther was freaking nominated multiple times. They wanted viewers and attention so they gave people what they wanted. The ratings were sky high because of it. The Oscars stopped being about the best of the best a long time ago. You can easily buy votes with gifts and parties. That’s why smaller budget films with less attention struggle to get nominated or win cause they don’t have the money like bigger productions do. I disagree about the Exorcist being over rated though lol. Sorry.

[@Mesozoic_Gaming]

I love how excited you sounded when you said “ Save the world, Kill your coworkers!” For the second time.

[@DJCatmom]

Please do the prequel. I know a lot of people give it shit, but it was fun and I'm looking forward to you pointing out it's flaws and inconsistencies, as well as stuff it did well.

[@lordvlygar2963]

Crise Ferre I believe the general consensus is that it could have been so much better on its own if the higher-ups didn't get rid of all the physical effects and replace it with shoddy cgi.

[@MrDanAng1]

It's not really bad, but it is by nescessity a bit predictable and it is not really good, and in making a prequel to such a classic masterpiece as the Thing, it is hard to live up to expectation.

[@vladyvhv9579]

For all of its flaws (most of which due to being screwed by the studio), the 2011 prequel is really a fairly nice companion piece to Carpenter's movie. The makers actually interacted with members of the Outpost 31 forums and did quite a bit of pouring over stuff that the fanbase had researched and debated and theorized about for decades. It really helps that people who worked on the movie and many of the actors were also long-time fans of Carpenter's movie. This is perhaps why even though it typically gets panned, you'll find some of us die-hard fans who admit that it's really not as bad as many make it out to be. Bonus points if you can spot the "hidden" Xenomorph face.

[@Arjanator]

8:13 Fun Fact: The two who rush in to extinguish the fire are both infected so it makes more sense why they would rush in.

[@ALEX-jr1pb]

Wtf i never noticed that 😲😲

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

The block of ice is VERY scary with the music. It's like a coffin and the whole mystery and horror of the Norwegian base makes it really terrifying. There's literally nothing in this movie not designed to make you afraid. I mean, it made me afraid of a dog, for Dog's sake!

[@phicks7963]

This movie legitimately made me never trust Dogs again and I'll never own one because of it

[@cvlprime64]

What caught me by surprise about this movie review was the fact that the dog 1:37 was an actual actor and I thought I had seen everything.

[@MotorcycleCheetah]

I’m pretty damn sure this movie inspired Among Us. Similar Concept, Similar circumstances, even the shape shifting aliens and lethal opening bodies. So, yeah, this badass movie inspired Among Us. I think.

[@phicks7963]

I'm almost certain. Even to the point of the imposters sabotaging bits of the base like the thing does in the film

[@xenodroid]

I love John Carpenters The Thing. In my opinion it's better than films like Alien or The Fly, but usually isn't put to the same standard. It's pure suspense all the way through, and highly rewatchable. Also the minimalist score gets me hard.

[@c.o7993]

I haven't seen the fly but I hold the thing and alien and aliens on the same level tbh

[@jmdnelson4891]

Holy smokes, you did an awesome Wilford Brimley impression!!

[@jagannathbarman6712]

20:24 So Mac is indeed better than windows I see :))

[@xxrocketshark216xx4]

Jagannath Barman Um, no. Maybe in the late 90s, but modern Mac is garbage and Apple is just a scummy shell of a company. Sorry

[@jagannathbarman6712]

HammerMeister1999 Agreed. I use Windows too.

[@ScreamingEagle101st]

I wish SFX were like this in films today

[@DarkArtistKaiser]

If you think about it, this really would fit in a Lovecraft story. A very isolated place with a unknown alien horror driving people to madness until finally coming to a bleak if not outright dark conclusion. Alternatively, I feel the "Man lives on a island of ignorance and it was not meant for them to sail far from its shore" quote to be accurate.

[@florineala]

Decker you have no ideea how long i've been waiting for you to do this movie

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

That "couldn't it just go around spitting on everyone and eventually win" idea is EXACTLY what it was doing with the dogs- watch it spray clear...liquid...at the dogs outside it's reach in the kennel scene.

[@jwnj9716]

I always thought the Norwegian said, "Okay assholes that's my dog, I was the one taking care of him, he's mine, mine....GODDAMNIT STOP LICKING THEM FOR FUCK SAKE!".

[@SWEGTA]

I'm Swedish so I do recognize some of the words. To me it sounds like he said something along the lines of "That's some kind of THING! It mutates! Get away from it, you idiots!" It really is odd how the Norwegians in this movie couldn't speak English when most Norwegians speak it fluently, even back in the 80s.

[@jwnj9716]

Yeah I know it was just stupid silly joke like how people mess with Anime subtitles for memes.

[@jeremybarker5510]

When I was a junior in high school, I took a class called literature of film. One of the projects we did was work with a partner and find a movie to analyze and share with the class. We were also required to use a clip from our movies. My partner and I reviewed this movie, and the clip we used was the blood test scene. I edited it down to show only between the Mac's test and the blood jump. Almost everyone in the room jumped toward the end of the clip. Got an A on the project.

[@nickyblue4866]

@Starscream91 jealous much?

[@tuschman168]

And then you find out in the prequel that most of the Norwegians actually did speak English. They just had really bad luck meeting the guy who didn't. Not sure if I should criticize this for the plot convenience it is or praise the prequel for giving an explanation that's at least somewhat more realistic than "Norwegians don't speak English".

[@jooei2810]

Music by Ennio Morricone, instead of Carpenter doing it (as he usually does). Maybe he was busy or he wanted the best to score the movie.

[@xxrocketshark216xx4]

11:42 I guess you could say that Fuchs...fuched up? (Sorry, couldnt help myself 😂)

[@8yerbrain]

Gary's quote on being tied to the fucking couch, in view of the corona virus lockdown is more relevant than ever it seems. Your comment on seasonal flu...priceless.

[@brb-blitz4592]

Rob Bottin's last name is pronounced as "bo-TEEN", just wanted to give you a heads up Decker

[@augursword2299]

I'm glad you reviewed this, this is actually my favorite horror movie and I think it needs more recognition.

[@ThePointsofArticulation]

The Thing is my favorite movie, and this was a great review!!! I remember writing my final paper on this film for film theory class at college. My paper was all about the movies themes, art of montage, and effects and it made my professor who was into older French, and American cinema, to run out and buy the film HAHA. I got an A and it was sweet!

[@pieroog]

would you like to share the paper? I'd love to read it.

[@ThePointsofArticulation]

Pieroog I wrote that paper in fall 2011, I will look to see if I have a digital copy still saved. If I can find it I would love to share it with ya.

[@pieroog]

Superb! I'm waiting for the news then.

[@ThePointsofArticulation]

Ok I cant find the paper, but I did find some old files in a back up folder with my Heros Journey assignment which was the little puff piece before the main paper. I guess later today I will have to try my old data dvds. Its gata be here some where i hope.

[@QwertyCaesar]

The Points of Articulation No luck?

[@Jesse12489]

I've been asking for this review for nearly two years and now you finally done it.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

The soundtrack to this movie is a wonder on its own. I so loved how The Hateful Eight paid homage to both the story and the music.

[@williamcurry4868]

I believe in the commentary, the shadow that we see in the room the dog goes into was not one of the actors, but someone in the crew, so that no one could be sure who the character was, whether it was Palmer, or Vance. Also wonder when Blair was taken over, and if he was running a double bluff and just planning to take over the others by taking them one at a time when the chance came up as they couldn’t get any help.

[@reformedbear1479]

Always enjoy your reviews, Decker

[@vladyvhv9579]

This is my favorite movie of all time. It's got the perfect monster, too. While they can become incomprehensible eldritch monsters, they don't always have to. All they'd really need to do is imitate a life form you typically come into contact with and shed a few cells on you. While this would cause a "slow assimilation", it's got a way scarier impact on the mind than if it just turns into a monster and chases you down in a predatory fashion. I used to visit the Outpost 31 forums, back before the prequel came out, and I doubt anyone there (including myself) knew that Norris had a first name....

[@ShasOSwoll]

Actually while they are looking at the tapes and someone mentions that the Norwegians found a spaceship Copper says "And tried to blow it up?" So maybe the script was referencing the book but the plot was changed so that didn't happen.

[@AlexThe1Menace]

Petition to rename the channel "The Eternal Summer of Arnold Schwarzenegger".

[@slckb0y65]

only 3 words need to be said about John Carpenter's 1982 The Thing Absolute, Must and See.

[@KaoticReach1999]

Ive never understood why we never got an explanation for Kurt Russell's lights being on 🤔 My head-canon is The Thing repaired his computer and had been playing Chess on it up there

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

I remember watching The Thing for the first time in college. I had just finished “Darkness Falls” (stupid, predictable horror movie) and decided to give this a go. This movie managed to give me nightmares. Now it’s one of my favorite movies!

[@Ulquiorra4163]

My favorite horror movie by far and I still dunno why to this day. I also played and finished the game and ohhhh boy that should earn you a reward. The game follows a US Special Forces team sent to investigate what happened at the outpost not too long after the movie events. It does start fantastically with exploring the remains of the outpost but slowly creeps into generic sci-horror/action where dumb military officer wants to weaponize the Thing. Yeah, it's not the best story...... nor is the gameplay. They tried to work in a trust system that worked with blood tests and such. However it was deeply flawed as team members I tested clean repeatedly before could get infected truly at random, I found one team member clean that had been in a Thing-infested base but a team member that had been with me since the beginning and never hit got infected out of nowhere. The biggest issue was lack of resources that could actually cause you to soft-lock your progress as flamethrower fuel was INCREDIBLY hard to come by and was MANDITORY to kill any Things bigger then the "pest" ones once you got the Things health down. Yes, I had to restart a few saves back to miser my fuel multiple times, kinda ruined the fun of the game when the horror gave way to anger at finding the last hour of progress undone. Also, MacReady appears at the end to save Blake (the player) but it's implied MacReady is a Thing too but it's kiiiiiinda up for debate as well. If you're bored and curious, give the game a look, just be ready to reload old saves.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

So now I can say I've seen Decker Shado's Thing, The Spoony One's Thing and SFDebris' Thing...

[@Darkman1025]

GriffinPilgrim Check out Dead Meat's Thing. Both of them!

[@cooperjordan1554]

So fun fact the Director has said in an interview that in every shot the human characters have a light in their eyes a sign of their humanity so when the thing takes someone over they lose that light

[@andrewpowell1734]

Whenever I am down my noose lifts me up!😂

[@mmeers89]

Andrew Powell that joke gave me a hearty laugh.

[@zerrodefex]

Now I'm going to use that riff next time we watch the film.

[@Jimothy-723]

10:14 someone needs to make this guy the director of a blockbuster

[@theokayishgamer]

Just a note. The norwegian guy who was yelling, was actually the only person in the norwegian camp who didn't speak english (shown in the prequel).

[@stevesmith1383]

which is probably the fakest part of the movies as Norwegians know English. The Scandinavians as whole are taught English at a young age and the rank up there as the best English as a 2nd language speakers

[@matalvis]

23:14 If I remember right in this scene he tried to share the bottle, meaning he was trying to infect the other guy. It was not a big scene but the guy with the beard notices and the movie ends. Sorry, can't remember names.

[@joshualindsay6013]

Wow. I was actually sitting here yesterday wondering when Decker would cover The Thing. ... GET OUT OF MY HEAD SHADO!

[@phicks7963]

He's in your walls

[@thor30013]

4:55 Fun fact - the guy casting the shadow isn't played by any of the other actors, so there's no answer to who dog-thing likely infected.

[@phillewis1413]

Interesting - I always thought the guy casting the shadow was Norris ...

[@I-didnt-ask-you]

You can tell by the hair.

[@Sir_Master_Kaino]

So Clark was human uh? Which makes you a murder don't it?

[@homelesshannah50]

@@michaelsimkins7078 He said don't it, I guess he forgot the part where Clark CHARGED at Mcready like he was going to fuck him up. Not the smartest thing to do in a situation where everyone is on edge and paranoid

[@MissFlow]

6:26 the actors became a bit sick to their stomach when they were shown the thing, because no one had told them what it would look like. So it came to them as a surprise and were legit repulsed by it :)

[@tonygoldenthesecond3805]

21:00 I got the flu and Decker I second that clip should become a meme.

[@PlasteredDragon]

"Vance"? Everybody called him by his last name, "Norris" in the movie. Norris is there to demonstrate what Fuchs was saying. Palmer infected Norris via his food, which is why he acts sick through the movie and eventually dies because of the thing slowly eating him from the inside.

[@NagandEmerald]

2:05 Alright Decker. Sorry to be "that"guy, but the move that Kurt Russel made in that chess game would have resulted in checkmate had the computer's queen been moved three spots down after he cornered his king. Not cheating at all, and most certainly a definitive checkmate.

[@ravager48]

Jeff Goldblum voice *Checkmate*

[@jyesucevitz]

I think Decker was referring to the computer calling checkmate b4 the checkmate actually occurred. Even you said " had the computers queen been moved 3 spots down..." Indicating that the move hadn't been made yet.

[@jereddaniels8083]

Its an awesome coincidence that you decided to review this because I just watched this a few days ago. Awesome review!

[@abderian9271]

Hey Decker I’m curious. Have you ever heard of Dead Meat because this is his favorite movie and I though of him when I saw this. He also just started a show where he invites youtubers, namely horror, and asks them about there favorite scary movies. You’d probably be a good fit for it.

[@Roost-xr3lc]

Jaune Arc i know this isnt related to the comment but youre profile pic makes me sad and happy at the same time.

[@abderian9271]

wolfpack 9701 lol yep. Those were my same feelings when I first found it.

[@ptonpc]

Regarding using the fire extinguishers after the flame thrower. Most of the buildings used in ice stations at the time were made of wood. So you would not want any fires in them. After they realise what they are up against then yes, they got flame thrower happy.

[@johnny2x47]

Freaking finally I've been waiting for him to review this for a long time

[@elansleazebaganno]

I've been thinking. What if the jumping blood retreated from the petri dish and hid itself, and maybe even assimilated Childs while he was half-asleep at his post? He was probably so sweaty he didn't notice the sensation, and thus absorbs itself into his skin.

[@phicks7963]

It crawls away during the Blood test scene and we never see it again nor is it referenced. Some have suggested it runs and absorbs back into palmer as he things out and kills windows but we never actually see this happen. We are left with two conclusions. As Blair is in the building with Childs just before he runs outside either Blair gets and assimilated Childs or as you suggest the Blood from Palmer's Petri Dish slowly infects and assimilated Childs. Your theory would explain why we don't see Childs need to change his coat by the next time we see him unlike some have suggested. Childs was proven to for sure be a Thing after the Film in the comics but I don't know if those are cannon anymore

[@elansleazebaganno]

@@phicks7963 honestly I think both theories are very interesting. One thing of note, in relation to the theory you presented, is that when Macready asks Childs where he's been at the end of the movie, he says he "thought (he) saw Blair". Maybe that's an allusion by the screenwriter to him being assimilated by Blair?

[@elansleazebaganno]

Also, you have to think about how each cell of a Thing is it's own animal with it's own motivations. We see an example of this, and the example that brought me to my theory to begin with, when the Norris-Thing's head tries to run off and hide itself. If Palmer(who at this point I would presume to be a Thing) did not notice the head, it definitely would've gone on to assimilate something.

[@phicks7963]

@@elansleazebaganno it's also very possible that Childs didn't see anything and that he was assimilated and simply ran out into the storm to hide himself knowing that Blair thing was most likeley going to die trying to finish off the crew. The other possibility is that Childs remains human and that he ran out into the Storm to get away from Blair and simply forgot why he ran due to the Beginning of Hypothermia though I personally beleive Childs is a thing by the end

[@scaderemade]

the reason this is my favorite SciFi horror film of all time...well so far is the dialogue and character build-up is given as much attention as the creature effects and setting .... this means this movie outclasses any movie before or since, and after forty god damn years it still holds up... given how much technology has advanced the fact there's not a modern movie that outshines the effects in this because no matter how good CGI is..you can still tell that the thing your looking at wasn't actually there when the film was shot... so whilst the effects have certainly aged and modern effects are more pretty...your not taken out the movie because what your seeing actually exists (and damn well made)-- add to this a collection of great actors on top form feeding into the sheer paranoid alien landscape and isolated setting and you have a phenomenal movie that stands the test of time the closest film I've seen to building the atmosphere of this movie is Event horizon but without 80 percent of the body horror

[@cassyblack3346]

I absolutely love this movie. Good review of an absolutely legendary horror film. Screw critics for not acknowledging this when it came out. I'd rather watch this than most dramas.

[@evenflow5491]

Decker: calls Norris Vance Thing fans: HES AN IMITATION, GET HIM!

[@TheBlackKnight1o1]

Btw in the 2011 prequel they explain that the man shooting at the dog (Lars) does not speak English

[@hungryfilms3707]

TheBlackKnight1o1 but the prequel was bad so people don't care

[@joshuaanderson1712]

@Taiwanlight That would have been a good way of making it better, when he panics he lapses into his native language and needs to calm down to remember how to speak english. It would have given his character more depth in the prequel instead of being a set piece for the protagonist and made the original movie slightly more tragic because of it.

[@Hugh_Morris]

SehrBA exactly. I hope that shitshow gets remade one day entirely in Norwegian

[@MrDanAng1]

@Taiwanlight That would be much better. They could easily have integrated that in the prequel by making Lars speak poor English and revert to Norweigan when he get angry or scared.

[@Jeffrey314159]

0:20 That image from the magazine/comic book is misleading. The THING in the story does not have a humanoid body, and it has hair that is like fine green tendrils that movie like worms 6:38 At this point the characters have no idea it is a extraterrestrial lifeform 9:40 In the book, the space craft is described as looking like a submarine without a conning tower 11:43 His name is pronounced 'Bo-teen'

[@Phantomz148]

Best lovecraftian horror movie in my opinion. Great review!

[@cam-a-lot1973]

That's an interesting way to think about this movie. I guess its true once you start thinking about where dafuq The Thing even CAME from! Are there more coming?? Are there creatures even MORE deadly than the Thing???

[@garycobiak5926]

better than The Curse?

[@Phantomz148]

Yeah, that one had some technical flaws it couldn't escape from. Still like it! Just The Thing had a lot more to it on the technical side. Kinda like how The Valdemar Legacy, being one of few movies (in the sequel) to actually show a form of Cthulhu (or possibly a Star Spawn) fails to great due to it's own technical flaws. Would recommend both The Curse and Valdemar though!

[@mmeers89]

Cam-A-Lot there's another thing-like creature in Harbinger Down.

[@schmavids620]

Silly Cthulhu you should watch Oculus too, very Lovecraftian in its concept and execution.

[@joshdillon9637]

Excellent review of an excellent film. The Thing is one of my absolute favorite films simply because of the extreme amount of unease I felt throughout. Though that feeling is long gone through so many subsequent viewings, this movie still just never gets old.

[@crascet]

You forgot about The Thing comics... and how bad they are.

[@jermainemorton5700]

Armando Lucio the comics aren't that bad they just explain the rest of the incidents that happened

[@kaijucifer3544]

Armando Lucio Yeah, I kind of liked them though.

[@munstrumridcully]

Armando Lucio The Thing just can't support a solo mag, he needs to stick with the FF ;)

[@th3lonef0x4]

What did you think about the game?

[@RowBlanka]

Armando Lucio dont know which ones you mean but the ones i read were awesome

[@kevinjones623]

That reference to Duck Hunt at 1:58...what a good piece of writing, man 😀

[@VB-92]

I wonder if this means Decker will consider doing a review of the 2011 "The Thing".