WTF Happened To The Thing?
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- John Carpenter’s The Thing didn’t go over well when it was released in 1982. Ignored by movie-goers, it was a box office failure. Reviled by critics, it even saw Carpenter labeled a pornographer of violence by some reviewers. It was such a disappointment for the studio they took another project away from Carpenter as punishment. But it gradually found its audience, building up a cult following. And soon, a legion of fans and critics alike began calling it one of the greatest horror movies ever made. It didn’t take long for THE THING to go from being known as reprehensible trash to being considered an all-time classic. So let’s take a look at the making of this classic with a new episode of WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?
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Written by: Cody Hamman
Edited by: Joseph Wilson
Narrated by: Jason Hewlett
Produced by: John Fallon and Lance Vlcek
Executive produced by: Berge Garabedian
SERIES SYNOPSIS: Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster but were beset with unforeseen disasters. Sometimes huge hits, sometimes box office bombs. Either way, we have to ask: WTF Happened To This Horror Movie?
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Best horror movie ever made. An absolute masterpiece with beautifully crafted FX and an unrivaled sense of tension building.
John Carpenter's masterpiece
I agree 100%
There are horror movies (most are lame) and then there are sci-fi horror movies (like The Thing). When it comes to Sci-Fi horror, Alien is in a league of its own.
@@johnmitchell2269 Alien is great and The Thing is equally as good
@@gregbors8364 The Thing whilst an iconic movie, is amateurish if compared to a proper Sci-Fi Horror like Alien.
The head sprouting 8 legs crawling around is probably my all time creepiest horror movie moment. Probably had something to do with me being 9 years old at the time.
Not necessarily a youth thing. People of all ages still get creeped out by those creatures today. It just depends on the sensitivity of each person.
"You gotta be fucking kidding!"
honestly that was the funniest scene in the movie
Cool scene for sure ! But it was 6 legs and 2 antennae.
Nah, for me… the dogs, bro, the dogs in the cage. Or, I should say, THAT GODDAM DOG😮 the horror 😮😮 the horror 💯
It's amazing just how well 80s horror classics The Thing, An American Werewolf In London, The Fly and The Howling still hold-up today. Timeless :-)
Amazing movies yes.....Still hold up....LMFAO NO.....They "hold up" generally to the people who constantly pretend that CG so awful..Practical effects can be just as if not more jarring as bad CG...Its not any different with practical when a person clearly turns into a mannequin or when a head clearly turns into a mold than when someone turns into CG.
With CG is that you can spend unlimited time tweaking the visual, changing the visual as opposed to practical costing you days of shooting because you didn't get the scene or something when wrong and, now you have to have the entire scene reset including cleaning everything, redressing everything having to make sure the actor looks exactly as they did before the scene losing shooting time
@@lutherheggs451 Although highly praised and rightfully so for the effects I'm not just talking about that aspect. They have fantastic well written stories, character acting and soundtracks/music scores. The Thing for example is a masterpiece in horror tension and atmosphere rarely seen in the horror movies of today :-)
It's the practical effects and surprise surprise good writing and directing.
@Luther Heggs CGI is overrated. Nothing compares to hand crafted practical effects, animatronics and meticulous stop motion animation all captured on film.
Sam I agree. To say this movie is 41 years old it still looks good and better than the CGI used in the prequel in 2011. Practical effects can look better than CGI in certain movies. In terminator dark fate the cars used in the chase sequences was more or less CGI and it might be quicker and easier for them shooting but a real vehicles like what they used in terminator 2 looks alot better.
Basically perfect film, for me it's the best horror movie ever made. The fact that it was received the way it was is both interesting and crazy
Honestly a film that goes above and beyond to use authentic FX really draws me in. The Thing is insanely horrific and all around one of the peak titles for the horror genre. This, and The Return of the Living Dead are two of my top favorite titles.
When I went to see it, the movie theaters were 1/2 empty ! There was so many good movies that year, The Thing just got smothered. It was vile, like the Exorcist. It's shock value was too much for most people. I remember that clearly.
I’d say it’s #2 only to alien being #1
I still struggle weather The thing, the shinning or lost boys….on which one is my favorite horror movie.
For the best horror movie ever, I struggle to separate the following four films from each other:
The Thing, Alien, The Exorcist and Halloween.
I watch all four on a regular basis and still can’t pick one as the best.
For me, some distant runner-ups are The Shining, Lost Boys, The Haunting (b/w), The Descent, The Changeling, Resident Evil 1/2/3, Ginger Snaps, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Exorcist 3 (Legion), The Mist (with the most fucked up ending of any movie ever).
It's difficult to imagine nowadays that this film was ever considered less than a masterpiece...
@jonathanwilliams2183 _"Horror movies didn't get good reviews or respectful reviews back then."_
Not true. Poltergeist came out at around the same time - in fact it was showing at the same time as The Thing where I live - and people went nuts for it, including the critics.
One of my all-time favorite movies. Those critics missed it on this one.
Gene Siskel liked it
2023 and I STILL can’t get my head around how they made some of those effects. I’ve watched the making and I watch the film 2 or 3 times a year and even now they impress me. Now that’s a movie!!
Check out artist Mike Ploogs FX storyboards he did for Bottin. They’re genius in its simplicity. You’ll be thinking “I never thought about that?”
@@LuckyBastardProd Yeah if they are the ones I’m thinking of before looking we’re they the quite comic art style drawings?I’m sure one of Norris becoming the thing was one. ETA yes they were and they are awesome!
My great grandmother was alive when the book was written. She didn't read it until the 1940s. She watched the older movie, and eventually watched the 1982 version from Carpenter. She loved it and she always wanted to know why the movie got a lot hate when released.
Must have been cool to be alive for the books writing to watch it assimilate into what it became.
I saw this in the summer of 82 somewhere in North Carolina, in an empty theatre having pushed passed the still massive que for ET. Anyway, the Thing blew my tiny teen mind… and it still does! What a brilliant movie. Great to see it getting the love it deserves :)
Must be scary to watch it on big screen in an empty theatre!
I was in the ET theatre somewhere in Canada. But when it came out on video my Dads friend recommended it and we love it. For yrs it felt like a small group of us knew about The Thing, how times have changed.
Everyone was watching Poltergeist where I live. I saw The Thing eight times in an empty theatre!
One of, if not my favorite films of all time. It's such a classic and everything about it is perfect. The prequel isnt bad but not the same beast as this film. The short story by Peter Watts called "the Things" is a great companion peice to this film. "It happens all the time, Childs. Thier falling out the sky like flies"
"Chariots of the Gods, man"
The prequel is just a beat by beat remake except the alien goes out of its way to expose itself constantly it’s completely unecesary and ranks with solo among half assed 40 years too late prequels.
@@thesaltmerchant4564 Yeah it's not the best compared to Carpenters, but still enjoyable to an extent if you like the world of these stories enough. Would love to see it with the original practical effects built for the film before the studio made them cover it all up with CGI and change the ending of the film.
@@kailshrouf2470 yeah that’s a big Shame about the practical effects all that hard work wasted
@@thesaltmerchant4564 for sure, those and the original ending would have improved this film quite a bit for myself but we will never see that version sadly but you can see clips of behind the scenes of it which look great. I've heard a reboot is on the way that will be more along the lines of the original novel.
One of my top 10 greatest films of all time. I to this day don't know how people rejected this film when it came out. I'm just glad that over time people discovered what a genius piece of filmmaking it is.
It was simply too much for most people. The same would be true today. This is a cult movie, not a spooky little mainstream flick like, say, “It.” Also (and this may or not be related), “E.T.” was released basically the same month, and the general public obviously preferred the cute, kid-friendly Spielberg alien over Carpenter’s Lovecraftian phantasmagoria
Kurt Russell is a National Treasure.
It’s the perfect horror film. Never gets old.
The first movie of its type with an all male ensemble and the the first Sci-Fi horror where it was not a man in a suit...even the great original Alien movie is a guy in a suit. Truly a masterpiece with mind bending special effects that stand up even today.
I feel bad for Rob Bottin. His practical effects were fantastic, but the constant building of them really took a toll on his sanity .
Rob Bottin Genius. The HOWLING! GREATEST WEREWOLF TRANSFORMATION SCENE. Next to American Werewolf in London. Practical effects superior over CGI till this day. I see Tarantino's argument.
That and cocaine.
That really wasn't a healthy experience. But it sealed his credentials. I really think he he's probably okay with it. Great story, if nothing else.
@@LuckyBastardProd lots of it
It amazes me that Bottin has practically disappeared. I think the last thing I heard a long time ago was he was in real estate. His last movie credit is Adam Sandler's Mr. Deeds.
The effects on this film are the best ever. There just hasn't been a film before or after that comes close.
If you like practical effects, The Thing, and John Carpenter vibes in general you should watch "The Void" if you haven't already.
I first watched The Thing in 1988. I was in eighth grade at the time, and my best friend was over with me for the screening. When the head spouted legs and crawled away, my friend shouted, "You got to be kidding me?!?" Seconds later, one of the characters made the same remark, and we both collapsed with laughter. Definitely one of my favourite films of all time.
You still talk to your childhood friend?
When I saw the 2011 prequel I was one of only about eight people in the theater, but when ended and Ennio Morricone's haunting them started all of us gathered in front of the screen and had an impromptu discussion. It was friendly, fun, and there was a lot of laughter. That wouldn't have been possible without the 1982 original classic.
its crazy what a piece of dog shit that remake is
The prequel still sucks btw.
@@namishusband818 I rewatched it recently and I found it fair. Watch a couple comparison videos of the original and the prequel. The prequel did a honest job overall.
@@namishusband818 there was a version with more practical effects that the studio scrapped. I wonder if that footage exists.
The commentary is absolutely amazing! There’s no long pauses, there are a lot of fun stories about production, behind the scenes stories, there’s genuine interest from both Carpenter and Russell, it makes the movie better
Kurt Russell is easily my favorite actor of all time. the characters he represents and the worlds they live in are so iconic and each one of them has such a great depth.
He's the man from Ron Rico to jack Burton.
Hard to believe it's been 40 years since the first time I saw this movie and was completely blown away by it. I was 12 years old and had never even heard of The Thing. We were at a family gathering at my uncle's house. Myself, my brother and sister (they were 14 & 15). Mom, Dad, cousins, aunt and uncle. Without a single hint or warning what we were getting into my uncle pulled out a videotape and said "Let's watch a movie", and the rest is history. What a ride.
I know 90 percent of people say Halloween is John Carpenter best movie and I love Halloween but The Thing is his masterpiece the effects the story the paranoia of the characters not knowing who to trust amazing movie 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
No people say Halloween is Carpenter's best movie, because its the only movie he made that actually made money. Every Carpenter film ever made not named Halloween were varying degrees of hated flops.
@@lutherheggs451 I know I still think The Thing is his best movie
How can this masterpiece be a fail back then?
This movie is amazing
When I was in my first year of college I was lucky enough to attend a private screening of the film along with several crew members that worked on it. So much care and hard work went into this film. It was a true labour of love for them.
The practical effects in this film are some of the best ever on screen. This movie is hands down the best horror movie EVER made.
When movie magic, awesome sfx, outstanding musical score, great acting, superb script and a great director created something special.
I saw The Thing at a sneak preview before its general release. A bunch of people walked out of the screening. Apparently there are a lot of “horror fans” out there who be like “but not *that* much horror!”
Been a movie fan for a long time. This has been one of my absolute favorites for years. A testament to the times when a studio should just give the director / producer the money and let the artist make the movie.. That’s where the studios go wrong. You can’t rely on test audiences to gauge long term success. You have to tell a great story first. The ending is masterful. This is great storytelling.
The absolute most scary entity in film or book, ever I've seen or read. Could be timeless, the ability to assimilate entire worlds and almost impossible to know if its ever really gone...
Remember the calculation being total assimilation in 50,000 hours...that's only 5.7 years.
"The Thing" is the reason why I am interested in seeing the other Kurt Russel and John Carpenter movies.
Thankfully, many of his movies were remastered around 2017. I'm planning on getting them. Also, the special edition blu ray.
I truly found the creatures terrifying and disturbing the first time I saw it. That was in 2019 or something, so it shows how well the practical effects held up.
Personally, I struggle to rank movies or games, but this movie is definitely one of my favourites.
I can't imagine how people would have reacted in 1982.
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You can't be serious? Imagine that.
I just watched it for the very first time tonight. I'm glad I've managed to avoid spoilers of any kind my whole life. I was born 15 years after it's theatrical release. It's really amazing. I think it has aged wonderfully. I love the ambiguous ending but I can imagine people in 1982 felt it ended unresolved and might have hated it. I think the premise of "it could be anyone", among other reasons, makes this the most unique horror film I've seen. There's very few moments in the film where you're thinking, "Why don't they do this or that? Why is he in the room with the monster?" etc. Because you yourself are as uncertain of where the danger lies just as much as the characters in the film and the characters are actually pretty smart and make good decisions, for the most part. I also like that it doesn't provide the audience with too much information that the characters don't have, like scenes where you know the baddie is there and you know what's going to happen but the soon-to-be-victim doesn't. I've never felt so tense and uncertain of what will happen next while watching a movie. I already have hyperhydrosis, but this movie gave me puddles of sweat in the palms of my hands.
The Thing is my favorite horror movie of all time. I saw it as a kid in the mid 80s when it came to VHS and terrified me like nothing else had. Poltergeist was also really scary to me as a kid, and Alien as well. But this movie made me feel like my skin was crawling for days.
This movie is an evergreen. It's a master class on pacing, character development, and building suspense. I'm glad that the movie is getting the shine that it deserves.
It's incomprehensible to me how critics slammed this movie upon release. I saw it back then and it's forever remained an amazing highlight of the horror sci fi genre for me.
Saw it in theater when it first came out and loved it. Botin's special effects had our jaws on the floor. We'd never seen anything even close. Needless to say it surprised the hell out of us when it didn't do well.
My favorite movie of all time I don't get why it wasn't a hit when it came out its still amazing today
I don't understand either this movie was amazing
I saw it opening day when I was 13. My friends and I were the only ones in the theater. Our day may shed some light as to why it flopped. We spent the whole day watching movies. The first film we saw was Blade Runner (which opened the same day and was packed) then we jumped screens to watch Star Trek II for my third time (it had come out a few weeks earlier and was gaining steam as weeks went by) then we went to another theater and bought a ticket for Megaforce during that film we started to sneak into the theater one at a time. We were worried an usher might come and throw us out as we were the only ones in there. The problem with The Thing was the marketing wasn’t great and there was a lot of competition beside the films I mention there was also Conan The Barbarian, Poltergeist, E.T., Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (kind of forgotten today but Steve Martin was still huge at the time). Critics didn’t kill it there was just lots of competition and as much as I love the film it’s not really summer fare. I feel it would’ve fared better had it gotten a fall release especially since there was a panic in the media because of poisoning of Tylenol and Halloween was basically cancelled the year. That being said it’s now stood the test of time.
@LuckyBastardProd yeah 82 was a great year for movies if I'm not mistaken I think blade runner didn't do that good either which is crazy to think about.
@@MikeD974 now with Blade Runner people were upset in the theater. When it was over people just quietly left. There was a lot of publicity for it and I think with Harrison Ford people were expecting something more action oriented. Raiders was still playing in some theaters. After the first 10 minutes all the oooh’s and aaah’s stopped people were like “is something going to happen.” It didn’t resonate with me until it came out on VHS the following year.
@@LuckyBastardProd That sounds like an awesome day and an awesome time period to get into youthful hijinks like that.
My husband and I celebrate "Thingsgiving" instead of Thanksgiving every year. We watch this brilliant film with a spaghetti dinner.
Thanks to this movie I now never trust strange Huskies, I keep waiting for them to start shaking and their head to split open.
Also one of the greatest practical effects movies ever.
What’s a strange husky ?.
One of the best Friday nights of my life was finding this movie on accident on cable in the early 90s. I had no idea what I was in for.
Its crazy how under appreciated it was at the time
"McReddy?" Have you even seen the movie you're talking about? 🤣
Seriously. Every time he mispronounced it I wanted to ask the same thing
I’m 39 and I had never seen it until like several years ago. Then, maybe around Halloween when all of basic cable is playing horror movies I texted my dad and was like hey how is that old movie The Thing? And he was like either awesome or amazing, so I taped and watched it. It’s so good. Thanks dad.
My best friend showed me this flick back in the day. We recreated the opening title sequence for our own movie.
"You believe any of this voodoo bullshit?" Has become my favorite line to quote.
I love watching these videos not only for the content in them but also for the ways some words get pronounced. I never know what word it'll be but there is usually 1 or 2 that get pronounced strangely 😂 First time I've ever heard someone pronounce MacReady as "MacReddy."
It's obvious these reviewers never watched the movies they are reviewing!
The Thing is a true horror/sci-fi masterpiece! From the effects, to the story/cast of characters, the atmosphere, the tension it generates. Great great movie, still holds up today 40 years later!
I was with an early video retail/rental company during the time of The Thing's release, and we had an okay rental number on the movie. When it was released to theaters in the Summer of 82, they had a scary midnight premiere in Houston. We all watched the movie and watched it a million times on video, obviously loving it. We knew then what a great movie The Thing was. The rest of the world needed thirty years to catch up. This prompted 2011's prequel, which is more CGI than practical effects and the viewing public was very vocal about this. But in truth, it is not a bad movie. They added some Americans including a female protagonist (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and the story is pretty good, ending with the beginning of the helicopter-dog chase that begins Carpenter's classic The Thing.
If you try hard enough, you can imagine Norm Macdonald is the narrator.
I was thinking the same thing.
Kept waiting for the joke
The Thing has been my favorite horror film since I first saw it. I still watch it a couple times a year.
A lot of people struggle to say what there number one definitive favourite movie is and I would happily put this as my number one. Because it’s effects are timeless, the acting is portrayed realistically, the music builds tension and dread. The cinematography is beautifully done, the tension is palpitating and the premise is unique. That’s why I can put it as my number one because it has so many pros and no cons making it a masterpiece.
I watched this movie for the first time as a kid with my uncle. He had a massive dvd collection and this one, which scarred me at first, became my favorite.
A young person's movie. when this came out on VHS it was a hit with the kids.
Insert VHS tracking noises here
I was 6 when I saw this film and it made me so scared i couldn't watch it and hid in the kitchen.
Also I had nightmares of my brothers head ripping itself off and climbing around the kitchen sink.
I still love this movie and that primal fear I felt I will never forget and love in hindsight...
@@Mrcharrio what made the kitchen your go-to spot to hide?
@@ice9557 It was right next to the Living room and had a nook one could hear everything but not see it. My big brothers were laughing of course lol
i find it hard to believe there hasn't been a WTF Happened to The Thing until now. i could have sworn i watched this already years ago
The game for this was almost a perfect sequel.
the game was awful......Im sorry that some people like it and think of it as a sequel but its awful in almost every way....Its interesting ideas sort of hindered by god awful gameplay, enemies, bosses, etc, its not a good game and its not just because of the "time it came out".....Its 4hrs of switch flipping each time gaining more and more switches that need to be flipped.
Did you read the comic book series?
I was too young to watch this movie in theaters so I waited for it to be on cable. Finally shows on HBO and I’m sitting in a dark living room with my sister. I was so scared that my teeth were chattering and she says to me “what is wrong with you, it’s just a movie” and then I was able to calm down. Favorite movie ever!
If only they would have offered the thing some Reese's pieces...
Both Thing movie's are amazingly choreographed and cleverly mysterious, they really put work into the second one
One of the better remakes, one of the best later Carpenter movies,...(Starman is great to. Watch that with your girl and if neither one of you are in tears at the "Deer on the hood scene" your not human, your a pod person..lol)...anyway the unique thing about this movie is the jaw dropping acting of that husky. You believe that this animal is truly just a shell with something malevolent inside. The desperation and fright in its eyes when in fear of first being shot. That intense concerned stare at the returning helicopter, and that careful slow descent as it lays down in the dog pen. I have never seen any other film animal perform like it was intelligently aware of what the filmmakers needed for him to emote....It makes me believe that he was at the table for first script reading LOL..Cause it sure seems like it in its performance.
Yeah, Starman is a wonderful romantic sci-fi classic with an incredible music score I always recommend to people :-)
One of my all time favourites. I was 10 when this came out and I have vague memories of first watching it late at night on UK television and it's one of those films that I buy on every new format when I can. I was fortunate enough to get to see it on the big screen for the first time back in October for its 40th anniversary.
The Thing, The Fly, An American Werewolf... These movies had creepy, practical effects and I still love to watch them.
I paid to see it Three times. I told my buddies, we got spliffed up and bugged out ! *The Thing had a LOT of competition at the time.* E.T. was ruling the box office, American Werewolf, Superman 2, Poltergeist, Conan The Barbarian, First Blood, Wrath of Khan, 48 Hours, Creepshow, Tron, Porky's, On Golden Pond, Tootsie, Grease, Cat People, Beast Master, Life According to Garp.
Love this movie, so much depth to it. Glad it found its rightful place
I was 4 when my Mom brought me with her, to watch the Thing. As I cowered by the folding chair, I peeked through my fingers, and watched. I couldn't help it. I was frightened yet mesmerized. Although I didn't want to eat spaghetti for weeks, I saw my 1st horror movie and loved it.
One of my favourite films of all time! The SFX still holds up after 40 years (Dog-thing still terrifies me!) and the paranoia is excellent. This should be considered mandatory viewing for anybody interested in the sci fi & horror genres!
I saw it in the theater and it blew me away . I thought it would be a big hit .
Saw it in theaters when it came out, LOVED IT! It's been in my top 10 all time movies ever since.
Am I opinion 1982 was one of the best years for 🎦 And this is without a doubt one of the best of not the best sci-fi horror movies of all time.
I first saw this as a kid on Betamax right after it left theaters and was like how the hell is everyone not talking about this movie?
One of my best memories are me maybe my family cuddling up on the sofa to watch The Thing on channel 27.
I literally saw this movie last night. Actually, I watch it every night. Cant get enough
Great video! This is by far my favorite movie of all time. If they do a reboot I pray to God they don’t use ANY CGI.
This will always be one of my favorite films, way ahead for its time and great ending that is still being talked about today
Me living in Juneau near the opening Scene(Ice-fields)This has Always been one of my Favorite movies of all time!!..
An absolute classic!!!
Every time I see the kennel scene, I STILL feel so bad for the dogs. What amazing sound design and effects, like one husky chewing through the steel fencing trying to escape.
This was a great movie and the special effects still hold up today.
It honestly amazes me watching this channel and seeing how many movies that are Monstrous hits now were shat all over when they were released and how little faith the studios and sometimes the actors themselves had in the project at the time
Never knew they shot exteriors in Stewart BC - I was in Stewart and Hyder in 1997 and spent much time with locals but no one ever mentioned this.
I absolutely love this movie from day 1, in 1982 I was 8 and couldn't believe what I was watching and I loved every minute of it!!! I love JC's music scores and the overall music of the movie, it's all just perfect, Rob Bottin blew it out of the park with those practical effects like it was nobodies business. To me JC The Thing is one of thee best si-fi horror movies of all time!!! The Things sound effects are so chilling and was perfect. What I really wanted to know was, how was Blair gonna fly the space ship he built under the shack in the tunnels out of there and was it bc he was part of "the thing" is how he knew how to make a flying saucer? Bc he was infected, so when? As he was building the ship or before he started, did he start it bc he got infected and was now an alien life form and knows how to build space ships?? Or was he building it then got infected?🤷♂️ Mac did call him a smart SOB and said he Blair wants to get out of there but I think it was bc he got "thinged" and the "thing" wants to fly back home is what I'm thinking, but the dialog kinda contradicts that theory. 🤔
My All-Time Favorite Movie and will always be 💪😎🔥 it's a Masterpiece of true Horror and i feel really sorry for John Carpenter that his Movie did not make it back on 1982 😐
This film scared me so much when I first saw it at 8 years of age, I couldn’t watch it again until I was around 16. It’s an absolute masterpiece of cinema and one of my favourite films!
When I first watched my first YT review that told this story about the movie being a bomb I was stunned. I was ONE of those people who saw it on release and I thought it was INCREDIBLE!! I walked out completely sold by its credibility as a GREAT horror movie. Of course I have seen it many (too many) times on television when it was re-released at theaters for last year's anniversary I saw it AGAIN! 🤘👊 out to U JCarpenter...
Oh boy that was a underestimated movie..
that double beat sound track is still unmatched in every horror ever,
I was 12 and able to hire any VHS tape I wanted I still love it,
I to believe The Thing is my most watch film of all time
of all films ever, made the most of the 24 hr rent time, superb gore & more..............
I like the way you sound narrating the story, your voice keeps it interesting
The Thing is one of the few films made the right way by the right people at the right time and cannot be replicated BECAUSE of advancement of technology culture and social issues.
The Thing, Jaws and Piranha are three of those horror movies for me. They can have sequels and prequels and spinoffs, but I can't see them being remade.
Imagine these two movies are combined. Elliot befriends a murderous alien and when they hug at the end, the thing crushes Elliot. Then he phones home to his other murder alien buddies.
Remember watching this the first time and absolutely blew my mind. The whole film is perfect, excellent set-up with very clever thinking around the alien. And the effects were stunning.
The thing's only flaw was all the deleted scenes taking away from the movie itself.
Would love to take a trip to an alternate universe to see Christopher Walken administer the blood test.
Where were you Childs?
Studio executive to the board of directors" Hay. why don't we have John Direct 🎥 the continuation new THING! Kurt Russell & Keith David are still working?" Board of Directors " NAH!" 😂
Rob Bottin is a GENIUS!
It's CRIMINAL that he's not working all over the World🌏🌍🌎
Wow, are those clips from the UHD version? I'm used to the HD-DVD (believe it or not) and those outdoor shots look amazing!
What happened to this film and John Carpenter when it was initially released was just criminal; even if the gore and oppressive atmosphere was too much for some people, you still have to respect the effort, talent and technical mastery on display
Good job jo blo I enjoyed the commentary!
No scene has ever startled me as badly as the blood testing scene in The Thing. What a great movie!
This movie doesn't need a reboot of any kind
I remember seeing the trailers for this movie when it was released. I was anxiously waiting for it to open. On opening week, I had to go on a work trip that lasted 3 weeks. When I got home, the movie was already gone from virtually every theater near me. I finally got to see it on HBO, and have probably seen it over a hundred times since then.
This movie has a special place in my heart. Kurt Russell is my favorite actor and the helicopter pilot for Juneau was a family friend, RIP Billy.
Imagine getting punished for making one of the best horrors of all time
Fun fact - Drew Struzan painted the iconic poster in one night. They gave him the job in the evening, and a runner picked it up the next morning.