I SURVIVED WATCHING THE THING (1982) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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At the end if you notice that you can see Macready's breath in the cold but not Child's..... duh duh duh
Only that doesn't mean a thing. Earlier in the movie you can clearly see Bennings breath when he makes that weird call just before they burn him...and he's definitely a Thing.
Seeing first time watchers worried for the dog in the beginning never gets old.
True. Though after 100 views it still disturbs me when the dogs get killed...
Yeah I was really upset like why would anyone do that 😂
The defib scene is always good for a reaction...one of these days, someone will throw up😄
biting the wire fence and the dogs reaction to the spray gets to me.
yeah i saw that line 10000 times
"TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH" Might be the best delivered line in the history of cinema
Or you gotta be fuckin kidding.
Placeboing did a great remix of that bit. :D Check it out.
@@scottbishop3752 Especially love that line because it was said by Palmerthing.
Practical movie effects look so much better than cgi.
As usual, "dont hurt the puppy" **20 minutes later** "KILL IT WITH FIRE!!" 🤣🤣🤣
That never gets old 😂
I love how invested people get. That's the mark of a great movie. I've watched this movie literally hundreds of times and there is always something new to consider. Making a timeline of possible events is the inevitable consequence for viewers.
It can absorb memories… it gets language and stuff which is memory
Yeah totally forgot they were all speaking too haha
The practical effects were just on another level at that time. Glad you liked it :)
Just WOW! This reactor is super smart, logical, and observant. Her logic overrode our human trust of dogs, that causes most viewers to ignore evidence in front of them. She said, “Is the dog not really a dog? . . . Is the dog a shapeshifter?” Then she noted that there was a human thing and now a dog thing. Her questions were logical more than emotional, and she was piecing together details most people miss. But, the movie still worked its magic; she was terrified. I love the notebook as a shield. Her instincts are pretty sharp and she listens to those inner warnings. On our first trip to Mars, she needs to be part of the team.
had the same thought, very bright
i believe the words Nia use were humanoid and "doganoid" which just about made me spit out my tea
Yes. I was pleasantly surprised. Not only did she figure out what was happening almost immediately, but she also didn’t say “the puppy” over and over for minutes the first 10-15 mins.*edited to add that she took the Bennings roar much better than most other people do. If anything is the thing of nightmares, imo, it’s that scene.
I agree her reactions are always great and she’s good and piecing things together logic over emotion a lot and it makes for a good watch!
One of the coolest thing about John Carpenter is that he's just a chill gamer now!
Lmao that’s dope!
@@NiaMakiReacts kinda funny a whole subgenre of games is inspired by the thing, among us being the most famous
40:00 The "main guy" is MacReady and during the test when he says he's going to show them what he already knows, he then tests his own blood in the dish marked "MAC READY". We keep with him through the movie but Childs is gone through the majority of the third act, and The Thing theme plays when he cut to his last shot which makes me believe he is infected. There's a few other things but too much to go into and this has been debated for decades. (Edit: time stamp)
Someone mentioned a video game and maybe childs wasn’t a thing too, I wanna watch game play so see what they meant by that comment cause I can totally see what ur sayin too
Interesting Facts: when the Thing imitates someone, it perfectly duplicates every cell with such precision than it actually retains the memories, knowledge, and personality of the individual it copies. Norris (the guy who’s chest bursts open, chopping off the doctor’s hands with its bear-trap teeth) had a bad heart, and when the Thing took him over and perfectly imitated him, it also faithfully recreated his heart defect, which eventually caused Norris to suffer a heart attack for real during a high-stress moment. The Thing would have been happy to hide itself in a presumably “dead” body, but it couldn’t tolerate the electro-shocks from the defibrillator and was thus forced to reveal itself. Of course, the amazing scene where Norris’ head separates from his burning body, slides onto the floor, and pulls itself away, transforming into a crab/spider with his upside-down head as its body, and tries to crawl away unnoticed, is an iconic moment!
Yeah that scene was 🤮 !!!!!!! And makes absolute sense, I missed the part they mentioned his bad heart I was so confused as to why he died 😂
One thing ive noticed from this movie is the noose that Blaire makes in his room. Notably that its way too low, until later in the movie when we see its actually hanging over the tunnel he made under the floor. So as the Thing was taking over him slowly over time he must have been losing and regaining consciousness enough to see the tunnel the Thing was making amd tried to hang himself before it could fully turn him but it was likely too late and the noose went unused
Oh my! This movie needs multiple rewatches to analyze and catch details like that!!!
Incidentally, at the beginning of the movie, the spaceship was flying erratically because the crew was desperately trying to fight off the Things that were aboard their vessel and causing havoc. That’s why the spaceship attempted to make an emergency landing on the nearest planet and ended up crash landing in the Antarctic. Only one of the Things as survived the crash and made it out of the ship alive, only to freeze in the ice.
Ooooh snap I just automatically assumed it was the Things ship! It took over them too!
@@NiaMakiReacts Its a great theory but I think its pure guesswork. I do like it, but the ship might have been the Thing's ship having difficulty.
fun fact #1: the guy in the beginning shooting at the dog gave away the entire plot of the movie, he basically says "get away, its not a dog, its some sort of thing imitating a dog, its not real, get back idiots!!!", fun fact #2: the shadow on the wall when the dog went in the room was actually not a member of the cast, on purpose. He was actually Dick Warlock who actually played michael Myers in Halloween 2, and that was done so the shadow didnt resemble any one particular character, so that we as the viewers don't have any information that the characters don't. One of the things that makes this movie so great. We are not given any information, so we feel like one of the characters.
When McCready said 'Now I'll show you what I already know', that's when he was testing his own blood.
The 2011 The Thing shows what happened at the Norwegian camp. And there are comic book sequels to The Thing as well.
11:00...Two things mate: 1)- Bennings asks Clarke to put the huskie with the others because Clarke is the camp's dog-handler & 2)- Clarke does try to put the light on in the kennel (you see him lean over to touch something on the wall on his way to open the kennel door).
The blood test is the most intense scene ever! I mean, you don't know who was the thing. Anyway, brilliant reaction:))
Yeah man, I didn’t think it out jump out like that 😂 my soul left gym Kody for a split second 😂
when you lifted the book up i cackled 🤣🤣
I saw this movie when I was 10 when it first came out and I've seen it several times since. I'll be honest I'm just watching it all because of you. GORGEOUS!!!!!!!
Watching this at 10 would have messed me up 😂 😂 😂
@@NiaMakiReacts I was scared for sure. I've watched horror movies since I was a toddler. Now, horror movies, don't scare me.
10!? dude i would have trauma from that lmao i saw this at 24 high as a kite and i was severely paranoid after watching it i kept thinking the thing would slime its way under my door and absorb me for hours 😂
@@dridda9117 lol. Hilarious! I watched the Exorcist when I was 10 as well. That movie F'ed me up for years.
I started with 'The Nightmare Man' at age 10, then Alien at age 11 (that gave me nightmares!), moving to Westworld (the movie) and then The Thing at age 13. Suffice it to say once i'd reached 13 I got over any post-viewing nightmares and enjoyed the story, atmos and amazing fx. Recently, the only movie to give me the on-edge heebie jeebies was 2022's 'Fall'.
Oh boy. This is going to get good!! Let me get comfy 😄🇬🇧
😂 😂
Thanks for this....shoutout to your 😺 on the couch.
This film also has a sequel/prequel explaining the events prior to this film opening. It ends right where this one picks up with the dog running. I think its called "The Thing" just like this one is named...odd but...
Wait it’s also named the thing?! 😂 I’m so glad I watched the right one then
Yeah, skip the prequel. It kinda sucks. Also, your reactions are priceless 😂
@@NiaMakiReacts you can skip it., but it truly isn't a bad film. If you are curious about the events prior...then see it. I would watch the reaction.
Great and scary movie, like to say a few things. The shadow you saw in the beginning was Norris, one who bite off Copper's arms. The dog got to him first then off screen, Norris got to Palmer. As you figured out, Blair sabotage the helicopter and destroy the radio room to keep everyone from leaving since there was a chance that everybody was infected. The reason he killed the sled dogs because they was a mean of transportation.
There was a theory I heard of a couple of years ago about Childs regards of him being the thing in the end. The scene where Childs was standing guard, there was a blue coat, similar to the one he was wearing hanging in the background. While Macready and the others was burning down the building, the blue coat was gone and earlier in the movie, Macready concluded that the thing rip though clothes when it takes someone over. Most likely that Blair crept up behind Childs and took him over, ripping through his coat in the process and when it was over, he grabbed the second coat. The ending scene where Macready share one final drink with Childs. Most likely it wasn't wine but gasoline since he was using molotov cocktails earlier and at first he was about to drink it to commit suicide because he knew he would freeze to death long before rescue came but then Childs shows up and he offered it to Childs to secretly test him. If he was human he would spat it out and if he was the thing then he would swallow it because it most likely wouldn't have taste buds. That was the mystery for years since the movie came but I heard that John Carpenter openly said that Childs was human along.
Around 02 or 03, The Thing video game came out on Xbox and PlayStation 2. It takes places after the events from the movie. You played as a captain of a special forces team that was sent in to investigate the burned down base and while exploring the base, you finds Childs' body frozen to death, meaning that Childs wasn't the thing.
Great movie and great reaction. Hope you watch and reaction to the other movie which is a presequel.
Ooooooooh my god that is a great theory indeed!!!!!!!!!! I dont know the games outcome but is it possible if the thing does after changing to a human it just remains the same? Could child have just died and remained in the snow like that!? Damn I didn’t notice those details at alllll!!!!
@@NiaMakiReacts well, it been awhile since I played the game. Like I said, you play as the captain of the special forces team that was sent in to investigate the burned down base and while investigating the base, you find Childs' dead body, frozen to death, hinting that he was human the whole time. Long story short, at the end of the game, the captain is the only one who survived. He was pick up and rescue by a helicopter and the person who was piloting the helicopter was Macready.
Clearing up some misinformation...
Carpenter has never said who was the thing at the end, the ending is purposefully ambiguous....
Childs frozen at the end does NOT imply he was human as the thing wanted to freeze until something else came...
You left out the most damning evidence of the final scene... One can clearly see MacCready's breath but Childs has no breath fog, the implication meaning his core body temperature was well below that of a normal human...implying that it was Childs who was actually the thing...but only an implication...
@@lizardkingof1968 well I admit that I accidentally left out the part about Childs not having a breath fog. But someone once told me that some years after the movie came out, Carpenter has openly admitted that Childs was human in the end. Never did have the chance verify it the rumor is true so I don't know if their lying or telling the true.
@@lizardkingof1968 Wasn't there also something about the light in their eyes
Check out David Cronenberg´s "The Fly" 1986 with Jeff Goldblum next damn it 🤪
I haven’t heard of that one…. Is it… also horror ?
@@NiaMakiReacts Body Horror at its best Dear. U wouldn´t be disappointed in this one. Barf bag ready lol 😁
David Cronenberg´s "The Fly" 1986 -- Oh, yes, yes, absolutely. A brilliant character drama with, uh... dire implications.
@@tonykusche8017 why? She can't handle a good Horror flick, has to hide her eyes like a child. Just tell her to watch the newest Disney garbage. That's all she can handle.
@@Nicolas.Vincent Lol 😋
What gave him the ideal for the blood test. Was the head ripping away and sprouting legs, to escape the fire. Each piece is it's own animal. Fighting for survival.
I like to think that the Alien is a whole worlds population in one form. Making it easier to transport all members to a new world. Once accomplishing that mission. They could begin seperating into their individual forms. To inhabit a new home.
I never thought of it like that. I read the short story from the things point of view and consider that canon. I thought it was something maybe created for awhile then escaped but the ship was damaged and that’s why it crashed. But there’s also the fact that since the prequel film it seems to have confirmed it’s a stowaway
It’s so weird to see Keith David in older movies like this; I barely recognize him without his grey hair
Haha same, didn't even realize he was in it til I rewatched years later. But that voice, while it does seem a tad higher when he was younger, is iconic for sure
Best doggo actor ever.
this movie is a remake of the 1951 b&w classic "the thing from another world" which is also worth watching for its ensemble cast. both movies are based on the 1938 short story "who goes there?" by john campbell. carpenter's version is more faithful to the original story.
Nia, your reaction was so good, you so cracked me up when at the beginning you were saying your freaked out by something crawling along the walls, on the ceiling,.. I was like girl, hmmpf, are you ever gonna not like this,..and like a lot of people who see this, you came to the idea that there was something wrong with the dog, early on before the first transformation, but I'm so proud of you as well, cause you kinda were like a chicken at first, but this movie, beyond just the gore, it really does draw you in, and makes you drop your notebook your hiding behind, and watch intently because of the intense suspense, you get over the gore and are on the edge of your seat, it makes you think, and theorize who has been infected, and you even kinda anxiously wait to see what will the thing be next, turn into next, ..once you dropped your notebook, I could see the look on your face, and the wheels turning in your brain, as its said,...and the blood test, yeah , we, humans have 60% of water in us, so if you put a lit match in some blood, like with water it will extinguish,, you see the blood thing, hmmpf like McCready said,.. tried to get away, and what horrified me the most, huh, when I saw this decades ago when it came out, aside from all the other horrors in this, was the blood jumping out of the petri dish, and, in fact running away on the floor, screeching as it did,...like a mouse, or a roach runnig from you,...ewww!,..and if you watch it again, besides Bennings, and Windows, who you obviously see taken over,
if you watch closely, you can figure out when Blair was infected,.....during the autopsy of the dog thing,...so enjoy watching these old movies with you young people, watching your reaction, I did'nt have a picture of my reaction when I saw this, of the horrified looks on my face, but, I can get an idea of how I looked watching ya'll, do keep going, loads of other movies, scifi, and not all are gory, and the ones that do have some gore, are like this one in that there's more to them, the suspense, nail biting, edge of your seat, and will have you fully invested in the characters, are well written and well directed, do check them out, Event Horizon, The Hidden, Outland, Alien movie franchise if you havent,
the Conjurilng movie franchise, very old school gothic horror, along with The Haunting(1963), gothic horror, The Innocents(1961), Jaws 1975, Prophecy 1979, then there's the other Carpenter movies besides Halloween, Prince of Darkness, Escape Fom New York, so many in my head, can't remember,..Phase VI, apocolyptic, nature fighting back, , ooh goodness, didn't even cover the old Twilight Zone series, and old also in black and white Outer Limits series,..and the Monsterverse movies, Kaiju movies, Godzilla,...do enjoy, don't be afraid of the scifi and horror, like I said, some are so well done, well written,...Godapeed, Peace
Awesome reaction of my favorite horror movie!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊
Yessssss! Cold, trapped, can’t trust no one, then you have a THING. Hitting alllllll the scary angles!
The dogs sensed it. It won't ever reveal itself unless its sure its been discovered and thats nearly impossible. It could be your best friend, you would never know, there are no trick questions, it gets all your memories as well
Obligatory "For the defibrillator scene, they hired a double amputee in order to make the arm severing look as real as possible" comment.
You know that it is an horror film and you make a book on your eyes !😂😂😂
"Oh yeah, I'll be fine." 😆 Great reaction, thank you! Love this movie so much...Lot's more classics for you to watch, subbed.
Btw i think it attacked the dogs because the dogs knew it wasnt a dog. Plus, obviously it went after 1 human first, either just straight up maliciously or to better its chances at escape.
In context, this movie came out very shortly after Spielberg's E.T., which had a much more hopeful view of what our interactions with aliens would be like 😅
Saw at the theater! Classic thanks
Great score composed by the late Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter and Alan Howarth.
don't have nightmares Nia. These are classics that are often overlooked. Aliens and the Thing class choices but you may need a comedy now x
I love the way little things tie together that you don't really think about the first time you watch the film: the sound of Windows dropping the keys when he sees Bennings being taken over; that the Thing left Mac's light on when it was framing him by sticking his clothes up the furnace; or Palmer, already a Thing, trying to get one-on-one with the more assertive Childs, who is more likely to be in a leadership position soon, rather than the weaker Windows. Such a great movie both in terms of effects and the growing feeling of paranoia. Carpenter's best work in my humble (but correct) opinion, and that's saying something for a man who created great movies like Halloween, Big Trouble in Little China, and They Live.
E.T. is a "good alien" movie. As is District 9. Both worth checking out if you've never seen them.
The Antarctic research station maintained a team of huskies because a dog sled team is the most efficient way to travel through snow and ice over a perpetually frozen landscape. Blair killed all of the dogs to prevent anyone who might have been infected from escaping via a team of sled dogs and reaching another research station, and eventually making it to civilization.
After the famous "Blue Book" project about aliens, we are treated to the modern version of Nia with her famous " Blue Notebook" to protect herself from the Extraterrestrial Thing! Impressive! 😂
I'm glad you saw the influence this had on Princess Mononoke! Several scenes from this movie are in that film. Also check out Pastoral: To Die In The Country which also had an influence on Princess Mononoke
I always hate how everybody who watches this assumes the dig is being shot at for no good reason
lol “ I thought this was in black and white”. The first movie from 1951 is in black and white. The Thing from Another World. Which this is based on.
The '51 Thing kinda acts as the Norwegian camp as some of the events are paralleled
I also highly recommend checking out and reacting to Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness. They're also horror movies by John Carpenter. They create a thematically connected trilogy with this movie called The Apocalypse Trilogy. All connected by people dealing with darkness against the danger of inhuman, evil threats, and bleak endings. They're all such good horror movies and I think Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness would make for great reactions.
16:37 27,000 hrs is a little bit over 3 years, so yeah, not long.
You made it through this one just fine, so I think you are ready for Hereditary now. 😁
Great reaction nia
Smart viewing. I've seen lots of reactions to this movie as it's my favorite horror. Yours has been the smartest. Thanks. I enjoyed your reaction
“The Thing” is suspicion, mistrust, and paranoia personified! It is the story of desperate men, isolated and hopelessly trapped in the middle of nowhere, caught up in a terrifying life-and-death battle with an inhuman enemy, in which the fate of the entire world hangs in the balance. What would you do?
I've watched this film WAY too many times, but also, when Palmer said to Nauls about Mac as Doc Copper and Mac left, "He knows what he's doing", he said that un front of THE DOG. It might have thought "Ok. They think he's the smartest. He's my enemy"
"Are you leading us to someone that needs help?"
You could say that again.
Hahaha thanks for the shoutout! Also, Windows annoyed me man....
Director John Carpenter said he thought he made it obvious who was the thing at the end of the movie because you can see mist and vapor coming out of Mac Ready's mouth while they're talking but Childs has nothing coming out of his mouth in the middle of winter with sub zero temperatures.
The classics are always good to watch lol Great reaction, and learning what to do if you encounter aliens 😂
1:29 Interesting comment about B&W as this is actually a loose remake of a 1951 Howard Hawks movie 'The Thing From Another World' which was indeed B&W. The two share the 'burn through' 'The Thing' title card in the opening sequence.
Actually it's not a remake. Both the 1951 film and this version are adaptations of the novel 'Who Goes There?' Written by John W.Campbell Jr in 1938. This 1982 version is very close to the original book story, whereas the 1951 film only takes a few elements of the same story.
Veerrrry intuitive, Nia, about Blair. "Maybe you're doing this (going crazy) to make us trust you? 👍👍👍❤!!!!!
I was suspicious of everyone 😆 I would not do well in such a situation haha
Nia, I'll see your intuition and RAISE YOU. Perhaps, given that Blair was the lead in the autopsy, chances are he would have been infected early. So, when he was at the computer doing the computations, it wasn't Blair anymore. Thoughts of Blair as Thing: "75% likely hood? Not high enough! 27,000 hours to takeover the planet? Too long! I need to build the the ship . . ." Juuust something to think about, when the audience sees a scene, it might be subterfuge, more than meets the eye.❤!!!
“Skyrim” is my favorite new verb.
one of my favorite horror movies! the practical effects are so good
The best horror in my opinon. And it's the best, not just because of the great cast, but because of the plot. Can you think of anything worse ? Stuck in an isolated place, you come into contact with a being thats vastly intelligent, you dont know if its malicious or simply trying to survive, it can end you just by touching you, can only be ended with fire/acid, can mimic dam near anything and if it gets to a vehicle or water, its not just the end of humans but the entire globe and all life. Every Winter, when the wind howls, i think of this movie. Such a masterpiece. Also, as an animal lover, i have to keep reminding myself any cruelty portrayed is faked and no animal was actually harmed 😅 as much as an animal lover i am, even i would be scratching my head why someone was so determined to end an animal..
You were very brave! Love this one. Carpenter is one of the GOATs
To answer one of your questions. If you are infected you don't know you're infected. your memories are intact
From your background thumbnail to this video that reminds me to ask you if you plan on also checking out the prequel to The Thing the one that was released in 2011. I like this one much more but was curious asking about the prequel.
from 1982 and still stands the test of time...
I saw this movie as a young pup for the first time. and that scene with the crab head messed me for quite a while. Probably I was too young. Now that I'm much older, The THing became one of my fav movies. Also each time when I watch the thing I also think about other movie from the 80s. They Live from 1988. It's a fun movie if You have not seen it. I mean fun in terms of entertainment not comedy though it does have a comedic touch.
I would love to see a "thing" flick starting where it already took a small town
I love your book shield :D
Can’t go wrong with one
"I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is."
Fun Fact: Can you spot the fake fact?
Budget Friendly Fact: The Norwegian camp scenes were actually the charred remains of the American site from the end of the film. Rather than go to the expense of building and burning down another camp, John Carpenter re-used the destroyed American camp.
Practical Effects Fact: The film is considered a benchmark in special make-up effects. The effects were created by Rob Bottin, who was only 22 when he started the project. To create the effect of the title, an animation cell with "The Thing" written on it was placed behind a smoke-filled fish tank which was covered with a plastic garbage bag. The bag was ignited, creating the effect of the title burning onto the screen.
Ending Explained Fact: According to an apocryphal story first reported on Reddit in February 2013, when asked about the ambiguous ending of the film, John Carpenter responded that he never understood how could there be any confusion about whether Childs or MacReady are human or not, because the last scene shows: "Kurt Russell and Keith David staring each other down, harshly backlit. It's completely, glaringly obvious that Kurt Russell is breathing, and Keith David is not."
The most horrific ending of all: The UNREVEAL. You are denied full closure. It worked. After 40-plus years, fans are STILL discussing whether one of the two people seemingly alive at the end was the Thing or not. The director didn't even tell the actors, so this is a mystery for the ages.
There are some comic books that carry on the story, and they took the view that both characters were (at this point) human. However, a rescue team that arrived later got infected from the Thing remains that lay scattered around the base, and so the havoc continued.
I enjoyed your reaction. I also liked you followed it really well after seeing several reactions where people kept getting confused. In answer to your question of who I would of been, I think I would of been the Thing.😉
Excellent reaction!! You should definitely check out The Fly (1986)
Yeah, we can watch her cover the screen and not watch the movie.
I would have been the Norwegian who fumbled the grenade. Time to come in clutch...and a fumble.
🤣 🤣 this made me LAUGH so hard!!!!!! The whole world’s fate rested in his hands and he fumbled MAJOR!
the good news is you had a quick death and didn't get absorbed 😂
You went through the same arc pretty much everyone does. "Don't shoot the dog!" eventually becomes "Shoot the dog! Shoot the DOG!!!"
"...where is that guy that was in the room, like we only saw like the shadow and the dog go in..."
Technically? Nowhere. You can look at the shadow all you want, you won't figure out who it is because that's not _any_ of the cast you see on screen otherwise. It was an extra. This, of course, means... it could be meant to represent _any_ of them.
"...can you replicate their mannerisms and thought processes..."
Why not? All those things, even memories, are all part of the brain, after all. The links and firing of your neurons, possibly combined with cellular action and quantum states. You should be able to copy them entirely. What's _really_ interesting is wondering... would you know if you were such a copy? That is, suppose you're a copy, but as far as you know you're not. You just sometimes have odd urges to do things, and one day you split apart and find out you're an alien... or, worse, when the alien is ready to split off, you just... stop being conscious as yourself. You wake up later, having spread to a bunch of other people, and you don't even know about it.
"...good aliens..."
Superman. ET: The Extra Terrestrial. Star Trek. Star Wars. Paul.
There's _lots_ of examples of friendly aliens.
"...that ship was huge, so there has to be more than one of them..."
Apollo 11, the first craft to get to the moon, was 363 feet tall. It carried three guys who were very, very cramped, for about a week. This is a ship that has to be big enough to contain you, all your food, everything, for weeks or months at a time. It being big to have comfortable rooms is not that implausible, even if you're alone.
That said, there likely were others, it's just that only one survived the crash and was able to get out, the rest burned to death.
"...see who thaws out in the spring..."
... It's _Antarctica._ No one's 'thawing out'. The ice the ship was in was 100,000 years old... meaning there's been ice there, permanently, for _at least_ 100,000 years.
"...that's how we end!? We don't get any closure!?..."
Exactly. _Did_ the Thing survive? Will it escape later on when people come to investigate? Maybe it gets back to the rest of the world. How would we know? They could be living among us, right now, and you'd never be able to tell. Perhaps the initial projection is too fast, and it takes them _decades_ or even _centuries_ to conquer an entire planet. Maybe your cat, behind you this entire time as you watched, is one of those things, quietly assimilating local other animals so as not to raise a fuss. Maybe it got to a friend or family member of yours, and you don't know it. Maybe it got to _you_ and _you_ don't know it.
What makes this movie a true horror is that you _don't_ know how it ends, you don't know who won... and you're free to interpret it any way you like. This ending is _still being discussed_ 40 years after the movie was made. There's even some who think MacReady was the Thing the whole time, right from the start.
Great reaction.
Have a nice day!
Love this movie saw it on an army base in mass. For the tree weeks it ran to watch people running out with my fellow new Yorker young Jennifer a poor little rich girl who wanted to be a cinematographer so she went to the movies almost every night
15:00...Regarding good aliens, what about E.T. or the aliens from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. They seemed nice. 😊
Having grown up on Nick Jr shows and the Muppets, I have a fondness of any movie that has some puppetry or animatronic effects in it. The Thing, as a kid scared the sh*t out of me, but the Thing as an adult, all I can do is appreciate the puppetry being done in this movie. And wet puppetry at that, these are hands down some of the wettest, gooeiest and moist puppets I've ever seen committed to cinema. There wasn't a dry puppet to be seen in this movie, the only show I've ever watched with wetter puppets than this was late 90's Jim Henson studios sci-fi series, Farscape, which you got some wet ass puppetry every single episode there.
And I'm going to have to disagree with you on what's scarier there, Nia. Ghosts, demons, all that stuff isn't scary at all to me because that stuff is metaphysical, intangible can't hurt you, for the most part (plus as an agnostic sort I simply don't believe in them but hey I could be wrong there 100%). Extraterrestrials, on the other hand, are both tangible, meaning they CAN hurt you, but also have that added element of the truly unknown. The universe is so vast and unknown to us, that literally ANYTHING could be out there, with any type of alien biology, intelligence, and technology. There could be things out there that, by simply acknowledging their existence, would drive the average person insane, truly cosmic, God-like entities in comparison to us. Horrors and wonders beyond but very limited understanding of the nature of the universe, that is far more terrifying than some ooby dooby ghost, Lol
I was 10 when I saw this movie for the first time. It gave me nightmares and it was awesome. I can't remember anything that would do the same in the past 10 years. Maybe I'm just too old to be scared, or the horror movies aren't that scary any more.
I had a dream of a room full of tarantulas after this 😂at 10 I would have been terrified hahaha
No offense to those who find ghosts and possession scary, but the horror presented in The Thing is far scarier than any supernatural threat. Not only does it consume you (a total possession if you will), it is a threat to every other living being on the planet.
I honestly don’t know what it is about ghosts that scare me… the Thing is absolutely a very threatening and scary concept though
"..I'm not going to harm anybody and there's nohing wrong with me ...except my DIABEETUS." heheheh
My favorite horror movie of all time.
27,000 hours is just 3 years and 3 months...
Yeah not a lot of time
8:50 in.. "Maybe i might have messed up".. 😂
Probably so. I hasn't even started yet..
So far I'm getting vibs that you've seen this before.. We'll see.. Update:
10:26 I'm thinking you have.. And that's fine. It gives me hope to see some teens that know this movie..
Watch the 2011 prequel.. Not as good but explains that smeared faced greasy creature they found earlier, and the movie ends with the Norwegians going after that dog..
You can find some interesting theorys in internet
For example
McCready was the Thing all along, from the first contact with dog....
bless your beautiful soul going through this movie!! BTW love your hair like that. I think you should watch a few comedies, rom-coms, light hearted stuff for a while and let all the horror wash away.
Have you seen "As Good As It Gets"? Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt in a lovely rom-com. You will enjoy that and I'd love to see your take. Big hugs from Virtual Gramps Rick
I haven seen that, but you’re right! I think it’s time for some comedies 😂 I’ll have to add that movie to the list, I haven’t heard of that one
@@NiaMakiReacts They both won the Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role
Oh, dear.... Your reactions were hilarious at the beginning and the book prop is pretty funny, but you could watch this again without the book. THe practical effects were incredible for a film made in 1982. MacReady tested himself after Windows. The movie is a great suspensful story and based on a stort story called "Who Goes There". I think the Thing that escaped during the dog event later got Blair. The Norris heart attack scene is great and was happy that the surprise got you there.
But... if you would like a different take on an alien coming to Earth by John Carpenter, I highly recommend giving "STARMAN" a watch. no book needed.
I know what happened Norris. He's having a heart attack. He is the thing.
this movie came out when i was two years old my dad was a huge horror movie fan and got me hooked into loving them just as much as he did at the time i didnt know this was a remake funny enough when John carpenter was making the original halloween in 1978 he had the children Lindsay and Tommy watching the original thing from the 50's i believe but i dont think anyone knew he was going to make a remake of it i really cant remember the first time i saw it ive watched this movie so many times but i liked the movie mostly my only complaint about horror movies would be attacks on harmless children and animals logically i know its not real but it still never sat right with me when i saw things like that.
Is that a kitty in the background 😢😭😭😭♥️
Funny you mention you thought this was in black n white. This movie is lossely based on the 1951 movie: The Thing from another world. I watched it as a kid and thought it was really good.
It was Childs. I will die on that hill.
If americans just bothered to learn the language when they go abroad, they would know the Norwegian guy in the beginning is shouting "get away you idiots, it's not a real dog, it's pretending to be a dog" and they wouldn't have any issues.
Edit: imitating a dog, rather.
This is definitely John Carpenter's best movie. One of the best horror movies of the 80's. It's gruesome and horrific. The atmosphere is great and the special effects are some of the best of the 80's. It's a great horror movie one of my favorites. I think it's the paranoia, the loss of identity from assimilation by the thing, and the sense of isolation due to the antarctic making it so terrifying.
This movie was a large part of the inspiration for Among Us
You should watch the original one only in black and white pretty good too
Evil dead 2013 has great practical effects as well, but not a sci-fi movie, horror yes.
Seconded. It's so good
A little bit late, but The Thing: the Musical on RUclips might be worth checking out…
John Carpenter claimed there was a scene that showed which of the survivors was the Thing. Of course, everyone has a theory on the question, and the only person who really knows the answer is Carpenter himself...😊
He is still alive. He's 76.
@@dneill8493 glad to hear it.apparently i have stumbled upon another fake "news".