Watching the special features of that film, the Husky in question was a wolf hybrid who's "wolf" side was the dominant one. Nobody liked working with it because it creeped everyone out. It never made a noise. Never barked or even growled at someone.
Well... That's the thing, this dog didn't have any direction. Majority of it's scenes were the crew filming it just doing it's thing. Plus him being half wolf also helps
"The Thing" was absolutely gutted the year it came out, but many people had to swallow their pride in the following years, since it is now considered to be one of the masterpieces of the genre
When this came out, everyone else was running off to see the happy-shiny "E.T." I got to see it at the theater and there weren't very many other people there.
A lot of those creature effects were--spoiler!.... inflatables. Basically ugly balloons. So think about the sound of a balloon being inflated under high pressure: fffffwwwwwwwtt! Now think about being an actor in this movie and being told you have to react to that balloon being blown up as very, very scary. I doubt I could even keep a straight face. But with the right sound effects (and acting), it works fiendishly well.
The Thing is based on the novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell and was published way back in 1938. I was a kid when I read it and had nightmares for a week.
My favorite fact about this movie is that the man who did the practical effects, Rob Bottin, was 22 at the time. Basically created a masterpiece of his craft straight out of college.
Rob Bottin was working for Rick Baker (American Werewolf in London) for a time and he even worked on the first Star Wars movie, he was even one of the cantina band (not sure which one) and when he met John Carpenter he wanted the job so bad that he promised Carpenter he could do these effects then realized he had to deliver on that promise and that's why he worked non stop for about year ending with his hospitalization for exhaustion and malnutrition, he just wouldn't stop working.
The ending is part of what makes this brilliant. The movie keeps augmenting the paranoia until you have no idea who is the alien and who isn't, and that's why you have an ending where the two remaining characters don't know either, or even if they themselves are the alien. All they can go is burn everything down, and make sure if the alien is one of them, or both, it doesn't get to leave to infect the world.
The booze was gasoline from the Molotov cocktail. Kurt Russell fake-drank it and handed it over and the alien drank it no problem as a callback to booze being the final solution to the chess game they're playing from the beginning of the movie.
One of the things I love about this movie is how much of it is open to debate and interpretation. As an example, I read an essay on it years ago that brought up the scene where Blair is running that simulation on the computer. At first, you think he's doing it to see how dangerous the Thing is. But what if he's already a replica by that point, and instead it's The Thing seeing how long it will take itself to take over the planet?
Blair could well have been the Thing by then due to his exposure to the still alive remains during the autopsy. His smashing up the radio and helicopter may not have been to stop the Thing escaping but to prevent anyone getting help in dealing with it.
i still think its more likely he was turned between their visits to him whilst hes locked in the shed. He probably knew he was the next to be targeted and thats why you see that the real Blair had made a noose so that he could kill himself before being assimilated by the Thing. he didnt do it in time hence why we see the newly converted blair pleading to get in with the noose in the background
@@davidmersh7221 Smashing the radio and destroying the helicopter's controls, are counter to the Thing's plans. Keeping the radio and helicopter as options, would best support the creatures plans to spread and escape Antarctica. If Blair was the Thing before, him shooting at people and acting crazy only makes everyone suspicious. Plus, why build the alien craft underneath the cabin outside, if there was a perfectly fine helicopter available beforehand. That sounds more like an impatient and unthinking alien, while the Thing is shown to be extremely patient, highly intelligent, and very subtle. It already made a mistake with the Dogs, trying to take them in the pen. After that, the Thing doesn't really do anything openly ever again. It becomes far more secretive and stealthy.
@@My-Name-Isnt-Important There's too many variables since we never know the Thing's intentions or capabilities. We don't know if assimilation happens nearly instantly or if it grows within a host's body and takes over fairly slowly. It's possible it wanted to isolate the camp so it could take stock of the humans there and find the best way to infect them all. Perhaps it's trying to correct errors it made when it began to take over the Norwegian camp. So maybe it has taken over Blair and is acting the way it knows Blair would, as a means of "exonerating" itself during later investigation. Or maybe it can only subconsciously influence Blair at this point and gets him to destroy communications and transport thinking he is acting selflessly. Also, I think the various Things were pursuing different strategies simultaneously, either independently or as one. The Palmer-Thing tasked itself with keeping the humans distracted and at each other's throats, infecting anyone else it could, while the Blair-Thing worked on constructing a vehicle of its own. It's doubtful that it could build any kind of spaceship from the available materials so I'm assuming it's working on some sort of hovercraft, just something to get it to another camp.
John Carpenter broke into Hollywood with a little film called Halloween. Making a cameo on a television in that film was the original "THE THING from another world" 1951 often referred to as The Thing which he remade into this movie with Halloween money.
There is no thing 2, there is a prequel that covers what happened at the other base and a sequel game was produced in 2001 that is considered canon to the film and the closest we're likely to get to an actual sequel. In short, according to the game childs was a thing in the final scene and is mostly responsible for everything that happens in the game
Here’s an interesting fact. For the scene where the stomach opened up and bit off the arms of the person trying to revive him, they found an actor without arms and put him in prosthetics. 😎
Nonsense. Childs was not a thing, if he were he would have just attacked Macready, not chat him up and share a drink. Why would the thing need to pretend, subterfuge is pointless.
I find it adorable that you only knew Kurt Russell as Santa Claus from "The Christmas Chronicles." That's so wholesome! I also like that you called the husky a "bonnie doggie." You're so Scottish that if you cut yourself, you would bleed plaid.
This is one of my favourite JC movies. He builds the suspense slowly but steadily, each encounter ratchets up the tension, paranoia. For a fun but still bit wtf is happening JC movie, I suggest Big Trouble in Little China which also has Kurt in it. You'd love it.
Also, 'Prince of Darkness', for a totally different flavor of Carpenter paranoia. In all honesty, though, 'Big Trouble' is probably my favorite Carpenter flick. It certainly wins my award for the number of great one-liners in any single movie. My favorite quote would have to be David Lo Pan saying, "Who are these people; friends of yours, ha? Now this really pisses me off to no end!" Not the kind of speech one generally expects from 2,00 year old Han Chinese demons. Just saying.
Wicked Witch costume is Magnificent!!! I also enjoyed The Thing when it fist came out, not many did, but they changed their minds over the years. GLAD to see you enjoyed this as well. {Let me guess, 'The Fly' is another movie that I'm sure you would gravitate to and find remarkable as well}. Hopefully you get time to add it to your October list.
Your wicked witch adorability is off the scale. I did flying rig work for the Wizard of Oz at Iroquois Amphitheater here in Louisville last summer and your makeup and getup is every bit as good as what our wicked witch had going on!
There's also The Thing From Another World (1951) which is also set on an Antarctic research station and is so similar that this film could be considered a remake but different enough that the 1951 film could also be considered a prequel (or, to put it more correctly, John Carpenter's film could be considered a sequel rather than a remake).
Dawn Marie your witch makeup was top notch. That's an incredible job and it really showed up well on camera. Beautiful counterfeiting and just the overall impression was terrific.
This is one of the few movies that ever really creeped me out. Most of them are just either gross, or unrealistic. This one looked pretty realistic, and the situation payed out more or less how I think real people would have acted. The only other one that really made me lose sleep was _The Omega Man,_ which isn't all that scary as an adult but I first saw it when I was about 11. The people with the disease with the glowing white eyes who couldn't stand being in the light scared the living shít out of me.
@@DawnMarieX It's the same plot as "I am Legend" and "Planet of the Vampires." None of which really get the point of the original novelette. _The Omega Man_ is a blast from the 70's.
@@tarmaque Also, The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price. I think that's the only version to keep the ending from the novel. I Am Legend with Will Smith, filmed something close to the original ending, but chickened out and shot a new ending instead.
@@johnsensebe3153 My mistake. I was thinking of _The Last Man on Earth_ instead of _Planet of the Vampires._ The Vincent Price one. Maybe it was renamed that for some markets? I dunno. I know it doesn't have the same ending as the book. LIke _The Omega Man_ it is a very loose adaptation.
I'm glad you enjoyed that. It's one of my all time favourites. I've seen it numerous times, and I still enjoy it just as much every time. And I actually like the ambiguous ending. It leaves it up to the viewer to decide what happened.
The unclear ending certainly infuriates people, but over time it is what makes people love it. You can't get it out of your head. It wasn't a 'cheap' ending, it was Brilliant.😀👍
Seconding that recommendation: written by and co-starring Dan O'Bannon, who went on to create Alien. There's an alien in Dark Star, too, and it's hilarious.
1. The Norwegian killed himself so The Thing couldn't get to him. 2. Yes, that was a doobie they were passing back and forth. 3. You have to realize that this movie came out long before CGI so there was some very creative special effects goin down here. 4. Mac's not a murderer. Clark was attacking him with the scalpel. It was self defense. 5. Of everything that went down the part that got me the most was when Blair was dragging Gary by the face. 6. Something to think about, Childs was missing for a minute. It the final scene with Mac it's extremely cold but we can't see Childs' breath. If Childs is the thing he will survive but Mac won't. 7. Another Russell/Carpenter product you need to first time/share with us is "Escape from New York". 8. My guesses for the next two are: "The Shining" and "Misery". BOTH are Stephen King novel adaptations. Now that you're out of the comedy genre, may I suggest the GOAT of Stephen King's "The Green Mile"? Tom Hanks and you WILL CRY.
I like that you, like me, point out that Mac acted in self defense when he shot Clark, I mean... Clark tried to stab him in the back with a razor sharp blade. BUT I have to call bs on this nonsense that Childs has no breath steam, he does and always has. That all being besides the fact that what is either of them going to do to the other if either is the thing at the end, nothing like Mac says, they're not in any condition to do anything about it. They'll freeze to death if they're not a thing, they'll live till rescued if one or both is a thing, I don't get why people assume a thing would bother to trick Macready or vice versa at that point, just attack.
I'm sure someone has already said this below, but the film is about paranoia and so the ending leaves things up in the air. Either survivor could be The Thing, or both, or neither. And there could be another Thing somewhere near the base, who has chosen to freeze itself again to survive.
Exactly. It's always wiser to leave it to the audience to decide what they make of the ending. Given what happens in the movie, it just wouldn't be appropriate to wrap everything up at the end. Myself.....I'm left working out the percentage likelihood of every possible meaning for this ending.
There isn't any sequel yet, but there is a prequel which came out in 2011. It's also called The Thing. Some people mistakenly think it's a remake, but it's definitely not. It's set at the Norwegian base and shows how they found the alien.
The ending was meant to reflect the rest of the movies greatest accomplishment, hiding the thing. It's supposed to make you think who's infected, when were they exposed and who survived. Due to the brilliance of this film, it still has fans to this day discussing all kinds of theories. The Thing (1982) is my favorite horror film, although there are many other horror titles that are equally legendary.
Dawn Anderson has the most calmest demeanor I've ever seen for someone whose never watched this film before, it's like she's commenting on the evolution of a folk dance or something; I've seen grown men jump out of their seats watching this movie, see "the boys" manly monday movie reaction. It's hilarious. One's a lawyer, the other a bar owner & his friend.
One theory (not seen mentioned yet) is that Childs is The Thing & that you can tell because his breath isn't visible like MacReady's is*, so they're just going to stare each other down & freeze to death (which the creature can survive). Childs' breath is actually slightly visible, but nowhere near as obvious as MacReady's.
Yeah, there is actually a comic book sequel that picks up after the end of the movie that has MacReady and Childs getting rescued and explores that further.
that never made any sense, why would the thing try to pretend it is either of them, Childs can fry Macready with the flame thrower or just take over Mac if he's a thing, no point in subterfuge. Nether of them can survive a night in the cold and the thing has no reason to pretend it's either of them.
@@myopicautisticmetal9035 Even if one of them was a Thing, there'd be no point in acting early since being frozen wouldn't really threaten it. At best, it could infect the other after he's rendered helpless from the cold and then try taking further action to draw attention from the outside world; at worst, it could just wait as a "corpse" until someone digs it up again. I mean, I do lean in favor of both of them being human (because that's the happiest ending ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ), but I could accept either or both being Things without issue.
Hands down the only reactor to this film watching the dog being shot at in the opening sequence 'what would that be for? It's fur!' Top comment, i think maybe even John Carpenter would smile at that
@@DawnMarieX - The original left out the shape-shifting ftom the story it's based on. The Thing is very much a humanoid (although the concept of it spreading at the expense of humanity is still part of the story.) There's still conflict between the humans about how to deal with the creature, but it's a well-written, fast-paced movie about working as a team in a crisis.
So, the first infected victim was Palmer. Blair got infected when he touched the thing corpse with the end of his pencil, then touched it to his lips. Gary's keys were dropped by Windows in the store room when Bennings turned, and recovered by Palmer most likely. Neither Childs or MacReady are infected at the end of the film. I've seen this movie about 100 times over the years, I've practically got it memorized. All. Time. Classic.
There was a newer film made that's actually like a prequel. It shows how things went down at the Norwegian camp. Not as good of a film as this, but still pretty enjoyable. The 70's and 80's were rather big on films that didn't provide a comforting sense of closure. I've always enjoyed when they leave it open ended, so the viewer can imagine what would have happened.
Being a old-timer, I would heartily recommend "The Thing from Another World" (1951), an older, somewhat different take on the same story, and a film which Carpenter himself enjoyed.
Where would the world be without Kenneth Tobey? He helped fight The Thing From Another World, The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, and the giant octopus of It Came From Beneath The Sea!
there is a 1951 The Thing, a 2011 prequel to The Thing 1982, the 1982 film also has some comic book sequels and a video game that is being remastered for this year.
"he's not a thing because he attacked another thing" Well, they are perfect imitations, so they would imitate death, or behaviours that would get other thing instances killed or called out. The guy who calls out the spider-head thing was a thing himself, it turned out (in theory the first to be infected, and probably infected Blair later on). This is what makes the paranoia so high. There were graphic novel followups. Most are silly, but canon has Childs as a thing who shows his true form when an American sub comes to rescue him and Macready, and the infection spreads to an isolated military base in Patagonia, South America. Macready himself eventually is infected. The things are killed, but one infects a small fish that gets away into the sea... Also there is a separate video game with a separate story line, I don't think it's canon.
It just makes no sense for the simple fact that no human being could survive an hour at night in the winter in Antarctica let alone an entire night, or much less till rescue shows up since No one called anyone for help in the first place.
I think that “Once Upon A Time” forever made green women with accents from the UK ridiculously beautiful and intimidating instead of scary. Well done! Glad you liked this movie. It’s one of my favorites. 🖖🏻
The ending was deliberately made to be ambiguous and controversial. In a radio talk show Q&A someone asked John Carpenter if Childs' was an alien at the end of the movie, and he said "I know Mac is an alien. I don't know about Childs..." When caller after caller kept asking him to explain, he said "I was joking! I don't know who's an alien NOBODY does. That's the point." It's like the shadow on the wall when the dog goes onto that room. Everybody tries to guess who's shadow it is, but they shot the scene with someone who wasn't one of the cast members so that no matter who anyone guessed it was, their guess would be wrong. John Carpenter endorsed the PS2 video game sequel to "The Thing" as canon, and in that game, you discover Childs' body and determine that he was still human and died of hypothermia, and at the end of the game, Mac helps you defeat a massive Thing creature in the game's final boss battle and saves your life indicating that he's still human. Most people believe that Carpenter was only concerned with developing new movie projects by that time and just endorsed the game so he could move on, so it's generally not accepted as canon. There was also a comic book sequel by Dark Horse Comics with a completely different story in which both Mac and Childs alive and still human. It ends with Childs sacrificing himself in an explosion and Mac alone on the ice field with no hope of being rescued as he waits to freeze to death. The comic had aspects that were inconsistent with the movie and the art and writing weren't very good, so it's not considered canon.
No sequel movie I'm afraid, but the game released on Xbox/PS2/PC takes place after the movie, where you are exploring the destroyed base, finding out what happened, who lived/died etc.
The drink he shares was one of the gasoline-filled Molotov cocktails. He fake-drank it and handed it to him who DID drink it with no problem, just like at the beginning with the chess game, the booze was the winning move.
Absolute Genius! Heard about it st School! Found a copy in a DVD copy in a Charity 30 years later, and watched it one night! Couldn't believe my eyes, best horror I'd ever seen! Talk about the unexpected n not knowing what comes next!!😮👍
The end of the movie was left like that so you didn't know if MacReady or Childs were human or alien. The fear and paranoia built up all through the film, so the audience didn't know who was human by the end. They made a prequel in 2011 to show what happened in the Norwegian base ending with the dog running across the ice, but even in the CGI era it was nowhere near a good as the 1982 version. Rob Bottin is a legend for creating the gory effects that still occasionally give me a jump scare to this day.
This movie has an actual prequel also called The Thing (2011)... It shows the events of what happened at the other camp (Norwegian?), with the movie ending where this one starts...
@@Artificial-Insanity What the studio made them do is a travesty. It was shot with practical effects just like the original. They studio said it made the film look dated and made them cover up the practical effects with dodgy CGI. We can only hope one day the original cut before the re shoots is released.
An appropriately seasonal treasure that isn't that old and you should check out is 'Tucker & Dale Vs Evil' which is a hilarious slasher about the perils of miscommunication😏 ( I'm sure it's been suggested) WHOA... The intro.. Excellent witchyness!😅🤘👍 I salute you with my rubber chicken from within my suit of armor!
@@faafio LOL, 🤔🤔 Tough call😋😍 To me, The biggest miracle of both of these BY FAR... Is the relativity low budgets. (US$) 6.1M for SotD and only 5M for Tucker & Dale & they both look amazing for the money.🤌🤘👍😎🧡 (Edit: Cheers Dawn! I obviously have no idea what you mean. It's just what I happen to be wearing😇😏😋🙃)
anyone ever tell you, you have a very soothing voice. Like even the best scary parts of this movie your voice makes it better, very low key down to earth
Childs is the Thing. Macready had a petrol bomb left and pretended to drink from it then offered it to Childs who took a drink, that's why you see the smile on Mac's face at the end as he knows for sure.
3 more great FX heavy 80s horror movies..all came out in 1985: "Lifeforce", "Return of the Living Dead", & "Day of the Dead". The first 2 were written by Dan O'Bannon, co-Writer of ALIEN
Blaire was insane in the best of ways, he knew the genius of "the thing" and made sure there no possible way for it to try and escape. That is..... until he was turned! Which is also another stroke of genius given to us by carpenter that still has us fans of this series stumped. When do you think he was turned?
This film is a horror/Sci fi legend!! Masterpiece. For a movie to produce so much suspense, fear, doubt, disbelief, disgust.... That's great art.... Those practical effects are far superior in being terrifying than any computer graphic. This stuff is tangible man, you can touch it.... The sound effects are legitimately gruesome and so clear... This was 1982...crazy good. "The Thing" is truly one of a kind. Ide say one of the best, if not the best horror movie ever made.
There was a Prequel of the Norwegian camp in 2011. Good story that ends with the helicopter-dog chase that begins Carpenter's Thing. The rap on this movie also called The Thing is the CGI vs Rob Bottin's practical effects from Carpenter's film. Bottin was all of 21-years-old when he created them. Amazing. Check that out this this month, as well. Anyway, Great reaction. 🙂 Great practical effects with your witch's costume.😀
The ending is an absolute masterpiece especially if you remember mccready filled those bottles with gasoline to make MolotovsSo even though they don't tell you who the monster is You know when they drink from the bottle
If you want to see something somewhat gory and disturbing with its effects, “The Fly” (1986) is a good way to go. It’s probably my favorite sci-fi/horror film of all time. Much like “the thing”, It’s not really too scary, but it does stick with you with its makeup effects. It’s fantastic.
One of the best cosmic horror movies ever! My favorite little behind-the-scenes fact with it: the actor playing the doctor was a double amputee, so the practical effects with him were giving him prosthetic hands/forearms during the earlier parts of the movie instead of faking having no arms after they get chomped off :D Since you had fun with this, I'd suggest watching The Color Out of Space. It's a newer movie compared to most of what you watch (made in 2019), but it's got some similarities with The Thing while also being a pretty good adaptation of the Lovecraft short story "The Colour Out of Space" to a modern day setting. For the other two, I'm guessing Friday the 13th and Halloween (1978) :)
Dawn , I learned the hard way. Put loads of moisturizer on before the makeup. That way it wont soak into your skin so much. The original "The Thing" Creeped me Out when I was a kid. This one reminded me of that feeling. AAAAGGGHHHHH !!!!!!
Oh that you! That will come in handy for next time 😁 there was a lot of scrubbing to get the green out. And I’m still blowing green out my nose even now 😂
@@DawnMarieX It may be Too Late for you. The green out the nose thing means Martians have moved into your head. A shame. You seemed to have a Bright Human future. Oh the pity .....
The Exorcist and Halloween are the next/final two. Just have a feeling... The costumes are a complete mystery though.. The Thing is a classic on every level.
Rob Bottin, who made the awesome creature effects, actually worked so hard he exhausted himself to the point he had to be hospitalized though he was only in his twenties…
8:15 They probably are thinking they should get away, but it's the winter season in Antarctica. There's no way out. There was a doctor there a number of years ago who got appendicitis in the winter, and had to remove their appendix themselves because they couldn't be extracted. The ending is deliberately ambiguous in order to induce in the audience the same paranoia the characters were feeling. Carpenter's a genius.
I wonder how the Python Boys would deal with The Thing... I can imagine Michael's eyes darting around suspiciously whenever anyone talks about it copying people, but then turning out to be perfectly innocent. I think I had a nightmare was a Child, Conrad Poo's dancing teeth turned into The Thing.
@@DawnMarieX- Now I'm picturing a Norwegian helicopter chasing down a fleeing blancmange, and the crew of a research station being transformed into Scotsmen!
One of my favorite John Carpenter movies! I saw this film on the Encore Action Channel July 4th 2002, and it's scared the hell out of me, but I enjoyed it very much. The blood test scene was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments, ad it's pretty impressive and terrifying as we don't know who's human or who's The Thing.
I am very impressed by your ability to sit there with a smile on your face watching 70% of this movie. So, as far as the ending, John Carpenter gave all of us the choice to decide what happened. I think Childs was the thing, but it's definitely an interesting ending. I don't know what your other choices are, but I think you definitely need some more John Carpenter (Halloween) the original Alien and some great werewolf movies (The Howling and American Werewolf in London) for spooky season.
"That's a bonnie doggie!"
Mm about that...
Poor poor doggie!
@@DawnMarieX Poor poor doggies :(
@@DawnMarieX There is a part 2 in the works... and there is a prequal that explains the other camp set a few hours before Mac etc arrive....
@@DawnMarieX The dog name was Jed... and the Fonze`s cousin owned him.. also the actor who played Clark was Jed`s only few human friends...
Nope, no THING 2.
But it's under your bed !!!
The Dog should have gotten an acting award just for that hallway scene
Oh definitely!
Watching the special features of that film, the Husky in question was a wolf hybrid who's "wolf" side was the dominant one.
Nobody liked working with it because it creeped everyone out. It never made a noise.
Never barked or even growled at someone.
The best animal acting ever caught on film. Extraordinary!
Best performance ever by an animal, the dog moves with such deliberation and intelligence.
The same dog (Jed) was also in the film The Journey of Natty Gan.
Half wolf.
Well... That's the thing, this dog didn't have any direction. Majority of it's scenes were the crew filming it just doing it's thing. Plus him being half wolf also helps
"The Thing" was absolutely gutted the year it came out, but many people had to swallow their pride in the following years, since it is now considered to be one of the masterpieces of the genre
I really loved it!
@Dawn Marie Anderson
Abracadabra! Alakazam!
You make a cute witch, ma'am!
When this came out, everyone else was running off to see the happy-shiny "E.T." I got to see it at the theater and there weren't very many other people there.
Just more proof that movie critics, past and present, are all hacks.
I believe it was released the same weekend as Blade Runner. Also, eclipsed by the ET phenomenon.
Those practical effects artists of the 80’s were amazing.
I agree!
@@DawnMarieX Rob Bottin(23 years old), working 7 days a week for 56 weeks, checking himself into hospital for exhaustion after it was finished.
A lot of those creature effects were--spoiler!....
inflatables. Basically ugly balloons.
So think about the sound of a balloon being inflated under high pressure:
fffffwwwwwwwtt!
Now think about being an actor in this movie and being told you have to react to that balloon being blown up as very, very scary. I doubt I could even keep a straight face. But with the right sound effects (and acting), it works fiendishly well.
Try The Fog. Switch the lights off.
@@lmcgregoruk it was before it was finished. That's why Stan Winston stepped in to do the dog-thing in the kennel. That's the dream team right there.
The Thing is based on the novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell and was published way back in 1938. I was a kid when I read it and had nightmares for a week.
My favorite fact about this movie is that the man who did the practical effects, Rob Bottin, was 22 at the time. Basically created a masterpiece of his craft
straight out of college.
Rob Bottin was working for Rick Baker (American Werewolf in London) for a time and he even worked on the first Star Wars movie, he was even one of the cantina band (not sure which one) and when he met John Carpenter he wanted the job so bad that he promised Carpenter he could do these effects then realized he had to deliver on that promise and that's why he worked non stop for about year ending with his hospitalization for exhaustion and malnutrition, he just wouldn't stop working.
Dawn: "Maybe they could ask the alien questions that it doesn't know?"
What... is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow???
Is it a european or an african swallow?
@@xxJOKeR75xx Uhh... I don't know that... AHHHH!!! (launched into the air)
@@buffstraw2969 You have to know these things when you're a RUclips commentator you know...
@@rsrt6910 👍
What a Bonnie Witch ! - Your eyes matched your green face. Beautiful.
I'm a simple man, I see a reaction to one of the finest sci-fi horror movies of all time...I click....
Thank you for clicking 😁
The ending is part of what makes this brilliant. The movie keeps augmenting the paranoia until you have no idea who is the alien and who isn't, and that's why you have an ending where the two remaining characters don't know either, or even if they themselves are the alien. All they can go is burn everything down, and make sure if the alien is one of them, or both, it doesn't get to leave to infect the world.
Except they are freezing to await their 'rescuers' if they are the Thing... rather than jumping into the flames. So they are the Thing.
You could see MacReady's breath in the cold air but you don't see Child's
The booze was gasoline from the Molotov cocktail. Kurt Russell fake-drank it and handed it over and the alien drank it no problem as a callback to booze being the final solution to the chess game they're playing from the beginning of the movie.
In the original book, the dogs tore the thing to pieces. Also, in the book, the humans kill the last thing, i.e., Blair.
Yes, but the dogs (except one) and the cattle (don't remember how) we're all infected. And melted in the end.
This one is in my top 5 favourites of all time!
It was such a good movie! 😁
One of the things I love about this movie is how much of it is open to debate and interpretation. As an example, I read an essay on it years ago that brought up the scene where Blair is running that simulation on the computer. At first, you think he's doing it to see how dangerous the Thing is. But what if he's already a replica by that point, and instead it's The Thing seeing how long it will take itself to take over the planet?
Ahh! I didn’t even think he could have been the thing back then!
Blair could well have been the Thing by then due to his exposure to the still alive remains during the autopsy. His smashing up the radio and helicopter may not have been to stop the Thing escaping but to prevent anyone getting help in dealing with it.
i still think its more likely he was turned between their visits to him whilst hes locked in the shed. He probably knew he was the next to be targeted and thats why you see that the real Blair had made a noose so that he could kill himself before being assimilated by the Thing. he didnt do it in time hence why we see the newly converted blair pleading to get in with the noose in the background
@@davidmersh7221 Smashing the radio and destroying the helicopter's controls, are counter to the Thing's plans. Keeping the radio and helicopter as options, would best support the creatures plans to spread and escape Antarctica. If Blair was the Thing before, him shooting at people and acting crazy only makes everyone suspicious. Plus, why build the alien craft underneath the cabin outside, if there was a perfectly fine helicopter available beforehand. That sounds more like an impatient and unthinking alien, while the Thing is shown to be extremely patient, highly intelligent, and very subtle. It already made a mistake with the Dogs, trying to take them in the pen. After that, the Thing doesn't really do anything openly ever again. It becomes far more secretive and stealthy.
@@My-Name-Isnt-Important There's too many variables since we never know the Thing's intentions or capabilities. We don't know if assimilation happens nearly instantly or if it grows within a host's body and takes over fairly slowly. It's possible it wanted to isolate the camp so it could take stock of the humans there and find the best way to infect them all. Perhaps it's trying to correct errors it made when it began to take over the Norwegian camp. So maybe it has taken over Blair and is acting the way it knows Blair would, as a means of "exonerating" itself during later investigation. Or maybe it can only subconsciously influence Blair at this point and gets him to destroy communications and transport thinking he is acting selflessly.
Also, I think the various Things were pursuing different strategies simultaneously, either independently or as one. The Palmer-Thing tasked itself with keeping the humans distracted and at each other's throats, infecting anyone else it could, while the Blair-Thing worked on constructing a vehicle of its own. It's doubtful that it could build any kind of spaceship from the available materials so I'm assuming it's working on some sort of hovercraft, just something to get it to another camp.
John Carpenter broke into Hollywood with a little film called Halloween. Making a cameo on a television in that film was the original "THE THING from another world" 1951 often referred to as The Thing which he remade into this movie with Halloween money.
There is no thing 2, there is a prequel that covers what happened at the other base and a sequel game was produced in 2001 that is considered canon to the film and the closest we're likely to get to an actual sequel. In short, according to the game childs was a thing in the final scene and is mostly responsible for everything that happens in the game
From the short story 'Who goes there?' by John W. Cambell.
The problem with the alien being a perfect copy of someone is that the alien will know EVERYTHING you know
The paranoia was palatable…and the music score was stellar. My heart begins to race just hearing it.
I think you mean palpable (unless you are an alien who feeds on emotion and thinks that paranoia is tasty)
Here’s an interesting fact. For the scene where the stomach opened up and bit off the arms of the person trying to revive him, they found an actor without arms and put him in prosthetics. 😎
Wicked Witches aren't supposed to be smoking hot. 😁
No wonder throwing water on them makes them melt
Chiles was the "Thing." That's why he left the building without shutting the door.
Nonsense. Childs was not a thing, if he were he would have just attacked Macready, not chat him up and share a drink. Why would the thing need to pretend, subterfuge is pointless.
He knew McReady was dead already. So, being a smart predator, he waited an hour or so.
John Carpenter himself says it's impossible to know, and that he left no hidden clues as to who may or may not be a Thing.
I find it adorable that you only knew Kurt Russell as Santa Claus from "The Christmas Chronicles." That's so wholesome!
I also like that you called the husky a "bonnie doggie." You're so Scottish that if you cut yourself, you would bleed plaid.
For 40 years ago it still holds up so well.
This is one of my favourite JC movies. He builds the suspense slowly but steadily, each encounter ratchets up the tension, paranoia.
For a fun but still bit wtf is happening JC movie, I suggest Big Trouble in Little China which also has Kurt in it. You'd love it.
Also, 'Prince of Darkness', for a totally different flavor of Carpenter paranoia. In all honesty, though, 'Big Trouble' is probably my favorite Carpenter flick. It certainly wins my award for the number of great one-liners in any single movie. My favorite quote would have to be David Lo Pan saying, "Who are these people; friends of yours, ha? Now this really pisses me off to no end!" Not the kind of speech one generally expects from 2,00 year old Han Chinese demons. Just saying.
I’m here for the Halloween looks Dawn has, and the movie was good too.
Thank you so much for watching! 😁
Wicked Witch costume is Magnificent!!! I also enjoyed The Thing when it fist came out, not many did, but they changed their minds over the years. GLAD to see you enjoyed this as well. {Let me guess, 'The Fly' is another movie that I'm sure you would gravitate to and find remarkable as well}. Hopefully you get time to add it to your October list.
I’m so impressed with the make up. Each one is a nice take on a Halloween familiar. Great stuff.
Dawn surprised by the end as if it were an episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
Also, excellent Grotbags costume.
Your wicked witch adorability is off the scale. I did flying rig work for the Wizard of Oz at Iroquois Amphitheater here in Louisville last summer and your makeup and getup is every bit as good as what our wicked witch had going on!
502 represent!
Speaking as someone who lives in Kansas, you make a terrific witch!
There is a prequel made in 2011 about what happened at the Norwegian base and an old videogame that is kind of a sequel to the movie.
There's also The Thing From Another World (1951) which is also set on an Antarctic research station and is so similar that this film could be considered a remake but different enough that the 1951 film could also be considered a prequel (or, to put it more correctly, John Carpenter's film could be considered a sequel rather than a remake).
Dawn Marie your witch makeup was top notch. That's an incredible job and it really showed up well on camera. Beautiful counterfeiting and just the overall impression was terrific.
This is one of the few movies that ever really creeped me out. Most of them are just either gross, or unrealistic. This one looked pretty realistic, and the situation payed out more or less how I think real people would have acted.
The only other one that really made me lose sleep was _The Omega Man,_ which isn't all that scary as an adult but I first saw it when I was about 11. The people with the disease with the glowing white eyes who couldn't stand being in the light scared the living shít out of me.
Oh I’ll have to check it out. Thank you!
@@DawnMarieX It's the same plot as "I am Legend" and "Planet of the Vampires." None of which really get the point of the original novelette. _The Omega Man_ is a blast from the 70's.
@@tarmaque Also, The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price. I think that's the only version to keep the ending from the novel. I Am Legend with Will Smith, filmed something close to the original ending, but chickened out and shot a new ending instead.
@@DawnMarieX Yes The Omega Man with Charlton Heston (Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green).👍👍
@@johnsensebe3153 My mistake. I was thinking of _The Last Man on Earth_ instead of _Planet of the Vampires._ The Vincent Price one. Maybe it was renamed that for some markets? I dunno. I know it doesn't have the same ending as the book. LIke _The Omega Man_ it is a very loose adaptation.
I'm glad you enjoyed that. It's one of my all time favourites. I've seen it numerous times, and I still enjoy it just as much every time. And I actually like the ambiguous ending. It leaves it up to the viewer to decide what happened.
The unclear ending certainly infuriates people, but over time it is what makes people love it. You can't get it out of your head. It wasn't a 'cheap' ending, it was Brilliant.😀👍
Now watch Carpenter's first film 'Dark Star' . A brilliant, very droll, sci-fi comedy with a philosophical edge.
Seconding that recommendation: written by and co-starring Dan O'Bannon, who went on to create Alien. There's an alien in Dark Star, too, and it's hilarious.
1. The Norwegian killed himself so The Thing couldn't get to him.
2. Yes, that was a doobie they were passing back and forth.
3. You have to realize that this movie came out long before CGI so there was some very creative special effects goin down here.
4. Mac's not a murderer. Clark was attacking him with the scalpel. It was self defense.
5. Of everything that went down the part that got me the most was when Blair was dragging Gary by the face.
6. Something to think about, Childs was missing for a minute. It the final scene with Mac it's extremely cold but we can't see Childs' breath.
If Childs is the thing he will survive but Mac won't.
7. Another Russell/Carpenter product you need to first time/share with us is "Escape from New York".
8. My guesses for the next two are: "The Shining" and "Misery". BOTH are Stephen King novel adaptations.
Now that you're out of the comedy genre, may I suggest the GOAT of Stephen King's "The Green Mile"? Tom Hanks and you WILL CRY.
I like that you, like me, point out that Mac acted in self defense when he shot Clark, I mean... Clark tried to stab him in the back with a razor sharp blade. BUT I have to call bs on this nonsense that Childs has no breath steam, he does and always has. That all being besides the fact that what is either of them going to do to the other if either is the thing at the end, nothing like Mac says, they're not in any condition to do anything about it. They'll freeze to death if they're not a thing, they'll live till rescued if one or both is a thing, I don't get why people assume a thing would bother to trick Macready or vice versa at that point, just attack.
Was a buck knife
I'm sure someone has already said this below, but the film is about paranoia and so the ending leaves things up in the air. Either survivor could be The Thing, or both, or neither. And there could be another Thing somewhere near the base, who has chosen to freeze itself again to survive.
Exactly. It's always wiser to leave it to the audience to decide what they make of the ending. Given what happens in the movie, it just wouldn't be appropriate to wrap everything up at the end. Myself.....I'm left working out the percentage likelihood of every possible meaning for this ending.
There isn't any sequel yet, but there is a prequel which came out in 2011. It's also called The Thing. Some people mistakenly think it's a remake, but it's definitely not. It's set at the Norwegian base and shows how they found the alien.
As a die hard The Thing fan I refuse to acknowledge the prequel lol
The ending was meant to reflect the rest of the movies greatest accomplishment, hiding the thing. It's supposed to make you think who's infected, when were they exposed and who survived. Due to the brilliance of this film, it still has fans to this day discussing all kinds of theories. The Thing (1982) is my favorite horror film, although there are many other horror titles that are equally legendary.
Dawn Anderson has the most calmest demeanor I've ever seen for someone whose never watched this film before, it's like she's commenting on the evolution of a folk dance or something; I've seen grown men jump out of their seats watching this movie, see "the boys" manly monday movie reaction. It's hilarious. One's a lawyer, the other a bar owner & his friend.
One theory (not seen mentioned yet) is that Childs is The Thing & that you can tell because his breath isn't visible like MacReady's is*, so they're just going to stare each other down & freeze to death (which the creature can survive).
Childs' breath is actually slightly visible, but nowhere near as obvious as MacReady's.
Ooooooooh!
Yeah, there is actually a comic book sequel that picks up after the end of the movie that has MacReady and Childs getting rescued and explores that further.
that never made any sense, why would the thing try to pretend it is either of them, Childs can fry Macready with the flame thrower or just take over Mac if he's a thing, no point in subterfuge. Nether of them can survive a night in the cold and the thing has no reason to pretend it's either of them.
@@myopicautisticmetal9035 Even if one of them was a Thing, there'd be no point in acting early since being frozen wouldn't really threaten it. At best, it could infect the other after he's rendered helpless from the cold and then try taking further action to draw attention from the outside world; at worst, it could just wait as a "corpse" until someone digs it up again.
I mean, I do lean in favor of both of them being human (because that's the happiest ending ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ), but I could accept either or both being Things without issue.
check out the video game which was thumbed up by carpenter, it sort of explains
Hands down the only reactor to this film watching the dog being shot at in the opening sequence 'what would that be for? It's fur!' Top comment, i think maybe even John Carpenter would smile at that
I just couldn’t see the dog as being anything but a big ball of fluffy cuteness 🥰
@@DawnMarieX That is why you fail the Thing Challenge, Never trust the dog.
The b/w video they watch (men stood around the UFO) is from the original 1950s movie.
Ah I didn’t realise this wasn’t the original!
@@DawnMarieX Original was "the thing from another world." 👍
I never knew that, that's amazing and awesome.
@@DawnMarieX - The original left out the shape-shifting ftom the story it's based on. The Thing is very much a humanoid (although the concept of it spreading at the expense of humanity is still part of the story.) There's still conflict between the humans about how to deal with the creature, but it's a well-written, fast-paced movie about working as a team in a crisis.
The special effects guy on this one was legendary.
That makeup is awesome.
So, the first infected victim was Palmer. Blair got infected when he touched the thing corpse with the end of his pencil, then touched it to his lips. Gary's keys were dropped by Windows in the store room when Bennings turned, and recovered by Palmer most likely. Neither Childs or MacReady are infected at the end of the film.
I've seen this movie about 100 times over the years, I've practically got it memorized. All. Time. Classic.
There was a newer film made that's actually like a prequel. It shows how things went down at the Norwegian camp. Not as good of a film as this, but still pretty enjoyable. The 70's and 80's were rather big on films that didn't provide a comforting sense of closure. I've always enjoyed when they leave it open ended, so the viewer can imagine what would have happened.
Being a old-timer, I would heartily recommend "The Thing from Another World" (1951), an older, somewhat different take on the same story, and a film which Carpenter himself enjoyed.
I second this.
My favorite version is the old one.
Where would the world be without Kenneth Tobey? He helped fight The Thing From Another World, The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, and the giant octopus of It Came From Beneath The Sea!
@@tanisdevelopment Kenneth Tobey was also in Billy Jack and Airplane!
Tobey: "He's a menace to everything in the air... yes, birds too."
@@buffstraw2969 - And Joe Dante always had a role for him (along with William Schallert, Dick Miller, Henry Gibson, and others).
The ending is perfect. Even though everything is destroyed and only two survive, that paranoia is still there.
there is a 1951 The Thing, a 2011 prequel to The Thing 1982, the 1982 film also has some comic book sequels and a video game that is being remastered for this year.
"he's not a thing because he attacked another thing"
Well, they are perfect imitations, so they would imitate death, or behaviours that would get other thing instances killed or called out. The guy who calls out the spider-head thing was a thing himself, it turned out (in theory the first to be infected, and probably infected Blair later on). This is what makes the paranoia so high.
There were graphic novel followups. Most are silly, but canon has Childs as a thing who shows his true form when an American sub comes to rescue him and Macready, and the infection spreads to an isolated military base in Patagonia, South America. Macready himself eventually is infected. The things are killed, but one infects a small fish that gets away into the sea...
Also there is a separate video game with a separate story line, I don't think it's canon.
It just makes no sense for the simple fact that no human being could survive an hour at night in the winter in Antarctica let alone an entire night, or much less till rescue shows up since No one called anyone for help in the first place.
I think that “Once Upon A Time” forever made green women with accents from the UK ridiculously beautiful and intimidating instead of scary.
Well done!
Glad you liked this movie. It’s one of my favorites. 🖖🏻
The ending was deliberately made to be ambiguous and controversial. In a radio talk show Q&A someone asked John Carpenter if Childs' was an alien at the end of the movie, and he said "I know Mac is an alien. I don't know about Childs..." When caller after caller kept asking him to explain, he said "I was joking! I don't know who's an alien NOBODY does. That's the point." It's like the shadow on the wall when the dog goes onto that room. Everybody tries to guess who's shadow it is, but they shot the scene with someone who wasn't one of the cast members so that no matter who anyone guessed it was, their guess would be wrong.
John Carpenter endorsed the PS2 video game sequel to "The Thing" as canon, and in that game, you discover Childs' body and determine that he was still human and died of hypothermia, and at the end of the game, Mac helps you defeat a massive Thing creature in the game's final boss battle and saves your life indicating that he's still human. Most people believe that Carpenter was only concerned with developing new movie projects by that time and just endorsed the game so he could move on, so it's generally not accepted as canon.
There was also a comic book sequel by Dark Horse Comics with a completely different story in which both Mac and Childs alive and still human. It ends with Childs sacrificing himself in an explosion and Mac alone on the ice field with no hope of being rescued as he waits to freeze to death. The comic had aspects that were inconsistent with the movie and the art and writing weren't very good, so it's not considered canon.
The Bernie Wrightson issue had good art.
Bombed at the box office. Came out same week as E.T. Rediscovered in the 90's on DVD. Now a cult classic.
No sequel movie I'm afraid, but the game released on Xbox/PS2/PC takes place after the movie, where you are exploring the destroyed base, finding out what happened, who lived/died etc.
Oooh that sounds interesting!
The drink he shares was one of the gasoline-filled Molotov cocktails. He fake-drank it and handed it to him who DID drink it with no problem, just like at the beginning with the chess game, the booze was the winning move.
Absolute Genius! Heard about it st School! Found a copy in a DVD copy in a Charity 30 years later, and watched it one night! Couldn't believe my eyes, best horror I'd ever seen! Talk about the unexpected n not knowing what comes next!!😮👍
The end of the movie was left like that so you didn't know if MacReady or Childs were human or alien. The fear and paranoia built up all through the film, so the audience didn't know who was human by the end. They made a prequel in 2011 to show what happened in the Norwegian base ending with the dog running across the ice, but even in the CGI era it was nowhere near a good as the 1982 version. Rob Bottin is a legend for creating the gory effects that still occasionally give me a jump scare to this day.
This movie has an actual prequel also called The Thing (2011)... It shows the events of what happened at the other camp (Norwegian?), with the movie ending where this one starts...
No way!? 😁
@@DawnMarieX The prequel isn't really good though. Not horrible but not great.
@@Artificial-Insanity I thought it was pretty good but not as good as the 1951 original.
@@Artificial-Insanity What the studio made them do is a travesty.
It was shot with practical effects just like the original.
They studio said it made the film look dated and made them cover up the practical effects with dodgy CGI.
We can only hope one day the original cut before the re shoots is released.
You look really good being green. Wow! Great reaction and I love hearing Scottish people talk, it's a great accent.
Your skill at the Halloween makeup is incredible.
Was so happy how much you said you liked it!😊
An appropriately seasonal treasure that isn't that old and you should check out is 'Tucker & Dale Vs Evil' which is a hilarious slasher about the perils of miscommunication😏
( I'm sure it's been suggested)
WHOA... The intro..
Excellent witchyness!😅🤘👍
I salute you with my rubber chicken from within my suit of armor!
Love that one!
Easily, one of the best horror-comedies out there. I think it's definitely in the same class as Shaun Of The Dead. 👍
It has been suggested! Haha love the python reference 😁
@@faafio LOL, 🤔🤔 Tough call😋😍
To me, The biggest miracle of both of these BY FAR...
Is the relativity low budgets.
(US$) 6.1M for SotD and only 5M for Tucker & Dale & they both look amazing for the money.🤌🤘👍😎🧡
(Edit: Cheers Dawn! I obviously have no idea what you mean. It's just what I happen to be wearing😇😏😋🙃)
There is a prequel from about 10 years ago that takes place in the Norwegian base. It's also called "The Thing."
Last time I saw someone as green as that was when I looked in the mirror after a night on some Somerset farmhouse cider, never again!
Like this 🤢
anyone ever tell you, you have a very soothing voice. Like even the best scary parts of this movie your voice makes it better, very low key down to earth
4:24 It was, from a race quite similar to `Alien´s´ `space jockeys´.
Childs is the Thing.
Macready had a petrol bomb left and pretended to drink from it then offered it to Childs who took a drink, that's why you see the smile on Mac's face at the end as he knows for sure.
The other guy was alien bc he accepted the drink so he was not afraid of being infected. MacGrady was human bc he was the main character, we saw him.
There was a prequel in the 2000's. Not bad.
This movie ranked at #48 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo
Love your costume! you went all out for this video
3 more great FX heavy 80s horror movies..all came out in 1985: "Lifeforce", "Return of the Living Dead", & "Day of the Dead". The first 2 were written by Dan O'Bannon, co-Writer of ALIEN
there are two , but the second one was done in 2011 and shows what happened at the norwegian camp ! they are both left open ended !
Blaire was insane in the best of ways, he knew the genius of "the thing" and made sure there no possible way for it to try and escape. That is..... until he was turned! Which is also another stroke of genius given to us by carpenter that still has us fans of this series stumped. When do you think he was turned?
Best movie, i'm really glad you did this one.
Thank you so much for watching! 🥰
This film is a horror/Sci fi legend!! Masterpiece.
For a movie to produce so much suspense, fear, doubt, disbelief, disgust.... That's great art....
Those practical effects are far superior in being terrifying than any computer graphic. This stuff is tangible man, you can touch it.... The sound effects are legitimately gruesome and so clear... This was 1982...crazy good.
"The Thing" is truly one of a kind. Ide say one of the best, if not the best horror movie ever made.
Best costume makeup I've seen you in yet, good job! :)
Excellent reaction as usual! Thoroughly enjoyed it! Love your comments!
There was a Prequel of the Norwegian camp in 2011. Good story that ends with the helicopter-dog chase that begins Carpenter's Thing. The rap on this movie also called The Thing is the CGI vs Rob Bottin's practical effects from Carpenter's film. Bottin was all of 21-years-old when he created them. Amazing. Check that out this this month, as well. Anyway, Great reaction. 🙂 Great practical effects with your witch's costume.😀
The ending is an absolute masterpiece especially if you remember mccready filled those bottles with gasoline to make MolotovsSo even though they don't tell you who the monster is You know when they drink from the bottle
If you want to see something somewhat gory and disturbing with its effects, “The Fly” (1986) is a good way to go. It’s probably my favorite sci-fi/horror film of all time. Much like “the thing”, It’s not really too scary, but it does stick with you with its makeup effects. It’s fantastic.
One of the best cosmic horror movies ever! My favorite little behind-the-scenes fact with it: the actor playing the doctor was a double amputee, so the practical effects with him were giving him prosthetic hands/forearms during the earlier parts of the movie instead of faking having no arms after they get chomped off :D
Since you had fun with this, I'd suggest watching The Color Out of Space. It's a newer movie compared to most of what you watch (made in 2019), but it's got some similarities with The Thing while also being a pretty good adaptation of the Lovecraft short story "The Colour Out of Space" to a modern day setting.
For the other two, I'm guessing Friday the 13th and Halloween (1978) :)
Hell yeah.... been waiting for this one from you.
Thank you for watching! 😁
I hope you react to Withnail and I someday
i love a woman who gets excited at the mention of a flamethrower! Great witch makeup too :)
Dawn , I learned the hard way. Put loads of moisturizer on before the makeup. That way it wont soak into your skin so much. The original "The Thing" Creeped me Out when I was a kid. This one reminded me of that feeling. AAAAGGGHHHHH !!!!!!
Oh that you! That will come in handy for next time 😁 there was a lot of scrubbing to get the green out. And I’m still blowing green out my nose even now 😂
@@DawnMarieX It may be Too Late for you. The green out the nose thing means Martians have moved into your head. A shame. You seemed to have a Bright Human future. Oh the pity .....
@@DawnMarieX What color is it usually? Never mind. 😜
You’re absolutely adorable. Loved watching your reaction to this masterpiece of 80’s sci/fi, horror. Cheers.
The Exorcist and Halloween are the next/final two. Just have a feeling... The costumes are a complete mystery though.. The Thing is a classic on every level.
Rob Bottin, who made the awesome creature effects, actually worked so hard he exhausted himself to the point he had to be hospitalized though he was only in his twenties…
8:15 They probably are thinking they should get away, but it's the winter season in Antarctica. There's no way out. There was a doctor there a number of years ago who got appendicitis in the winter, and had to remove their appendix themselves because they couldn't be extracted.
The ending is deliberately ambiguous in order to induce in the audience the same paranoia the characters were feeling. Carpenter's a genius.
There is another “Thing” from 2011. You sound see it. Also there is a video game that takes place right after the end of The Thing from 1982
Well done on the editing. That was a good balance of reaction commentary and footage. I think I might watch some more of your reactions. ;o)
I wonder how the Python Boys would deal with The Thing...
I can imagine Michael's eyes darting around suspiciously whenever anyone talks about it copying people, but then turning out to be perfectly innocent. I think I had a nightmare was a Child, Conrad Poo's dancing teeth turned into The Thing.
Aww this made me emotional! I miss the boys when I’m not watching them 😂
@@DawnMarieX- Now I'm picturing a Norwegian helicopter chasing down a fleeing blancmange, and the crew of a research station being transformed into Scotsmen!
well, obviously the Holy Hand Grenade would have already been tried.
@@myopicautisticmetal9035 - That's what blows up the helicopter. He accidentally counted to 5.
One of my favorite John Carpenter movies! I saw this film on the Encore Action Channel July 4th 2002, and it's scared the hell out of me, but I enjoyed it very much. The blood test scene was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments, ad it's pretty impressive and terrifying as we don't know who's human or who's The Thing.
Yes! I really enjoyed the paranoia 😁
Ahh sweet, great to see you react to this.
One of my favorite horror flicks.
Your green makeup looks so good, Elphaba wishes she could 😍
The sound made by Bennings thing…
The screams of a thousand worlds
I am very impressed by your ability to sit there with a smile on your face watching 70% of this movie. So, as far as the ending, John Carpenter gave all of us the choice to decide what happened. I think Childs was the thing, but it's definitely an interesting ending.
I don't know what your other choices are, but I think you definitely need some more John Carpenter (Halloween) the original Alien and some great werewolf movies (The Howling and American Werewolf in London) for spooky season.