The fact that Palmer was the one to rat out the spider thing is a touch of genius. It dissuades the viewers from thinking of him as a replica, and also shows that the thing goes to any extent to survive, even at the cost of its mates.

@todcornellier1689

Жыл бұрын

That is no shit..Every Thing fan sees that..The Thing only cares about its oneself..

@jculver1674

Жыл бұрын

Windows noticed it at the same time Palmer-Thing did, so it wasn't going to get away anyway, so Palmer-Thing must have figured, "I might as well say something to keep the suspicion off myself."

@jgrillo638

Жыл бұрын

There is also a theory that the imitation doesn't even know its "The Thing" until its threatened, or alone with another organism to imitate. Making it even more terrifying. An exact replica down to your concise, memories and all.

@jamespython5147

Жыл бұрын

J Grillo I agree. I think that the Thing becomes dormant, and let's the original being, be exactly who it is. It chooses to take over or if it is forced to when threatened.

@jamespython5147

Жыл бұрын

Palmer is still Palmer and doesn't know that the Thing is inside him.

I honestly love how there's no build up for the jumpscares in this film. No music, no subtle noise, it just hits you and frightens the life out of you. And the practical effects are amazing, this scene made me squirmish.

@l.alexsharp8666

2 жыл бұрын

I was queezy asf, about to throw up

@thebangles

Жыл бұрын

When Doc brought out the heart zappers, I knew something was going to happen. The difference is that I had no idea what was going to happen. I just knew it would be unpleasant and horrifying.

@em34327

Жыл бұрын

Old horror movies didn’t have jumpscares

@blueskadoo1402

Жыл бұрын

@@em34327 Thank you. I was talking with a co worker the other day about how she recently went on a Horror Movie binge out of no where, so I recommended JC The Thing. She said it was the scariest one she has watched yet, and when I asked her what she watched to start it she named a bunch of movies in the 2005-2010 era. Most of those era of movies rely on the frequency of sound to make their cheap jump scares literally make you flinch because of sound. She said she is going to watch The Blob next now lol.

@ringkunmori

Жыл бұрын

There is build up in the form of the paranoia being built up and McCready holding the dynamite. If anything goes wrong a little bit will go wrong bad. So the actual jump scares catch you by surprise. But this build up isn't built by audio or visual but through narrative tension.

Pay attention to Palmer and Norris in this scene, they're both Things. They're both coaxing the team to mistrust and polarize, impose action that would simultaneously remove a number of its enemies who oppose it, as well as create a sense of trust with those who would join it's side. Palmer-Thing gives away Norris-Thing’s severed head because it knows that it's lost it's ability to effectively blend in, and instead uses it as an opportunity to garner trust.

@robertwilson214

2 жыл бұрын

Just like our leaders.

@TheWuCepticon1981

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, you nailed it. And from a filmmaking standpoint, Palmer also gained the audience's trust. Because he reacted so naturally believable to seeing the spider-head. He basically spoke for the audience in that moment when he said the famous line, which made us connect to him even more. That's what made his reveal during the blood test scene all the more shocking and brilliant.

@jamespython5147

Жыл бұрын

I don't believe that's the case with Palmer at all. Palmer is still Palmer but with the Thing inside it. Same with Norris. It takes control of the body when it chooses to or when it is hurt or threatened.

@coconut2204

Жыл бұрын

​@@jamespython5147 thats not true it doesn't take control over the body it replaces it with an exact copy which is even shown when blair checks the computer simulation its shows it absorbs its victims and take there form and yes it does know its the thing it sabotaged the blood bank and tried to turn every human against each other you could even see palmer thing being nervous when they where gonna take his blood test.

@tomsaros7793

Жыл бұрын

@@jamespython5147 The problem with this theory is that the Thing sabotaged the blood as it hid the torn clothes after assimilation. Or like Blair, he fooled the others and built a boat in secret all along. So the copy knows he's the Thing. He's good at using the memories and gestures of his victims. He's a great actor. If your theory were correct, for example, when one thing sabotages the blood, what happens? Does his "victim" lose consciousness? But then that would also be weird and from then on he would know himself to be no longer human.

Can you believe this movie is turning 40 years old this year in (2022). Still remains, John Carpenter’s. Best “Horror Remake” of all time.

@jamesmorant1406

2 жыл бұрын

John Carpenter's masterpiece

@megalon73

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmorant1406 Yes it is. This film I know is a Re-Make, But I prefer this version of The Thing. since it transformation is so scary to watch.

@johnnyrocket1685

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not a remake. Just because “The Thing From Another World” came out in 1951 does not make it a remake. They are 2 different movies made at different times based on the same book, “Who Goes There?” From 1938. John carpenter did not remake The Thing from 1951, he made his own rendition of the book it was based on.

@Dolby288

2 жыл бұрын

It's gonna be in the theater in July for its 40th through fathom events

@Driak22

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnyrocket1685 Then why does he literally say it in a interview

In retrospect, we now know that Palmer and Norris have already been assimilated by the Thing and, of course, they know each other are Things. But when they're, incorrectly, informed by Nauls that MacReady has been assimilated, notice the puzzled looks they give each other at 3:15. The look that Palmer and Norris are giving each other is as if they are saying "I didn't know MacReady was already a Thing. "Did you turn him into a Thing? Because I certainly didn't."

@nicklander3301

2 жыл бұрын

They never understood that Blair was out there or probably didn't think he was assimilated

@wcw2793

2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered if Norris knew he had been assimilated or maybe if he did but didn’t know that his former self had a heart condition.

@nicklander3301

2 жыл бұрын

@@wcw2793 My guess is from the moment the Thing assimilates someone it gets stuff like any illness or conditions of the host. Palmer may have had a heart problem and needed to take pills but the Thing wouldn't know that

@FilthTribeFTP

2 жыл бұрын

@@wcw2793 when you're assimilated, the human being is killed/dead, so it is no longer "you", therefore, each assimilation knows exactly what it is. It's just a perfect copy of "you". However, for the ones still actually human, for example Windows, may not know how the thing works and therefore isn't sure if they themselves would know if they were a thing or not, i.e. during the blood test right before Windows is tested, you'll notice the look on his face....

@FilthTribeFTP

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicklander3301 it was Norris, and yes, he definitely did have a heart condition (it was mentioned in a narration that was included in the TV edit), but to what extent or if he was on meds, is not known. However, if he had a pacemaker or something, the Thing would not be able to copy that, and would inadvertently screw itself. Either way, it most certainly inadvertently copied over whatever defect Norris had heart wise.

Only one of the best films ever made!

@emilywhitfield2780

2 жыл бұрын

True!!!

@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401

2 жыл бұрын

I hope The Thing goes to air on TCM this year

@Hinaatje

2 жыл бұрын

My nr4 movie in the world. U fucking love that shit !

@luciferdarkster6796

2 жыл бұрын

Better than avengers ?

@TheFesta01

2 жыл бұрын

@@luciferdarkster6796 Yes.... better than Avengers.🙄

7:15 - All these years on and that howling still sends shivers up my spine. Christ, imagine coming face to face with that? Carpenter is a genius.

@thebangles

10 ай бұрын

John Sayles said he got to sit in the front row of the theatre for this

"You gotta be Fucking Kidding" is one of the greatest lines ever uttered in horror movie history. Truly just conveys the frustration and hopelessness of the situation and 💯 something that EVERYONE would say in that same scenario. ♥️😄

@johnnyrocket1685

2 жыл бұрын

Those words are uttered by the Thing. Palmer has been infected for several hours at a minimum already when that line is uttered. The Thing strategically sacrificed one of its hosts so that it could keep living in disguise as Palmer.

@svendays

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ben-pd2bx Which is what makes it so great.

@wobbegong4366

Жыл бұрын

What makes that line so great is that Palmer is the one who says it. On one hand he outs the Norris-thing to seem more human and gain trust. Yet on the other hand he’s frustrated beyond belief that the other thing was dumb enough to blow its cover. Brilliant writing.

@todcornellier1689

Жыл бұрын

I know you gentlemen have been through a lot but when u find the time.. I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter tied to this F-ing couch..Best line of the movie

The fucking sound design is AMAZING. The screams/noises the head makes when it becomes the spider is MASTERFUL

@jgrillo638

Жыл бұрын

Its the screams of every organism its ever imitated. Terrifying

"I'm a real light sleeper, Childs" The simplest lines in this movie are so badass.

@gunnyakdo1653

Жыл бұрын

You are gonna have to sleep sometime

@gunnyakdo1653

Жыл бұрын

In the german dub hes saying, your care touches my heart

@jgrillo638

Жыл бұрын

Only Kurt Russell could play the role of MacReady

@flamerodbarrel1311

5 ай бұрын

I still wonder what kind of parent names their kids "Childs" or "Windows."

@ToxicBalloon360

2 ай бұрын

@@flamerodbarrel1311 Those are surnames.

7:15 notice how the thing that burst out of Norris' stomach seems to have organs, like a heart and intestines, as well as underdeveloped limbs (arms, legs, fingers, toes) and a deformed neck covered in hair. Pretty horrifying

@Slammin_Saturn

Жыл бұрын

that or its Norris's organs-

@osmanyousif7849

Жыл бұрын

Not as horrifying as Norris’s chest opening. Geez, I need to get that image out of my head….

@mattgerrish908

8 ай бұрын

That's not a neck that's a giant worm body. Another name for the second form of the Norris-Thing is the Worm-Spider-Thing. If you look you'll see it's not a head on the end it's just the worm body curved and that face is on the bottom half. Also the spider legs are fully formed and they're hanging onto the vent above

@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm3153

6 ай бұрын

The neck full of hair is kinda cute tho.

@choppalungon

2 ай бұрын

@@mattgerrish908 Look closely. You will see a few other limbs.

Best practical effects ever in a film! Wish movies used more of them in todays films.

@Iamthemanliestman1255

2 жыл бұрын

Best transformation was definitely palmer

@doctorsocrates4413

2 жыл бұрын

I think the kennel scene by Stan Winston were the best effects.

@lonewolf333

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Tim Curry's Darkness costume in Legend. Those were also amazing practical effects.

@alecjohnson5269

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant classic. Masterpiece

@rubens.4116

Жыл бұрын

Hey, if you'd see jurassic park now in days, the textures and just cgi over all still holds strong today as a fine wine untouched grows in value and taste. Just as it's been said, chi is a tool. You have to know how to use it.

Rob Bottin was only 22 years old when he conceived the practical effects for this film, that's even more cool and impressive!

I love how the creature is such a good mimic, after assimilating Norris, also inherited his heart condition, and also I love how Palmer (a Thing) truly acts like he is a human seeing the alien, he really sells it, honestly if I was face to face with the creature and I was like the last human in it's path, I would ask it what it truly wanted and where it came from, would be cool to find that info out from it!!...

@lolzy684

2 жыл бұрын

I think it has no goal beyond it's instinct to feed on other organisms and reproduce by imitating them.

@lolzy684

2 жыл бұрын

I would say it has no real personality either

@SStupendous

2 жыл бұрын

@@lolzy684 Who said it has a personality or contradicted what you said...

@ajaysidhu471

2 жыл бұрын

The thing wouldn't bother to explain, it's only goal is survival

@bengordon6803

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I never though of it that way.

6:57 I really love how UNEXPECTED it is

@Speakerlil75

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, just imagine trying to save the life of one of your own peers and then just Boom, arms bit off.

Ugh, those sound effects! Those stretches, snaps, and gurgles - just disgusting! Love it!

The Thing is a perfect copy of Norris including his heart problems. Some people like to say the heart attack was a planned ambush but I like to think it’s involuntary and is literally in cardiac arrest. It’s not until the defib hits it and it registers the electric shock as an attack that it reacts and reveals itself.

@jonathanbirch2022

Жыл бұрын

Norris Thing didn’t replicate any heart. Norris Thing doesn’t have a heart. The inside of its chest cavity is just lined with teeth and tentacles. It just pretended to have a heart attack to create a diversion and kill the doctor .

@DiamondDead

10 ай бұрын

Yes absolutely right. Carpenter did a great job in establishing the The Thing is no offensive killing machine but rather only spreads and infiltrates from the shadows. The Thing itself never reveals itself and attacks/kills unless it itself is attacked or cornered. Like in this case it registered the defibrilator attempts as attacks.

@donlarocque5157

8 ай бұрын

And the guy that played Norris actually died of a heart attack while driving in L.A.

@tiagocampos9824

7 ай бұрын

I agree. It mimics cells, it doesn't fix them. So it would mimic defected heart cells hence inheriting his heart problems and live with its limitations.

@Vor567tez

7 ай бұрын

I think The Thing doesn't copy it's host. Rather it lives in the host either as parasite or symbiotically. Somewhere in the corner of the body. It's only when he feels he is being threatened he reveals himself. Otherwise how it is able to mimic everything - dogs , humans without any single change. That even in few minutes or hour. Without any prior observation of the animal. Most interestingly how it is able to understand the language and speak? Something that u need to learn to understand. I feel the host also doesn't realise he is the thing until it's too late. 🤔

9:00 Plamer(Thing): you gotta be f*cking kidding Norris Thing: why? I thought we were friends?

@burtgummerthewolf371

2 жыл бұрын

Palmer: I'm your friend Norris 😢

7:10 the speed of those tentacles flying about! How did they ever do that! Bloody amazing!

@commanderbacara225

5 ай бұрын

They blew air and made the tentacles really hollow and light.

One of John Carpenters best, such a classic.

@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401

2 жыл бұрын

Actually cult classic movies

@SStupendous

2 жыл бұрын

@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 Thanks pedant

@radentstwo9793

Жыл бұрын

His best

@megalon73

Жыл бұрын

I've watch this movie way more, Halloween (1978), Witch is my sister's favorite. But This one (The Thing) is Just Insane to watch.

@WilliamTheUnkownShoutout

6 ай бұрын

​@@megalon73 hello anyway The Thing (1982) will always be my number 1 favorite sci-fi horror movie and the only horror movie I gave a 10/10 as well:).

i love that entire jumpscare sequence just as much as everyone else, but the part where they break open the door and find mccready in the supply room is such a flawless scene. maccready is intensely paranoid and had been outside in blatantly fatal weather, you can see the pure look of devastation, anger and paranoia radiate from his face as he says, “anyone messes with me and the whole camp goes.” you can tell he is hurt, he is tired, and that he is DONE. the reason why the thing is SUCH a great movie is the fact that it executes the essence of horror perfectly. humanity’s biggest fear has always been the unknown, have it be death or the uncertainty of the future. the thing RELIES on that fear. the entire time you’re stuck in this constant unknown of “oh shit who’s the thing?? will they live?? who’s gonna turn next?? are THEY a thing??” and even after you finish the movie and come back to it, you watch incredible actors portray that fear and paranoia perfectly. peak writing, peak acting, perfect film. SUCH a good movie.

@DarkEndRear

2 жыл бұрын

MacReady had a back story agreed upon by Kurt Russell and John Carpenter; MacReady was a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, and developed PTSD as a result of his service.

“You gotta be fucking kidding” One of the greatest horror movie quotes of all time

Funny how 1982 special effects in horror are way more scarier and better than 2022

@l.alexsharp8666

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed...This scene absolutely grossed me out. So raw, gritty and realistic.

@bhamacuk

Жыл бұрын

Oh for sure! The remake ( prequel) for example is in fact worse for it's effects. The creature designs are nowhere near as nasty or convincing despite modern technology and effects.

@JaggedBird

Жыл бұрын

Because this movie and Two Towers of TLOTR proved CGI isn't always a necessity. The latter only used it as polish and this film used none at all! To me, both films are still fucking amazing visually 40-30 years later

@berzerk1450

Жыл бұрын

CGI must always keep in the background and *support* real sets and props - the less we notice CGI the better.

@jonathanbirch2022

Жыл бұрын

“More scarier”? God your grammar sucks

The thing is such a fascinating movie monster, both in it's design and behavior. Those who've watched it before know by this point that Palmer is already one of them, yet it so convincingly makes the point of killing MacReady in an effort to keep its cover intact. Even if he was another 'Thing' and they did torch him, it would have been a win in the monsters book. Such a good movie.

Windows: Child's what if we're wrong about him? Childs: then we're wrong!!! This line is honestly really horrible and shows the gravity of the situation. I wouldn't call these guys the best of friends, but they knew each other and worked together. Yet Childs was still willing to kill/let him die because he MIGHT be a thing. It really shows how paranoia can make us react.

@JaggedBird

Жыл бұрын

Mac was thinking of the preservation of all of them despite his paranoia in this scene, but Childs throughout has been thinking about his own survival MacCready's selfishness in this scene is at least justified due to the longjohns and fact Childs wanted him to freeze to death because he might be infected..

@osmanyousif7849

Жыл бұрын

Not as paranoid as Mac was….

@ajaysidhu471

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a quote "Better that 10 innocents die than 1 spy get away"

The suspense and mystery was the epic combination to create an horror film.

The jumpscare is undoubtly one of the greatest in the history of cinema and the visual effects are just wonderful. But can we talk about the rest? About the group ganging up on MacReady? The venom they spit at each other, the pure paranoia driving them to almost kill each other. The psychological aspect in this film is as great as the body horror.

@satireisnotdead5804

Жыл бұрын

They're jumpscares that actually have a purpose as well, because they advance the plot, instead of just being a stupid trope.

40 years later these effects still look great! That's incredible!

“Because when I left yesterday I turned the lights off…” Cut to the most dread-inducing shot of the film: a building with a lighted window. Absolutely masterful.

A true classic and one of my top 5 horror films all time

@jamesmorant1406

2 жыл бұрын

John Carpenter's masterpiece

The Thing and The Shining are in my opinion the best horror movies ever made.

@guccimane8398

2 жыл бұрын

2001: A Space Odyssey isn't exactly a horror movie, more like Sci-horror but I'd consider that one of the greatest films of all time

@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401

2 жыл бұрын

@@guccimane8398 2001: A Space Odyssey it's a sc-fi movie not horror

@jonnybirchyboy1560

2 жыл бұрын

Alien is better than both lol

@SStupendous

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonnybirchyboy1560 No it's not

@stephanieturmel2319

2 жыл бұрын

And the exorcist

"cuz when I left yesterday I turned the lights off" I really love the way the dialogue and cinematography line up in this bit, as the camera pans after he stops talking. Its just really _nice_ to watch

Man i love this movie.

@ortosvioladosambientevomitable

2 жыл бұрын

Tod@ l@s monstru@s tenían eso adentro

One of the great things about this movie is how the characters were actually intelligent as opposed to most horror movies. Now granted they were all or at least mostly highly educated people. But even so many of the same character types in modern horror are incredibly stupid.

@jacobsaccount9353

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and plus in today's horror movies the monsters just mindlessly chase after everyone and don't seem very cunning compared to the thing

@gumtree541

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say all of them though, windows gave into paranoia and fear very quickly.

@whatever7240

2 жыл бұрын

@@gumtree541 There's always that one character. I hate to say it but in a real-life situation I'd probably be the panicker of the group given my history of caving under pressure.

@jonathanbirch2022

Жыл бұрын

So intelligent that they kept splitting up?

@shamsielshahar120

9 ай бұрын

​@@jonathanbirch2022when lack of sleep plus the paranoia kicks in, your logical thinking will plummet.

Imagine being The Thing and assimilating Norris not knowing he had a bad heart and then all of sudden it's mimicked heart starts failing, the thing was as shocked as they were

The special effects in this movie beat any CGI ever made.

@mr.tidepod9040

2 ай бұрын

You're not wrong! CGI is truly overused these days.

I still love how Palmer is 100% a Thing at this point and he still sells out one of his brethren instantly - “You gotta be fuckin’ kidding”. Makes you wonder if Things don’t give a fuck about other Things despite spawning from those Things… if that makes sense.

@SStupendous

2 жыл бұрын

He didn't "spawn" from those things, doesn't make sense. A thing would have infected him, and externally we'd have noticed no difference, because each of his cells are being replaced by Thing cells imitating his actual cells, so he could be completely assimilated while we watch, not being able to see it.

@johnnyrocket1685

2 жыл бұрын

The Thing does not reproduce offspring, they are extensions of itself. Therefore, it does not give a shit because it’s not killing its child or a friend or something. It’s the same as a Lizard cutting it’s own tail off because it knows it will just grow back eventually. The Thing is willing to sacrifice one single Host because it knows it has the potential of infecting hundreds, if not thousands of other hosts, if it can get out of Antarctica.

@zejaguar

2 жыл бұрын

@@SStupendous Hmmm.

@TheCenobyte85

Жыл бұрын

I think it works like a hive mind. No matter how pieces it may be in, it's still essentially just one being with one mind. It's just able to share its singular mind with all separated portions of itself.

@andrewbrown2888

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCenobyte85 like a pinata,,kinda...

Pretty much one of the best movies of all time. Best horror but also best across all genres. Too perfect.

Just watched this version on my LG OLED, it looks absolutely outstanding in 4K HDR. What a masterpiece this film is.

This is one of the most disgusting and disturbing movies I’ve ever seen... And that’s one of the reasons why this movie is so awesome!!! Also, it’s still a masterpiece in 2024 :)

@aaronkenyon7112

11 ай бұрын

Disgusting and disturbing but damnit the Thing itself is so fascinating

@curtrupp4259

10 ай бұрын

You're not alone great classic horror

@Howlingburd19

10 ай бұрын

@@curtrupp4259my personal favorite horror movie btw

@rzor1911

7 ай бұрын

disturbing that makes me wish kill the thing with a modern flamethrower.

@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser

7 ай бұрын

@Howlingburd19. Have you never seen the film.. Society??

I love how when Nauls shows the Macready clothing, Palmer-thing and Norris-thing look at each other as if they knew that each other was the Thing and had to team up together to trick the others.

An absolute masterpiece.

@ortosvioladosambientevomitable

Жыл бұрын

7:14 monsters face

@7:12 MaCreadys leadership instincts kick in and he shows genuine fear and concern for his men as he herds them out of the room

Classis scene. I first saw this movie when I was 9 year old back in 2010. Movie was definitely ahead of it's time. Gonna watch it again later

@jonathanbirch2022

Жыл бұрын

*its

This in my opinion is one of the few movies that becomes even better when you watch it for the second time.

@bhamacuk

Жыл бұрын

I watched it about ten times including around 1982/3. Watched it last night and loved every minute. My appreciation never diminishes.

@berzerk1450

Жыл бұрын

​@@bhamacuk Every 2-3 years I watch this movie together with someone who has never seen it before (and laughingly said such an old movie must be ridiculous and cheesy). And I smirk every time when they freak out during the transformation scenes and at the end sit there, mute and overwhelmed, while the stoic music of the endcredits begins. The special effects are good enough to shock people for all times and the atmosphere is just amazing. Its an iconic piece of art. Even the behavious of the dog at the beginning gives me chills every time i watch the movie.

6:57 to 7:37- Nice job on incorporating this scene into Halloween Ends as a nod to Halloween '78 director John Carpenter incorporating bits from The Thing from Another World into his film.

I love how in this scene the Palmer and Norris Things act so human and defensive and 'human'.

Something nobody talks about with this scene is that the Thing that burst out of Norris-Thing’s chest had hair despite hair not being composed of cells.

@themaster011bass2

Жыл бұрын

This scene reminds me of aliens soooo much chest burster.

@lilben4184

2 ай бұрын

Hair is made of dead cells, true, but they're still cells

First movie my father showed me at 6 years old! Thanks Pops!

Love everything from John Carpenter.

Best sci-fi even today I remember first seeing this with a bunch of my buddies drinking beer and smoking when I was 23 years old back in 1982 Rob Bottin is a master at robotics.

@joekraft5913

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome man I heard he actually had to be hospitalized for exhaustion after completing the film cause he wanted to make it perfect, I'd say he delivered! Cheers

Absolutely Monster Masterpiece! I LOVE my Neca Macready action figure, can't wait to own The Thing itself!🤩

This movie is an classic masterpiece love it.

6:57 FUCK! That part always made me itch

the SFX are incredible, love this scene. nicely done.

With the graphics, effects, and realistic looking models, this movie was just BEYOND ahead of it's time.

8:55 "Dont mind me fellas. Doo doo doo."

@oldmonkey7720

4 ай бұрын

😂

The greatest cosmic horror whodunnit of all time, I watched this with my cousins once and one of them suggested that maybe it wasn't so much a horror and more of a murder mystery with aliens, which I'd never thought before, good observation that man

Definitely in my top 10 all time greats!!! It's perfection.

My friends and I snuck into The Thing in June of 1982 .. We were 8th graders and were the only ones in the theater .. The very next day, we saw Iron Maiden and The Rods on the first leg of the Number Of the Beast tour in Glen Cove NY .. I haven;t had a better 24hrs since

I love how this movie actually has two aliens. One alien is the alien in the spacecraft. The second one is the thing that infected the other alien. So canonically, there are at least two confirmed extraterrestrial lifeforms in this story.

@TheCenobyte85

Жыл бұрын

Huh?

@bgonzalezseeya11

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCenobyte85 I believe he means some other alien race built and flew the spacecraft you see in the first scenes of the film. That's what that huge spacecraft under the ice was. At some point a Thing infected those other aliens. Thats probably where those weird tentacles and spider legs come from when you see it transform. Or... the thing inherited the knowledge of how to fly and build these spacecrafts and travel to different worlds to spread. That's how Blair Thing knew how to build a Spaceship.

@spaniel5657

Жыл бұрын

@@bgonzalezseeya11 I think there where models for the alien pilots and I think one was planned to be in the film, but I can’t remember

@bgonzalezseeya11

Жыл бұрын

@@spaniel5657 I think you can see one of the models in the prequel film it's very dark though. Just search up Thing alien pilot

@spaniel5657

Жыл бұрын

@@bgonzalezseeya11 God those practicals are so good, especialy the eyes. Wish new movies were made like this and LOTR kzread.info/dash/bejne/gXxnuMeOmdjKZ8Y.html for anyone curios

This has to be one of the greatest and scariest movies ever made !

I clearly remembered watching this on the big screen when I was in the 8th grade or 9th..loved it with Curt Russell! Rock on 80's 🤘

One of my favorite scenes!!! I love this movie!!!😍😍😍😍😍😄😄😄😄😄

06:41 I never noticed somebody is holding a knife in the foreground. I think that's the same guy that tries to knife macready in the blood test scene.

@lucasgomez0721

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's Clark

The BEST film produced by John Carpenter!

This is disturbing but fascinating at the same time

6:40 - One of my favorite things about Carpenter (and DePalma for that matter) - how he always utilized his entire frame

This scene is a great example of proper use of amazing practical effects and tension in a horror movie

08:56 the reaction and look on his face says it all lmao

Watching this on HBO back in 1983 when I was 11 completely blew my mind! Still awesome! Love it!

7:05 his face and and scream is killing me

The effects in this movie are really something.

best horror alien movie without cgi and still look awsome today 2022. 10/10

great piece of narrative editing there with the cut to child’s after they go to his shack. Love how for a tiny moment we as the audience are supposed to think mcready is the thing with the handle turn and break of the window

At 53, I've seen literally ALL the horror movies from all the greats worth watching, but "The Thing" at 12yo... it's just still got "it" more than 40yrs later.

@WilliamTheUnkownShoutout

6 ай бұрын

@apowellaudio4690 my friend The Thing (1982) directed by John Carpenter is number 1 and of course my all time favorite since my childhood when I saw it the first time in the 1990s and I gave it a 10/10 as well:).

You can never better a more paranoid horror than this... the best special effects ever... best sci-fi horror of all time. John Carpenter got it so spot on... Who Goes There....

The lack of music and sound track makes it more scary

When childs kicks open the door & you see it from the other side the axe marks are mostly gone then macs dynamite is well taped then falling apart then back together & during the second clip of doc defibrillating Kurt is laughing with a crew member in the background. The endless mistakes are part of the movies charm!

I LOVE this movie!!!!

The way he dramatically responded to getting his arms bitten off after getting tricked into it is the funniest shit ever😂😂😂😂😂😂

@thebangles

10 ай бұрын

Who wouldn’t respond like that?

5:21 A half hearted attempted to calm MacCready down.

@Phike9391

2 жыл бұрын

Nice choice of words considering there is a heart attack 10 seconds later

Wow Thank You soo much

The parallelism between MacReady and The Thing is brilliant. Both willing to do anything to survive, even kill they own mates.

8:48 it's me at age 5 waiting for mom to leave the room so I could sneak from her candy jar

This movie scared the crap out of me and gave me nightmares as a kid.

Amazing movie! Wish they could still do that now!

This is the scene that made me fall in love with movies. Horror movies specifically

Favorite movie ever period

I think this scene instilled a fear of things with eye stalks in me for a while as a kid.

I love how Copper screams. Its so drawn out.

good works Rob !

Awesomeness job

The best horror classic. It's up there. It's iconic. It's frightening. No one can be trusted.

@johnnyrocket1685

2 жыл бұрын

What’s funny is only a handful of people (compared to the full population of America) actually liked this movie in literally any capacity whatsoever until about 1995. When this movie came out, it was considered “One of the most Offensively Disgusting movies ever created for seemingly no reason at all.” . This is not a Horror Classic, but a Cult Classic. It took at least 15 years for anyone to start caring about it.

@realdaggerman105

8 ай бұрын

@@johnnyrocket1685 Cult classics can become classics. I don’t think it is mutually exclusive. Some films are just not appreciated or exposed to enough people until later on.

Just imagine just imagine watching David Cronenberg's The Fly and John Carpenter's The Thing back to back!

"You gotta be fucking kidding." -Colony of Terrifying Extraterrestrial Mimic Cells

masterpiece film

@ortosvioladosambientevomitable

Жыл бұрын

Parecen downs los monstru@s también

This scene really jump me out of my goddamn seat that defibrillator scene, with the Norris spider.

One of the best sleeper hits of all time.

This scene is iconic❤