Let's give Addie a round of applause for surviving The Thing (1982). 👏👏 I'm definitely gonna watch this movie tonight.

@McPh1741

8 ай бұрын

Now let’s see if she can handle “The Fly” and the 1988 remake of “The Blob.”.

@alextan1478

8 ай бұрын

Now you need to watch Kurt Russell again in Escape from New York (1981), Escape from LA (1996), and Big Trouble in Little China (1986), all directed by John Carpenter. #MoreKurtRussellAndJohnCarpenterForAddieCounts

@JohnRodriguesPhotographer

8 ай бұрын

Follow up with the Howling

@rileyandmike

8 ай бұрын

Why? Her reaction was completely fake and mugging for the camera! FAKE

@flnthrn2

8 ай бұрын

Yup......... hugs for Addie.

Your dog at the start going “that mf is NOT REAL”

EVERY REACTOR Starts with "You better not hurt that puppy!" And ends with "KILL IT WITH FIRE!"

I love how Palmer is the one to call attention to the head-spider while *he himself* was a thing.

@MissFlow

4 ай бұрын

It's clever, really. The Thing is not a social creature, neither has a hive mind. If ratting out your own kind means you yourself can stay hidden a Thing def would do that! Palmer and Norris prob did work together when they were Things (they are for the majority of the movie). Norris was staying with the group to observe and calculate while Palmer ruined the blood samples and infected Blair. Palmer is after all most absent during most scenes, which is why I think he did the most damage. But once Norris Thing was revealed, Palmer Thing prob knew he was alone among the group (Blair was in his shed) and had to do everything to draw attention away from him.

@Spectre-907

4 ай бұрын

@owOh yeah they absolutely do work cooperatively for the overall goal of spreading, but norris was a tactical sacrifice. He was down to just a head and its imitation identity was already blown. At best on its own, that head either gets caught and killed or absorbed as useful biomass into another Thing (like how blair ate nauls and gary to have the mass for that giant worm-form), or it gets sacrificed tactically to push trust in the palmer thing. After all, he just prevented a thing from escaping

@christopherwall2121

3 ай бұрын

You can almost hear the head-crab squeak out a tiny "Bastard!" after Palmer draws attention to it, with a little imagination.

@johnLennon255

3 ай бұрын

I've done that before in among us

@gussiejives

2 ай бұрын

I’ve seen it pointed out in other breakdowns that it was actually Windows that noticed it first; Palmer saw him noticing and played along.

18:50 “This is worse than what I was expecting” That’s why this movie is so memorable and so good. Usually films do their best to avoid showing things that are meant to scare you because your imagination is often more powerful than anything they can show you on the screen. But not in this case.

@DavideBaroni

8 ай бұрын

Hmmm. Yes, that's why I still prefer the original 1951 version... 🙂 Less special effects and more imagination. 🙂 And if I think of the audience of 1951, well, it just must have been hard for them 😅. But this version is good enough. 🙂

@wentshow

7 ай бұрын

The only reason why it's called "The Thing" is that was the name of the original, very well-regarded, (but frankly lame) 1951 original. The 1982 audience still remembered it, so the name meant something different then. It told them the outline of the plot, if not the more explicit, gross details. Unfortunately, I think it backfired. The people who most liked that movie were not ready for the shock of this one. This one is far closer to the 1938 Joseph W. Campbell short story "Who Goes There," which was the basis for both.

@MarshallFlores

7 ай бұрын

@@DavideBaroni As still solid the 1951 version is, you didn't need to do much imagining - Hawks showed the monster plenty too.

@DavideBaroni

7 ай бұрын

@@MarshallFlores I have to watch it again then... My memory doesn't tell me that. But I'm old, and my memory is kinda faltering. 🙂 I remember only a couple scenes in which you had "sort of" a view of the monster, and they were all blurred, or too dark, or... I remember a forearm and hand chopped off the monster, and still moving as if it was "independently alive". That's it. Heck, last time I saw that movie was about 50 years ago 😅.

Fun fact: the destroyed remains of the American outpost 31 were used for the burned out Norwegian set, which was filmed last.

Funny story about the Thing. Back when it came out my mom and aunt went to see it in the cinema, they got as far as the Head Scene when my aunt turned to my mother and said: "You brought me to this for my Birthday? AND YOU LET ME EAT FIRST?" Cue the cinema breaking out into laughter. Probably the only time that's ever happened during this film.

@johnLennon255

3 ай бұрын

Sure they did

I love practical effects. 🥰

@CyberBeep_kenshi

8 ай бұрын

Beats cgi everytime:)

@fractuss

5 ай бұрын

@@CyberBeep_kenshi CGI is ok in small doses but it is ALWAYS way over used.

LOL when Addie said it "may not be that bad" I laughed out loud!

@stmordi

5 ай бұрын

I'm just waiting for when the chest opens. Gonna be good😂

BEST SCI-FI HORROR FILM EVER MADE! MY #1 FAVORITE JOHN CARPENTER MOVIE! Critics were not too kind to this movie when it was released, calling "Boring, Dull, and a wretched excess," and also being"one hell of an antidote for ET." Speaking of, ET was released two weeks before the release of THE THING. It has gained a cult following and has been regarded as one of John Carpenter's best films. The Dog Kennel Sequence was done by Oscar Winning VFX artist Stan Winston after Rob Bottin ended up in the hospital with a bleeding ulcer and heat exhaustion. Winston received "Special Thanks" at th rolling credits. The sound effects of The Thing when it transforms are that of Bears, Alligators, Horses, Pigs, Snakes, and Human screams played backwards or sped up to make it sound otherworldly. The movie was filmed in Juneau Alaska, Stewart British Columbia Canada, and Universal Studios, Hollywood California.

@user-ls5ik1vm3k

8 ай бұрын

I remember Siskel and Ebert's comments on this movie, referring to it as a 'barf bag' of a movie. Not all that inaccurate! But it is damn good. I like how so many reactors and others are watching this movie, and while not everyone likes it, most people are very complimentary and admiring of the effort put into a film where cgi was years off, as well as the story itself. I never thought it would stand the test of time in the movie world, but I was wrong!

@samuraiwarriorsunite

8 ай бұрын

That's because it came out two weeks after ET. Many people loved ET (I'm not one of them) and hated the premise of the bad alien. It's a great film and stayed much closer to John W. Campbell's novella Who Goes There? rather than the original The Thing from Another World from 1951.

@johnbox271

8 ай бұрын

"...Critics were not too kind..." Some critics are just idiots. "Acclaimed non-binary artist Nayland Blake first watched the film in 1983, initially interpreting it as an AIDS analogy, then later as a metaphor for fears of homosexuality."

@Magneticlaw

8 ай бұрын

E.T. hasn't aged very well, whereas the Thing has withstood the test of time, and gained quite a following.

@philipped.r.6385

7 ай бұрын

@@Magneticlaw Even when I was a kid, I found E.T. to be quite dull honestly. The Thing special effects really still looks awesome even today! It will always be a special timeless movie very much like Alien and Aliens.

Wow, going from the Sixth Sense to the Thing. Addie's really been going through it the last couple of days.

Literally everyone five minutes in: "Why? Don't hurt the dog!" Twenty minutes later: "Oh my god, kill it! Kill it with fire!"

Hi Addie! Congrats on getting through The Thing! It's a great movie, besides being super scary & gross. Watching it a few times and noticing things really help to appreciate this classic. Thanks for persevering Addie!

@wren7195

8 ай бұрын

"Head-crab" was one of the most adorable things I've ever head someone surviving watching "The Thing" ever say

I always catch something new each time I watch this and even though I knew Blair was still human, this time I realized that Blair likely saved the world when he destroyed the helicopter so early.

@JayM409

8 ай бұрын

I believe Blair was an alien when he was locked up. During the autopsy he used the pencil to touch the thing, and then touched the pencil to his mouth. He needed time to build a ship, and getting locked up meant he would be left alone to do it.

@Trusteft

8 ай бұрын

@@JayM409 I agree about the pencil, very real possibility.

@tjbanville

8 ай бұрын

@@JayM409 I've never been a believer in the cellular infection theory. I think the violent attack is a necessary part of assimilation. If the Thing could just infect people with one cell, no need for the attacks-just go drink out of everyone's coffee mug and there you go. No drama, no movie.

@whitehuayra

8 ай бұрын

The point of the film is paranoia and uncertainty, so having a definitive answer defeats that purpose. I love that people still make theories after so many years, such an amazing movie.

@Trusteft

8 ай бұрын

@@whitehuayra I bet you say for zombie movies it's all about the real biggest threat which is human behavior or something.

Your statement at the beginning reminded me of this quote from H. P.. Lovecraft: "The strongest emotion is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." I guess that's what you were feeling there and that's sort of the vibe for the whole movie. One of my favorite films, btw. I'm so glad you did a reaction to it.

@KthulhuXxx

8 ай бұрын

As a huge Lovecraft fan, I'm more partial to... The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.

@lordmortarius538

8 ай бұрын

Nothing quite like cosmic horror

The dog actors killed it in this movie

In the opening scenes Addie was gushing lovingly over the Husky Dog... However... Having been traumatized at seeing the Husky transform into The Thing... She immediately decided to find Ollie a new home... 🤣 Only joking Addie. 😊

You have the best reaction to the beginning of this movie I've seen on youtube. I have watched most of the reactions to this film. The majority of people get so upset at the Norweigian guy shooting at the dog. You actually considered that there may be more happening than you know yet.

@andrewstrom8157

8 ай бұрын

I came here to comment on this, so I second your thoughts. I am thoroughly impressed! Everyone angry reacts without thinking the majority of the time.

I saw this pop up in my feed and went "Oh no, Addie. You poor, sweet summer child." 😂😂😂

Hi, Addie. What a reaction!!! This movie started its life as a 1938 novella called "Who Goes There?" It first became a movie in 1951. The movie was called "The Thing From Another World." It's a really good, interesting movie, but due to the limitations of the day, they couldn't do the shapeshifting part. Real good movie, though. Carpenter was a huge fan of the movie and redid it in 1982 to be closer to the novella. In 2011, they made a prequel showing what had happened at the Norwegian camp. This movie is the absolute pinnacle of practical effects before CGI became widespread. Some people look down on the 2011 prequel because it uses CGI, but I like it. Keep up the good work!

@Elsupermayan8870

8 ай бұрын

The prequel sucks.

@CxOrillion

8 ай бұрын

@@Elsupermayan8870 The only thing bad about the prequel is the effects. The rest of it is ALMOST as good as the original.

@CxOrillion

8 ай бұрын

Also this movie was sorta teased in a previous Carpenter film, Halloween. One of the movies that is on TV is the Thing From Another World.

@Elsupermayan8870

8 ай бұрын

​@@CxOrillion You must be on something.

@christopherwall2121

3 ай бұрын

There's also the unofficial 1972 version, _Horror Express_ , starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. It relocates the action to the Tran-Siberian Express, and it's take on the Thing is closer to a shapeshifter, though more as a body-hopping parasite. It's also a fun watch.

Ollie's instincts are on point 👌

"Watch out for the dog!" Ollie gave you good advice. 🤣

It was a treat seeing the 40th anniversary showing in theaters last year.

I love the fact that John Carpenter is still alive and as sharp as ever. He was on Colberts show the other day and it's great that his movies are finding new fans every day and I don't see that changing ever

“Watch out for the doooog!” “Are we gonna see something burst out of him?” …kinda.

The ending is the most unsettling part. Like if one of them is the think and they freeze to death, they'll be found later by rescuers and taken away. When they thaw it'll get out again

The special makeup and prosthetic effects for John Carpenter's The Thing were designed by special makeup effects artist Rob Bottin. Bottin had previously worked on John Carpenter's The Fog, where he not only did the special makeup effects, but he also played the role of the ghost of Blake, the leader of the ghost ship Elizabeth Dane. Bottin took on such a heavy workload working on The Thing that he eventually came down with pneumonia, and special makeup effects artist Stan Winston was called in to do the effects for the scene with the dog-thing in the kennel. Winston would later work on films like The Terminator, Aliens, Predator, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Rob Bottin had previously worked on films like The Howling (where he took over for Rick Baker, who left the production to work on An American Werewolf in London), and Star Wars, where he did effects for the Mos Eisley Cantina scene and even played one of the aliens in the cantina band. Bottin would later do the special makeup effects for Robocop and Total Recall, which earned him an Academy Award in 1991.

@Beardo2517

8 ай бұрын

Glad someone finally mentioned the Stan Winston makeup too

@44excalibur

8 ай бұрын

@@Beardo2517 Many people don't know that because Winston only worked on the dog kennel scene. Bottin was pretty exhausted during filming and needed the help.

@Beardo2517

8 ай бұрын

@@44excalibur ya I've tried telling people and they said I was full of it.

@44excalibur

8 ай бұрын

@@Beardo2517 Well, anybody who saw the dog-thing could tell that's not Bottin's design. Bottin's creations are less defined, like the Norris-thing and the Palmer-thing. The Dog-Thing is closer to Winston's other work on Aliens and Predator.

@Beardo2517

8 ай бұрын

@@44excalibur ya for sure.

20 years ago i randomly watched this movie while my girlfriend was preparing dinner. I didnt eat dinner that day, the only time of my life!

I've only seen The Thing once, but I thought it was well made. A solid cast, amazing effects, and a director I respect. Gotta be my second favorite John Carpenter movie.

@WolfHreda

8 ай бұрын

Now I have to know, what's your favorite?

@TheEmeraldSword86

8 ай бұрын

@@WolfHreda Christine. I'm a big Stephen King fan, and Christine was a fun book. It's my third favorite Stephen King book and the same for the movie. I'm hoping that Addie will do more Stephen King in the future, but Christine was really good.

@WolfHreda

8 ай бұрын

@@TheEmeraldSword86 Good choice.

@TheEmeraldSword86

8 ай бұрын

@@WolfHreda you know, it's good to hear someone not complain that it isn't Halloween. You made my day.

@boarder6246

8 ай бұрын

I was worried you were thinking Halloween was his best movie. I’m pleasantly surprised you loved Christine! It’s an amazing movie. Personally my second favorite one is They Live. But most of his movies would make my top 250 films

“Watch ouuuuuut for the dog dog dog dog!” Lol I love your dog. Make sure he isn’t the thing.

“Something”s not right” and “Ewww!”. In four words this young lady perfectly sums up “The Thing”.

-is it an alien? is it a creature? -yes.

Hey, Addie. You've just watched a true classic from the 80s. With its practical effects, ominous soundtrack and great acting from all, this gem takes some beating. Great that you survived intact, especially with a dog roaming around the place! And where was the No counter this time? It's icky, you're beautiful. A great mixture. More please.

21:22 The part that we were ALL waiting to see! 😂🤣😆

Hey, Addie! This John Carpenter classic is a masterful exercise in paranoia and practical effects! I discovered "The Thing" during my junior high school years on VHS when going through a Carpenter phase. Originally a 1938 pulp novella written by John W. Campbell called "Who Goes There?", the story was first adapted to film as a 1951 Howard Hawks production called "The Thing From Another World". A '50's-era sci-fi classic in its own right, the original was taken to a whole new level by John Carpenter abetted by the incredible practical effects wizardry of Rob Bottin. A prequel was made in 2011 chronicling what happened at the Norwegian base but wasn't nearly as good. Led by a world-weary Kurt Russell, Carpenter assembled a cast of terrific veteran character actors including Keith David, Richard Dysart, Wilford Brimley, David Clennon, Charles Hallahan, Donald Moffat and Richard Masur who believably inhabit their roles and ratchet up the tension by degrees. Carpenter would direct Russell in five films including "Elvis", "The Thing", "Big Trouble in Little China", "Escape From New York" and "Escape From LA". He would direct Keith David again in "They Live!" John Carpenter is a one-man band who writes, directs, edits and scores all his films. In a rare exception, the score for "The Thing" was provided by composing great Ennio Morricone. Carpenter's body of work includes a number of pulpy classics and B-movie greats like "Assault on Precinct 13", "Halloween", "Someone's Watching Me!", "The Fog", "Escape From New York", "The Thing", "Christine", "Starman", "Big Trouble in Little China", "Prince of Darkness", "They Live!", "Memoirs of an Invisible Man", "In the Mouth of Madness", "Vampires" and "The Ward". His first film, "Dark Star", was a sci-fi horror-comedy that partially inspired "Alien"! He also wrote the screenplays for "The Eyes of Laura Mars", an American giallo, and "Black Moon Rising", a techno-thriller. His scores are instantly recognizable with their throbbing notes and he expertly uses silence and stillness to generate unbearable tension. Wilford Brimley's Blair sabotaged the vehicles after making the discovery that there was a high probability of someone being infected and seeing the grim projection that three years would be all it would take for the Thing to spread over the Earth! He was determined to trap them there which is the same realization Macready comes to at the end. He's taken to the shack a human but, the second time they check on him, he's probably a Thing because his demeanor is so calm. The funny noises he says he was hearing must've gotten to him before he could avail himself of the noose he fashioned as an escape from its clutches! As a Thing, he was building a craft under the shed to travel to the mainland. The Thing has absorbed countless beings including space-faring species. The knowledge to construct a craft that can take him to the mainland was absorbed from a host so it's not far-fetched that he can do this with so much metal and electronic equipment around. He also probably dug out the cavern in a non-human form. Additionally, alien engineering and propulsion principles could function in a vastly simpler way than what 20th-century humans are aware of. My favorite non-horror moment in "The Thing" is Donald Moffat's slow-burning explosive outburst while tied to the sofa. "I know you gentlemen have been through a lot but, when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS F**KING COUCH!" It gets me every time. The ambiguous ending leaves you with four possible outcomes and they're all bleak. Lol. The best case scenario is that both Childs and Mac are human, the Thing was destroyed and the survivors DIE of hypothermia. The other three options are that one or the other or both survivors are Things who will copy the remaining human and the rescue party as well eventually dominating the Earth. There is a popular fan theory that Things lack eye gleam and Childs doesn't have it in that last scene. It could also be a trick of light. There is another popular fan theory that claims Mac tests Childs by giving him a flask of kerosene instead of liquor which Childs consumes! Mac chuckles with fatalistic resignation realizing he has failed and humanity is doomed. That is, unless, he has a spare stick of dynamite he can use to blow himself up along with a now very flammable Childs! Lol. The only sequels exist as a series of Dark Horse comics and a video game featuring John Carpenter himself as a Dr. Faraday!

@soulstice94

8 ай бұрын

Wonderful breakdown! I will however note that John Carpenter confirmed the "eye glint" theory is false, as well as it's been disproven with frame by frame I'm pretty sure The "gasoline" theory is possible, but most likely false since the Thing gains memories of the people to some extent and it's probable it would know the difference. Also you can make fire bombs with alcohol so the bottle didn't "have" to be gas like some believe. There is also the "visible breath" theory that Childs exhales weren't visible therefore he was the thing, but that was just because the original film was a bit dim in that moment and you couldn't see it. With that I believe both were human, and the central theme of paranoia was the purpose of that ending.

@oxhine

8 ай бұрын

Good debunking! I've also heard the theory that Mac dies in the blast but the Thing survives and copies him. Childs is actually human and Mac infects him with the bottle. Mac's chuckle is basically the Thing's gloat of victory! How's that for sinister? @@soulstice94

The blood test scene is so great.

Addie was mimicking the thing at 12:04 🤣

Fun Facts: - Actors Keith David[Childs] and Kurt Russell [MacReady] have both stated for the fan questions and interviews that both of them weren’t the thing/alien creature - Kurt Russell debunked the fans theories about child’s being the alien, Kurt shook his head “no” and says “that him and John Carpenter have worked on the ending of that movie together a long time,” because it was a horror movie -- but to see what the movie was about, which was paranoia, they didn't know if they knew who they were.” - John Carpenter even said the video game was canon to the movie and Childs was human, and in the comics Both Child’s and MacReady were human and fought the alien creature in 3 comic issues, they were actually saved by a rescue team and continued to fight [The Thing].

@CyberBeep_kenshi

8 ай бұрын

Even though many of the theories can go either way:) But realistically, If just 1 drop of infected blood was left somewhere, another future crew could easily be infected. They also never left a warning for others, even though they would certainly die. Unless 1 is the thing of course, or both ;)

@glasgowjohn7831

8 ай бұрын

search youtube and tell that to the guy who says macready was the thing all along

@Hapsard

8 ай бұрын

Idk ... You can want to know the answer to whether either of them was the thing, but as stated, the horror of this movies was a balance between the effects, which were amazing of course, and paranoia, which continues after you leave the theater because you don't know. The only thing that bothers me is the passing of the bottle. Fuchs told Mac that if even a small bit of the thing could infect, they should all only eat out of cans. We don't see him take the bottle back, but he obviously isn't wearing about Childs if he does ... And if Mac is the thing it's an easy way to get Childs ....

@CyberBeep_kenshi

8 ай бұрын

@@Hapsard Someone once mentioned he was drinking from a molotov cocktail and when Childs takes a normal sip, doesn't spit etc. and then knowingly smiles he got caught. sooooo many possibilities ;-)

@Hapsard

8 ай бұрын

​​@@CyberBeep_kenshiI've heard that one, and it would be a good twist I have to admit, but I think that if Carpenter had intended for that to be true they would have somehow indicated it more clearly in the movie. And that kind of goes for most of the other fan theories that are so popular. I've seen the video called Kurt Russell was always the thing... and the point is that Russell or Keith David definitely could be this thing. Russell could have been the thing from the beginning trying to shift attention away from himself so that he would make it through because really if he burns one of the others it doesn't matter since they're sort of parts of a whole organism whose purpose seems to be to infiltrate and invade. If any part gets through it succeeds, right? The other parts will fight back, but that just makes it more believable that Russell isn't one. This is the paranoia, which is also the central point of the original story that they kind of lost in the old James Arness adaptation.

This is tied with The Fly (1986) for best practical effects I’ve ever seen. An absolute classic that did horribly at the box office. Another VHS save.

@rmhartman

8 ай бұрын

Have you never seen An American Werewolf in London? The transformation scene in that is unsurpassed .

@Bar-Lord

8 ай бұрын

I have, but it was quite some time ago. I do remember what you’re referring to. That was well done too, but for whatever reason it never stuck with me like those others did. It makes no sense at all because it was so well done.

@davidanderson1639

8 ай бұрын

And let’s not forget Franks reanimation in Hellraiser!!

Hey Addie! I’m proud of you for soldering through The Thing. It’s one of the best examples of 80s practical effects out there.

Aw your dog is so cute, coming in to make sure the other doggos are …OH MY GOD!!

"I never thought I'd be afraid of a dog." So Cujo needs to go on her list. 😅

I love how every reaction to this film always starts with something like "Hi, Doggy ❤" 😂😂

Folks, for those of you who didn't know this, this movie, THE THING, was the screen debut of Keith David ("Childs"). Excellent job, Keith!

I think Palmer had one of the best reactions I've seen in a movie when he saw the "head-crab" trying to get away.

@grabtharshammer

8 ай бұрын

and yet oddly, he turned out to be one

@Gunnar001

8 ай бұрын

@@grabtharshammerHe saw that the others were starting to notice the crab so he played the part.

As I saw the tense reaction to "sixth sense" which I condider mystery genre I'm sure this reaction will be expressive. 😉 Such a nice coincidence to have the dog watching too, fits nicely. 😏

The burned out remains of the Norwegian base was actually filmed after they burned down the US base and just used those burned out remains of that set, saved money on production costs. They filmed this movie in Alaska and British Columbia as a stand-in for Antarctica.

27000 hours is a tiny bit over 3 years. That's scary. It's also why Blair goes crazy with the axe and smashes up the chopper and the databanks inside, so that no one can get out and no one will see his findings. He's hoping to keep it right there, and that the cold will kill it.

I absolutely approve of MacReady and the remaining crew once they realize they're not gonna live through to rescue and they decide "Yup, no winning for anyone. Burn the Thing to the ground."

"We need to kill the headcrab!" GORDON FREEMANING INTENSIFIES

"Never felt like I truly might throw up from a movie..." Oh the joy of practical effects. 😉😉

This movie 🍿 was ahead of its time. It is a classic.

Backstory: the alien crew in the beginning crashlands the ship rather than bring it to their homeworld. The story doesn't end....it actually continues in a series of graphic novels. MacReady and Childs battle the Thing on the rescue vessel. Childs dies saving MacReady who chases the Thing all through South America and faces MacReady for the last time in a small New Zealand fishing village. In the end MacReady survives and so does the Thing, catch is, it has absorbed so many people that it develops human emotions and ends up escaping, transforming into a fish and swims away to live in peace. 😊

You have the most natural reaction to "the dog" in this movie that I've seen.... I've seen a few other first time reactions to this movie and all the girls at the beginning are like, "Why are you shooting at the dog?? Don't kill the dog!!!" And then when it starts to transform they're always like, "Shit! Kill the dog, kill the dog!!!" lmao

I didn't expect you to react to this one! Congratulations for making it through one of the scarier monster movies of all time!

Isn’t it odd how at the end childs asks the question “Are you the only one who made it?” Instead of asking “where is everyone else?” How mac is breathing out frost breath but child’s isn’t How the thing’s theme plays when he takes a sip from either whiskey or a Molotov. But we’ll never know and that’s the perfection in this movie

@Gunnar001

8 ай бұрын

The only reason we don’t see breath is because of the camera angle and lighting. The Things breath. Also, I think it’s whiskey.

"your presence is making me feel better already." *Wait for it. 🤯🐶🙈*

LOL,,, I have not watch this movie reaction yet but since I just finished seeing your reaction to "The sixth sense" and seeing just how nervous you were during that one holly cow this is going to be hilarious. Covering one's face because you thought the statues were going to move I just can't wait to see your doggie head split reaction.

I like to think that the thing were infecting the aliens that was on that ship which led them to crash on earth in the first place. Anyway legit reaction Addie:)

A reaction to this movie is always an automatic watch for me. It's my favorite horror movie of all time. Addie, there are grosser movies out there but this is definitely a tough one for the squeamish. Grats on getting through it.

This is such awesome timing! I just got home from a trip to see my family and we had a Halloween party last night where I dressed as MacReady! The Thing is one of my favourite horrors and this video could not have been better timed, nor better in general!

Funny how even though a computer screen from a movie made over 40 years ago, Ollie could tell that dog didn't smell right.

I LOVE that your dog barked in the beginning, it was so fitting, your dog knew 😂

When you jumped at the title sequence alone I knew this was going to be good...

"Let's watch The Thing." Dog casually enters the room...

I saw this when I was sixteen and I couldn't walk across the yard in the dark without breaking into a run for more than a decade.

I never get tired of watching people react to the defibrillator scene. 🤣 One repeated viewings the movie really isn't that scary. It's the suspense and paranoia that stands out and makes it such a classic.

This movie was based on a 1938 novella. It adds more action and changes some details, but is fairly faithful to the original story. The novella was first adapted into the 1951 movie The Thing from Another World, which left out the shapeshifting aspect of the story and just made the thing a conventional alien. Coincidentally, The Thing from Another World is the movie that Tommy is watching while Laurie babysits him in the original Halloween, also by John Carpenter.

Watching this reaction was great as the pieces came together of what's capable and who could be infected. Thanks Addie and I hope you enjoyed the very memorable movie!

Im so surprised that you watched this considering your "not-love" for horror movies... Bravo!!! This is actually one of my all-time favorite movies & modern horror filmmakers still use this as one of the best examples for applying practical effects!

Love the new Halloween intro!! Get those karate hands ready! Ollie really didn't like that guy in the beginning hahaha

YOU are a champ, Addie! You never looked away.

The Thing is one of those few horror movies that just holds up incredibly well - between the psychological horror and the practical effects, it all just feels believable. The Thing was the inspiration for the uber-popular Among Us. Same concept, just game-ified.

The entire time I thought a dog was just sitting back there on the couch watching Addie react to the movie. But it’s just a pillow. Lol.

here in Norway we got an extra clue that the dog wasnt what it appeared to be, as the guy in the beginning says in Norwegian: "it's not a dog! it's some sort of 'thing'; it's imitating a dog! get away you idiots!"

I love your reaction channel! In this movie, notice that Blaire uses a pencil eraser to touch a dead Norwegian thing-body, and then, he touches the eraser to his lips as he talks! Also, the rule to survive was to never share food. At the end, MacReady shares his J&B bourbon bottle with Childs who gladly accepts a drink. MacReady smiles. This is either an evil smile, if MacReady is a thing. Childs was careless to accept a drink at the end. It either means Childs is already infected and he doesn't care about the food/drink rule. Which would make MacReady's smile a heroic one instead. It's cryptic but also clear that Blaire was scared about the 270000 hours of spread rate and he wanted it avoided, even by destroying the helicopter, but because he was infected, he was excited about the spread rate data and trying to build a ship to take the virus to other continents. MacReady could be one. His smile at the end is either heroic or sinister.

your dog coming in right when the movie dog was getting shot at was kind of suspicious. i was expecting him to turn into the thing right behind you. 😂

1:40 This makes me think of the Batman quote: "This is not the time for fear. That comes later."

childs is the thing at the end. no mist from his breath, and mccready hands him the bottle of petrol that he was going to use as a molotov cocktail to burn the complex down as if its whiskey, and childs just drinks it. mccready laughs quietly to himself because he knows childs is the thing and knows he's beat and that childs will assimilate him.

First video of yours I've seen. This was a great reaction. Between your editor adding in the dog subtitles, and the karate chop poses 7:37 I had a lot of laughs. It's incredible how well this movie holds up 40 years later. Truly unsettling. +1 sub for sure. Can't wait to watch your other content!

Haha as soon as the dog shows up in the movie, your doggo shows up! She looks like such a sweet pup!!

This has to be the most hilarious yet adorable reaction I’ve ever watched your facial expressions are perfect!

The Thing (hehe) that most people don't get about The Thing is that it doesn't infect you. It kills you and then mimics you. It mimicked Norris so perfectly *it* had a heart attack.

@WilliamTheUnkownShoutout

3 ай бұрын

Well my friend when that computer Blair uses says probability that one or more team members may be infected by intruder organism 75% and then the computer says projection if intruder organism reaches civilized areas entire world population infected 27.000 hours from first contact well I believe that means The Thing (1982) is both an infection and a virus as well:).

It's amazing you can show bodies being literally ripped apart but can't leave the expletive "fucken couch!" in a reaction.

He wouldn't have to attack Kurt, unless if he feels threatened.. he can just wait til they both freeze... and the thing would wait for the rescue mission.

@christopherwall2121

3 ай бұрын

And if either of them is a Thing, not like the other can do something about it. Might as well just wait and see what happens

Always so fun to see newbies watch this film for the first time.

I seriously love Addie for this! This streak of horror films have been the best and I know it wasn't easy for you but thank you. : )

Addie: I might look back at the end of the movie and think, "Oh, that wasn't that bad." Me: Oh. Oh dear.

Great reaction! First time watching The Thing for me recently as well and enjoyed every minute of it. Love your channel, keep it up!

All we can be sure of is that the Thing is still alive at the end of the movie. The music cues act as the heartbeat of the Thing itself.

@dallesamllhals9161

8 ай бұрын

Heart? Thing? Why do You know that...

One of my all time favourite movies. And one of the greatest movies ever. That combination of fear and tense moments. And for even now those practical effects are phenomenal. Great video Addie. Hope you didn't feel to nauseous watching this.

The way I read the end of the movie. If there are only 2 left, ether they are both the thing, or the thing would just attack the one remaining human immediately rather than sitting down with him.

Lately, I've watched a lot of "The Thing" reaction videos. I particularly enjoyed your for incorporating your dog's barking as a warning about the husky. That's some dang clever and funny post editing! 👍

Addie: I've never been scared of a dog Cujo: Hold my beer

2:00 wow the timing of doggy walking onto cam lol. Also Great reaction, this is one of those movies that just hold up its older than me and still better than a lot of stuff thats been made these days. Maybe I'm just a sucker for practical effects.

Addie shrieking at all the jump scares made my whole week. :)

I was crying with you. I loved your reaction!

Best. Practical effects. Ever.

Just watched and reviewed earlier in the week on a friends channel. Definitely one of the scariest films ever! The practical effects are amazing!!!

Everyone who’s ever watched this for the first time Always said “Don’t shoot the dog!” Ended up regretting those words.