A masterpiece in practical effects from the genius Rob Bottin.I just wish the 2011 prequel had used Bottin for the effects instead of the cgi they used.I swear one of these reactors is going to throw up watching the Norris scene!🤢🤮😸
@@DerekHarrison-d5d There's a guy on TH-cam called HeavySpoilers who just ran through the making of this and the prequel. Sounds like the director had a clear vision in mine using practical effects and the studio interfered. Sounds like it could have been good if given the chance...
@@heiscatnowThe Prequel is a great story and tells us the story from the Norwegian perspective and tells us why the dog was being chased and shot at and why the body Macready and Copper brought back to the US base was deformed.There’s just too much cgi in todays movies.This film is from 1982,42 years ago,and the effects STILL hold up today.
@@DerekHarrison-d5d Oh yeah, I'm aware. Just saying someone did a really interesting deep dive on the subject and why the prequel failed. It's just a shame that we could have had something good and didn't thanks to execs (yet again) haha.
Blair is actually a hero. He cut all the power and ways to escape because he knew if it got to civilization it was over. He didn't get infected till he was put in the shed alone and got changed while he was by himself by someone who was already infected.
I still can't wrap my head around the mini spaacecraft under shed though. Most people assume it was blair but it seems like a lot of work for just one thing over a few hours or so.
@josoffat7649 agreed. It's been proven someone got to Blair in the shed so it must have had help from the other things after they realized they were trapped.
During this part of his career Kurt was concerned about his image due to the fact that he started as a child actor and became famous playing a wholesome teenager in a number of Disney movies made in the late 60s. He was still transitioning to leading man/action hero and was always worried his past would haunt him. No real reason to believe that but actors can be very insecure. When he saw the ridiculous hat the wardrobe had picked for him to wear, he really hated it and said, no way am I wearing that. He later came to appreciate its iconic look. You have to have large testicles to wear a hat like that and pull it off. It's a statement.
Pretty sure Blair was smashing their communications and was killing the animal’s because of the computer said. So I think it was more of a “I’m not taking ANY chances for it to make it to populated areas”. Think he yelled “nobody’s getting out of here” during that scene. But he did go a bit nuts 😂
to be honest i would have acted just LIKE BLAIR. like i would've went INSANE and Paranoid of thinking Everyone was a Thing. but thats the Good horror, you dont know which one is the Thing, and your only way is to find out is to do a Blood test on them or seeing them doing something
He had probably had to work himself up and *make himself* a little nuts to do what had to be done. As it turned out, flipping out and stranding them was the rational thing to do, and believing they could defeat it and survive was the insane delusion.
The first creature effect spraying the chemical at the dog... is the chemical that Hostess uses to make the cream for Twinkies. It's harmless and Carpenter had Canada's version of the American Humane Society rep monitor the scenes with the dogs. All Hollywood productions have AHC reps on movie sets since 1942.
Stages to the beginning of the movie: * Doggie!!! * Hey! Don't shoot the doggie!!! * The doggie is SUS. * WTF is up with the dog! * KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!
The top universal reaction for most in watching this movie, though you get a few that are wiser and quicker to catch on. 1. No one questions the dog, even if clearly someone is trying to get it. No one asks why. Until its obvious. 2. Everyone is aghast that theyd investigate what their seeing. Like bringing the remains from norwegian camp, or later doing autopsies on theses things (technically same source) not understanding that you have to understand what youre dealing with in order to know how to handle the situation. Hiding in your room wont help you survive. 3. People want to just run the second things go wonky. But then without understanding what you have, youre consigning hunanity to extinction. 4. Young reactors raised kn CGI will soon figure out why practical effects are superior. The look of horror on their faces are priceless. Welcome to the era before you had computers so had to do everything by hand. Practical effects can go horribly wrong, but when its right, it has much more impact than anything cgi comes up with
Separate comment, blair saw the consequences right off, thats why he was deatroying everything. He understood they were doomed the minute that thing made it to camp because you dont dare bring it to the world, so everyone had to die. He just didnt tell anyone! Probably because he didnt know who was infected. He did the right thing tho. He didnt get assimilated until moved outside. This movie is a remake/sequel (its considered either depending on whos talking. I lean more toward sequel) to 50s monster movie of same name based on a screenplay. There is a prequel that goes into what happenedvin norwegian camp, also same name, in 2011. Not nearly as good and CGI inferior but worth watching for back story.
Also Captain Anderson in Mass Effect. Also Sgt Foley "Ramirez protect the Burger Town!" in Modern Warfare 2. Also Reverse Giraffe and The President in Rick and Morty.
My favorite Horror movie and one of my fav movies of all time!!! The Paranoia, having no where to go and no one coming to help and the amazing music. Also fun fact, if you speak Norwegian the man at the beginning gives away the twist. He says something along the lines of "Back away, thats no dog its a Monster A MONSTER"
"waat abouut the guy that was aloone with tha dAAAAaaawg?" Guess the reference: With accents like those you'd hope they'd be the first people to go, come the Apocalypse.
Is it really though?😅 Having seen the prequel the original works more than fine without it. It already filled in the blanks for the audience of what happened at the Norwegian camp: they found an alien, it woke up, it wreaked havoc, they died.
It can be said Blair was sabotaging the chopper to isolate the team from the rest of the world and wrecked the coms to cut off contact. He knew the risk what would happen if the thing made contact. Except Blair was infected. You saw him touch the critter remains with his pencil and then absentmindedly touches the pencil to his lips
Blair didn't get infected till he was alone in the shed by himself. Someone else infected got to him. Also the pencil touch to mouth was proven to be an error. The actor out of habit put the pencil to his mouth.
@@brandontrammel4581 I used to think that until I realized a couple things. The whole movie takes place in like a 1-3 day span. Blair wouldn't have had time to burrow that tunnel and build a ship if he waited to the last day or so. Plus, he sabotaged the chopper, which later you learned he had stolen parts from. Obviously he was freed but he was likely working in conjunction with another thing. The episode with the smashing of the equipment landed him in the shed, which maybe he had planned on. He needed to be separate from the others to build the tunnel and the ship, and if the chopper was operational, Mac would realize parts were being stolen. He needed a cover and a freakout would stop people looking deeper. They talked earlier that people go mental down in isolation like that and it's likely not an isolated incident and maybe that's protocol about locking up the person in question and he was banking on that
@@brandontrammel4581 the two infected members on the team (Norris, Palmer) behaved normal and seemingly on the side of the humans until exposed. They knew how to blend in, play the game. Neither one made onscreen contact with one another, and Palmer actually helped Mac catch the spider head. If you watch carefully, he keeps showing dissent, turning suspicion against Windows for little reason and was quick to suggest killing Mac. Norris had been compromised so there was little chance of him walking out so Palmer won favor with the team by helping expose him. It's interesting to read into it, even if Carpenter didn't plan it
14:34 Blair sabotaged the chopper, and the snow cat, killed the dogs to cut them off from civilization, he saw on the computer what was going to happen if "it" gets away from the camp. no one else on the team saw what he saw, the cells taking over the host, becoming the host. great reaction to a classic! you'd probably enjoy the original version as well, from the '50's. i subbed for more. 👍
The stomach scene was an actual mold of Charles chest. Underneath was a bear trap attached to hydraulics. It could open and close and to pumping motion which was what they used to make it eat the doctors hands. You used what you could get back in the day.
HA,HA😸The Dog and Norris scenes get them every time.I still can’t believe the critics slammed this movie in 1982.Rob Bottin was an effects genius.Should have won an Oscar for this.
Yes Norris was highly infected. But the weird thing is that before it even came Norris had heart trouble. So it choose a human with a physical weakness 🤔
This is still one of the absolute best displays of practical effects in any film genre. Its so good they made a prequel nearly 30 years later. A little info on The Thing, particularly with how it assimilates: if ANY part of it on a CELLULAR level enters your body, you're done and it's only a matter of time. You won't feel it until you're not enough % of YOU to call the shots anymore. That means that if its blood or sweat gets on your bare skin, it can still be absorbed through the skin thanks to skin cells having pores that go into the body. Everything in our bodies is tied together to grow from within so it just follows that in reverse then violates your genetic code until there's none of you left. It's not necessarily CLONING a lifeform so much as it is *eating it* on a cellular level then copying it as it eats. When it transforms to defend itself (or for the end scene where we can guess that's the form that survived through each infection) it just kinda hits the randomize-all button.
@MySerpentine repurposing the mass it's gaining through consumption very likely.... I think another test to determine who the thing is is to weigh everyone... that mass has to go somewhere, and if it's not disappearing, it's composing in on itself, making the thing more DENSE than the host body.
To me the most nightmarish thing I read is that the thing has different ways to infect a victim, some victims might not even know they are no longer human.
Yay katy movie reaction!! The way this one just leaves you thinking about what will happen next is great, I would never want a sequel. If you want more horror from around this time, check out Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and The Fly (1986)
When I first watched this film in the mid 80s my friend and I (who were very drunk and not at our best) assumed that there must (MUST!) be something very wrong with the dog. However, a better question might be 'what is wrong with Millenials, Gen-Zedders and the like?' Poor Puppy... POOR PUPPY MY ARSE!!!
almost everyone cheers for the dog , my ex did when we saw it in the theater back in 82 ! I having read the novella it`s based on was one of the very few not cheering the dog on ! it`s based on john w. campbells 1938 novella ,who goes there !
Mate you've gotta pay more attention. Blowing up the chopper was entirely accidental. The grenade splipped out of the Norwegian's hand because he was wearing really thick gloves/gauntlets
I just watched your the thing reaction I did see this in the theater on base at fort defense mass. With young Jennifer she was a poor little rich girl who joined the army to go to u.s.c. or u.l.a. film school ahead sat in the first row every night we watched it every night to watch the people running out of the theater and throwing up LOVE THIS JOINT!
The actor that was the thing in the defibrillator scene Charles Hallahan had to sit in the chair for hours and had to have to have his body plastered in molding plaster. Luckily the effects shot was one take. I'm sure he was happy.
I saw this movie at age 8, shortly after it was available on VHS, after I heard my uncle say it was the scariest movie he'd ever seen. And so yeah, to this day, I don't trust people easily, I pay a lot of attention to small noises in the night, this movie improves ones survival instincts. :D This organism "eats" you at the cellular level while becoming a copy of you, that is, if it wants to immediately become you. Sometimes it just eats you and becomes something else it knows, or if it's in a hurry to defend itself, it just becomes a monster with parts it knows from various creatures it knows. Luckily in this movie, it apparently has never acquired a bird or flying insect.
Ah, as far as it's a computer, that particular Chessmaster game did have a bug that would let it make an illegal move and win. What you witnessed was that actual bug occurring
Rob Bottin is 90% responsibile for the creature effects in this film. But Rob was gravely I'll and worked himself sick so John Carpenter ordered him to the hospital. So creature effects God Stan Winston came in at a last minutes notice for the kennel scene and the Dog Thing.
Despite what Carpenter and others have said, I believe Childs was the thing in the end. Mac is breathing smoke and Childs isn't. He has a lower body temp. Sure, Bennings was turning into the thing and breathing smoke but he wasn't finished. His anatomy was still part human. The smoke breathing is very important because Carpenter makes it very evident the two men are different. He could have reshot the scene if he didn't like the breathe but he didn't. It was intentional
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Very much enjoyed your movie reaction video. You gross out very well, and with that in mind, I highly recommend that you react to The Evil Dead (1981), The Return of the Living Dead (1985), and The Fly (1986) whenever you’ve had time to recover from The Thing. Thanks for making videos eh.
Great reaction Katy your comments were hilarious 😊😊😊😊 check out Alien , The Shining, Mouth of Madness and Event Horizon. Best reaction to the Thing Imao
Duuude, i saw this movie like 3-4 months ago and before that, last time i watched it was like, idk late 90s probably lol Ps it was horrifying :D Thiis movie is so uncanny valley coated isnt it? holy fuck xd
“The Thing” is suspicion, mistrust, and paranoia personified! It is the story of desperate men, isolated and hopelessly trapped in the middle of nowhere, caught up in a terrifying life-and-death battle with an inhuman enemy, in which the fate of the entire world hangs in the balance. What would you do? When the Thing imitates someone, it perfectly duplicates every cell with such precision than it actually retains the memories, knowledge, and personality of the individual it copies. Norris (the guy who’s chest bursts open, chopping off the doctor’s hands with its bear-trap teeth) had a bad heart, and likely a peacemaker. When the Thing took him over and perfectly imitated him, it also faithfully recreated his heart defect, but not his pacemaker, which eventually caused Norris to suffer a heart attack for real during a high-stress moment. The Thing would have been happy to hide itself in a presumably “dead” body, but it couldn’t tolerate the electro-shocks from the defibrillator and was thus forced to reveal itself. Of course, the amazing scene where Norris’ head separates from his burning body, slides onto the floor, and pulls itself away, transforming into a crab/spider with his upside-down head as its body, and tries to crawl away unnoticed, is an iconic moment! (Incidentally, at the beginning of the movie, the spaceship was flying erratically because the crew was desperately trying to fight off the Things that were aboard their vessel and causing havoc. That’s why the spaceship attempted to make an emergency landing on the nearest planet and ended up crash landing in the Antarctic. Only one of the Things as survived the crash and made it out of the ship alive, only to freeze in the ice.) Although frustrating, the ambiguous ending is perfect for this suspenseful movie. The real dilemma and enigma is whether or not McCready and Childs are both human at the end, or whether one or both of them have become Things, which keeps you wondering and wanting more. But that’s another discussion…
Let the dog scenes be a life lesson to you for the next time anyone tries to make you feel pity or guilt about something shown to you (for example, border agents supposedly "whipping" people with their horse reins). Assemble some information before jumping to conclusions!
You witnessed the monster probably winning, for a start. Both because Childs was alone long enough to be caught and because Mac probably couldn't have tanked that explosion. Quite possible that they're both Things and still playing the role in case the other one isn't. Or who knows, just for fun even. Or maybe just one of them is the Thing, and it'll just wait until the other dies. Only one in four possibilities has them both human. Plus blowing up Palmerthing just turned the entire area into a minefield, it might've won right there . . .
No matter how many times I watch somebody react to this movie, nobody EVER says "Maybe there's a reason they were trying to kill the dog?".
I TRUSTED HIM
A masterpiece in practical effects from the genius Rob Bottin.I just wish the 2011 prequel had used Bottin for the effects instead of the cgi they used.I swear one of these reactors is going to throw up watching the Norris scene!🤢🤮😸
@@DerekHarrison-d5d There's a guy on TH-cam called HeavySpoilers who just ran through the making of this and the prequel.
Sounds like the director had a clear vision in mine using practical effects and the studio interfered. Sounds like it could have been good if given the chance...
@@heiscatnowThe Prequel is a great story and tells us the story from the Norwegian perspective and tells us why the dog was being chased and shot at and why the body Macready and Copper brought back to the US base was deformed.There’s just too much cgi in todays movies.This film is from 1982,42 years ago,and the effects STILL hold up today.
@@DerekHarrison-d5d
Oh yeah, I'm aware. Just saying someone did a really interesting deep dive on the subject and why the prequel failed.
It's just a shame that we could have had something good and didn't thanks to execs (yet again) haha.
Blair is actually a hero. He cut all the power and ways to escape because he knew if it got to civilization it was over.
He didn't get infected till he was put in the shed alone and got changed while he was by himself by someone who was already infected.
I still can't wrap my head around the mini spaacecraft under shed though. Most people assume it was blair but it seems like a lot of work for just one thing over a few hours or so.
@josoffat7649 agreed. It's been proven someone got to Blair in the shed so it must have had help from the other things after they realized they were trapped.
During this part of his career Kurt was concerned about his image due to the fact that he started as a child actor and became famous playing a wholesome teenager in a number of Disney movies made in the late 60s. He was still transitioning to leading man/action hero and was always worried his past would haunt him. No real reason to believe that but actors can be very insecure.
When he saw the ridiculous hat the wardrobe had picked for him to wear, he really hated it and said, no way am I wearing that. He later came to appreciate its iconic look. You have to have large testicles to wear a hat like that and pull it off. It's a statement.
42 years since the movie has been released and people still argue about whether Childs was the Thing in the end or not) absolute masterpiece
waaaait i didnt even think of that
Pretty sure Blair was smashing their communications and was killing the animal’s because of the computer said. So I think it was more of a “I’m not taking ANY chances for it to make it to populated areas”. Think he yelled “nobody’s getting out of here” during that scene. But he did go a bit nuts 😂
to be honest i would have acted just LIKE BLAIR. like i would've went INSANE and Paranoid of thinking Everyone was a Thing. but thats the Good horror, you dont know which one is the Thing, and your only way is to find out is to do a Blood test on them or seeing them doing something
He had probably had to work himself up and *make himself* a little nuts to do what had to be done. As it turned out, flipping out and stranding them was the rational thing to do, and believing they could defeat it and survive was the insane delusion.
@@chrisleebowers agreed
The prequel shows that the two Norwegians in the helicopter were the only survivors and the only two Norwegians that do not speak any English
The first creature effect spraying the chemical at the dog... is the chemical that Hostess uses to make the cream for Twinkies. It's harmless and Carpenter had Canada's version of the American Humane Society rep monitor the scenes with the dogs. All Hollywood productions have AHC reps on movie sets since 1942.
This movie is a showcase in why practical effects are so important in cinema
Stages to the beginning of the movie:
* Doggie!!!
* Hey! Don't shoot the doggie!!!
* The doggie is SUS.
* WTF is up with the dog!
* KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!
''Oh my god, that guy's eyebrows''
This woman needs to watch Gladiator, and you all know exactly what I'm talking about.😅
Ming from Flash Gordon gets an honorable mention.
yes, the paranoia vibe from this movie is off the chart, amazing horror atmosphere.
The top universal reaction for most in watching this movie, though you get a few that are wiser and quicker to catch on. 1. No one questions the dog, even if clearly someone is trying to get it. No one asks why. Until its obvious. 2. Everyone is aghast that theyd investigate what their seeing. Like bringing the remains from norwegian camp, or later doing autopsies on theses things (technically same source) not understanding that you have to understand what youre dealing with in order to know how to handle the situation. Hiding in your room wont help you survive. 3. People want to just run the second things go wonky. But then without understanding what you have, youre consigning hunanity to extinction. 4. Young reactors raised kn CGI will soon figure out why practical effects are superior. The look of horror on their faces are priceless. Welcome to the era before you had computers so had to do everything by hand. Practical effects can go horribly wrong, but when its right, it has much more impact than anything cgi comes up with
Separate comment, blair saw the consequences right off, thats why he was deatroying everything. He understood they were doomed the minute that thing made it to camp because you dont dare bring it to the world, so everyone had to die. He just didnt tell anyone! Probably because he didnt know who was infected. He did the right thing tho. He didnt get assimilated until moved outside. This movie is a remake/sequel (its considered either depending on whos talking. I lean more toward sequel) to 50s monster movie of same name based on a screenplay. There is a prequel that goes into what happenedvin norwegian camp, also same name, in 2011. Not nearly as good and CGI inferior but worth watching for back story.
The actor who plays " CHILDS " was also in another John Carperbter movie called " THEY LIVE ".
The great Keith David. He's in a lot of movies - including a blink and you'll miss it performance in Jordan Peele's "Nope" ☺️
Keith David. Been in a lot of well known films . Men at work with Emilio estevez, something about Mary , Armageddon, dead presidents, they live
He does tons of voice acting also
Also Captain Anderson in Mass Effect. Also Sgt Foley "Ramirez protect the Burger Town!" in Modern Warfare 2. Also Reverse Giraffe and The President in Rick and Morty.
My favorite Horror movie and one of my fav movies of all time!!! The Paranoia, having no where to go and no one coming to help and the amazing music. Also fun fact, if you speak Norwegian the man at the beginning gives away the twist. He says something along the lines of "Back away, thats no dog its a Monster A MONSTER"
"If anything happens to this dog, it's over for these men"
Me 😳😂
Respect for watching this movie by yourself in the dark. Most reaction videos are rarely done in the dark.
"waat abouut the guy that was aloone with tha dAAAAaaawg?"
Guess the reference: With accents like those you'd hope they'd be the first people to go, come the Apocalypse.
The prequel from 2011 is a worthy watch, explains what happened at the Norwegian station.
Is it really though?😅 Having seen the prequel the original works more than fine without it. It already filled in the blanks for the audience of what happened at the Norwegian camp: they found an alien, it woke up, it wreaked havoc, they died.
It can be said Blair was sabotaging the chopper to isolate the team from the rest of the world and wrecked the coms to cut off contact. He knew the risk what would happen if the thing made contact. Except Blair was infected. You saw him touch the critter remains with his pencil and then absentmindedly touches the pencil to his lips
Blair didn't get infected till he was alone in the shed by himself. Someone else infected got to him.
Also the pencil touch to mouth was proven to be an error. The actor out of habit put the pencil to his mouth.
@@brandontrammel4581 I used to think that until I realized a couple things. The whole movie takes place in like a 1-3 day span. Blair wouldn't have had time to burrow that tunnel and build a ship if he waited to the last day or so. Plus, he sabotaged the chopper, which later you learned he had stolen parts from. Obviously he was freed but he was likely working in conjunction with another thing. The episode with the smashing of the equipment landed him in the shed, which maybe he had planned on. He needed to be separate from the others to build the tunnel and the ship, and if the chopper was operational, Mac would realize parts were being stolen. He needed a cover and a freakout would stop people looking deeper. They talked earlier that people go mental down in isolation like that and it's likely not an isolated incident and maybe that's protocol about locking up the person in question and he was banking on that
@@brandontrammel4581 the two infected members on the team (Norris, Palmer) behaved normal and seemingly on the side of the humans until exposed. They knew how to blend in, play the game. Neither one made onscreen contact with one another, and Palmer actually helped Mac catch the spider head. If you watch carefully, he keeps showing dissent, turning suspicion against Windows for little reason and was quick to suggest killing Mac. Norris had been compromised so there was little chance of him walking out so Palmer won favor with the team by helping expose him. It's interesting to read into it, even if Carpenter didn't plan it
Practical effects👍
When folk aren't acting with a tennis ball on a stick.😊
Ahh yes, the movie that taught me to never trust “employed dogs” 😂
14:34 Blair sabotaged the chopper, and the snow cat, killed the dogs to cut them off from civilization, he saw on the computer what was going to happen if "it" gets away from the camp. no one else on the team saw what he saw, the cells taking over the host, becoming the host. great reaction to a classic! you'd probably enjoy the original version as well, from the '50's. i subbed for more. 👍
Don't feel too bad, everyone always roots for the dog in the beginning. Lol
Also the dog is an excellent actor!
His name his Jeb, and he was in White Fang 1 & 2.
The stomach scene was an actual mold of Charles chest. Underneath was a bear trap attached to hydraulics. It could open and close and to pumping motion which was what they used to make it eat the doctors hands. You used what you could get back in the day.
HA,HA😸The Dog and Norris scenes get them every time.I still can’t believe the critics slammed this movie in 1982.Rob Bottin was an effects genius.Should have won an Oscar for this.
Yes Norris was highly infected. But the weird thing is that before it even came Norris had heart trouble. So it choose a human with a physical weakness 🤔
When you have a movie that has both Rob Bottin and Stan Winston doing creature effects yes the movie will have God Tier practical effects.
So happy you watched my favourite film of all time!
Justice for Employed Dog.
This is still one of the absolute best displays of practical effects in any film genre. Its so good they made a prequel nearly 30 years later.
A little info on The Thing, particularly with how it assimilates: if ANY part of it on a CELLULAR level enters your body, you're done and it's only a matter of time. You won't feel it until you're not enough % of YOU to call the shots anymore. That means that if its blood or sweat gets on your bare skin, it can still be absorbed through the skin thanks to skin cells having pores that go into the body. Everything in our bodies is tied together to grow from within so it just follows that in reverse then violates your genetic code until there's none of you left.
It's not necessarily CLONING a lifeform so much as it is *eating it* on a cellular level then copying it as it eats.
When it transforms to defend itself (or for the end scene where we can guess that's the form that survived through each infection) it just kinda hits the randomize-all button.
It still has to be reproducing somehow, maybe it's a bit of both? Cloning and eating?
@MySerpentine repurposing the mass it's gaining through consumption very likely.... I think another test to determine who the thing is is to weigh everyone... that mass has to go somewhere, and if it's not disappearing, it's composing in on itself, making the thing more DENSE than the host body.
@@Sgt_Killersnow Yeah, that makes sense.
To me the most nightmarish thing I read is that the thing has different ways to infect a victim, some victims might not even know they are no longer human.
Yay katy movie reaction!! The way this one just leaves you thinking about what will happen next is great, I would never want a sequel.
If you want more horror from around this time, check out Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and The Fly (1986)
Check out the movies Halloween(1978), Creepshow(1982), Hellraiser(1987), and Tremors(1990).
When I first watched this film in the mid 80s my friend and I (who were very drunk and not at our best) assumed that there must (MUST!) be something very wrong with the dog. However, a better question might be 'what is wrong with Millenials, Gen-Zedders and the like?' Poor Puppy... POOR PUPPY MY ARSE!!!
practical effects are top notch in this movie, in my opinion, a good horror classic from the 80's.
Every single reactor: "Aww, puppy! Who's a good boy? Wait, what? Nuh uh, you are not going to shoot that dog? No why?!? WTF!!!!" 🤣
ohkaty: "Leave the Dog alone, WTF..."
*Minutes later*
ohkaty: *"Kill that Dog!"*
i ate my words
Forget Chesterton's Fence. Chesterton's Dog - "I don't know why he is shooting at the dog so clearly he shouldn't!"
Man gets shot...Leave tha F*ing dog alone! 😂
almost everyone cheers for the dog , my ex did when we saw it in the theater back in 82 ! I having read the novella it`s based on was one of the very few not cheering the dog on ! it`s based on john w. campbells 1938 novella ,who goes there !
Mate you've gotta pay more attention. Blowing up the chopper was entirely accidental. The grenade splipped out of the Norwegian's hand because he was wearing really thick gloves/gauntlets
I just watched your the thing reaction I did see this in the theater on base at fort defense mass. With young Jennifer she was a poor little rich girl who joined the army to go to u.s.c. or u.l.a. film school ahead sat in the first row every night we watched it every night to watch the people running out of the theater and throwing up LOVE THIS JOINT!
Greatest ending ever. No super heroes, Straight up, everyone dies.
The actor that was the thing in the defibrillator scene Charles Hallahan had to sit in the chair for hours and had to have to have his body plastered in molding plaster. Luckily the effects shot was one take. I'm sure he was happy.
I saw this movie at age 8, shortly after it was available on VHS, after I heard my uncle say it was the scariest movie he'd ever seen. And so yeah, to this day, I don't trust people easily, I pay a lot of attention to small noises in the night, this movie improves ones survival instincts. :D
This organism "eats" you at the cellular level while becoming a copy of you, that is, if it wants to immediately become you. Sometimes it just eats you and becomes something else it knows, or if it's in a hurry to defend itself, it just becomes a monster with parts it knows from various creatures it knows. Luckily in this movie, it apparently has never acquired a bird or flying insect.
It probably has, just not one that could survive Antarctica.
*OH MOTHER OF GOD "THE THING: AFRIKA/AUSTRALIA EDITION"*
Ah, as far as it's a computer, that particular Chessmaster game did have a bug that would let it make an illegal move and win. What you witnessed was that actual bug occurring
Loved the reaction! Happy scary season!!
Rob Bottin is 90% responsibile for the creature effects in this film. But Rob was gravely I'll and worked himself sick so John Carpenter ordered him to the hospital.
So creature effects God Stan Winston came in at a last minutes notice for the kennel scene and the Dog Thing.
Despite what Carpenter and others have said, I believe Childs was the thing in the end. Mac is breathing smoke and Childs isn't. He has a lower body temp. Sure, Bennings was turning into the thing and breathing smoke but he wasn't finished. His anatomy was still part human. The smoke breathing is very important because Carpenter makes it very evident the two men are different. He could have reshot the scene if he didn't like the breathe but he didn't. It was intentional
It doesn't explain that you can see Childs breath at the end.
I also believe that Mac is a thing, way before the end of the movie.
@@uncoolmartin460 Or that Childs still has his earring
Did someone explain to her why Blair was smashing the equipment?
We all got it the first time because we weren't filming a reaction 😂
EXCELLENT REACTION! 😁 really enjoyed this, thank you! 👍☺
thank you!!
Yeah this is so good that when it came to my theatre up the street for a two day run it was sold within hours. I begged to get tickets but no go.
How are they not more shocked. Mate they are clearly stunned into silence by what they're seeing 🙄
"Poor doggie" 😂
If you are curious about the Norwegian camp, check out the prequel done in 2011 I think
nah i would've let the dog take me bc ain't no way i'm trying to survive in those circumstances 😭
Its always the same
-nice doggo?
-WTF?
-What the Fuuuuuuuucccckkkkkk?!?!?!
-That was great
Some ideas:
(Prob seen some)
Movies:
Eurotrip
Road Trip
American Pie(1,2,3, Band Camp, Reunion)
Jay And Silent Bob
National Lampoons Van Wilder
My Boss's Daughter
National Lampoons Going The Distance
Wedding Crashers
The Girl Next Door
National Lampoons Barely Legal
National Lampoons Dorm Daze
Faculity
Scouts Guide to the zombie apocalypse
Tucker and Dale Vs Evil
The Hunt
Kill Bill
Jojo Rabbit
Saving Silverman
There is something about Mary
Holidate
Love hard
Sex Drive
Mallrats
Toy Soldiers
White Water Summer
Sugar & Spice
Good Luck Chuck
Good Will Hunting
The Accountant
Hitman(2007)
The Host
Gone Girl
Ghost
Sole Survivor
Pulp Fiction
Varsity Blues
Lone Star State Of Mind
Deuce Bigalow
Just Friends
Just Go With It
The Bounty Hunter
The Ugly Truth
The Rundown
Shanghai Noon/Knights
The Tuxedo
The Medallion
Accepted
Bring it on
Fired Up
Disturbia
Captain Fantastic
Extraction (1&2)
Hanna
Anna
Red Sparrow
Wild America
Without a Paddle
Man of the House
Grind
Ready or Not
Fear
We're The Miller
The Thing
Abigail
Summer of the Monkeys
Doctor Sleep
The Scream franchise (1-3)
Friday the 13th(2,4,6,7,8,X, Freddy Vs Jason)
A nightmare on elm Street (1,3,4, A New Nightmare)
Halloween(1,2,H20, Rob Zombie, The new trilogy)
The Devil's Rejects
Tv:
Smallville
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Kyle XY
Haunting of Hill House
Midnight Mass
Game Of Thrones
Castle
Mentalist
The Queens Gambit
The Vampire Diaries
The Order
Sabrina The Teenage Witch
Stranger Things
Emily in Paris
Charmed
Orange in the new black
Supernatural
One Tree Hill
Forever
Point Plesant
Locke & Key
You S1-S3
Killing Eve
Gillmore Girls
Gossip Girl
Heroes
Anime:
One Piece
Jujutsu Kiasen
Tensei Slime
So I'm a spider, so what
Mushuko Tensei
Seven Deadly Sins
Danmachi
Emmenance in Shadow
To Your Eternity
Dororo
Inyusha
Reincarnated as a sword
Demon Slayer
Overlord
My instant death ability is op
Samurai champloo
Rising of the shield hero
From common place to world's strongest
Peach boy riverside
Darling in the franxx
Vivy Flourentine
Spirit Chronicles
(Premade list)
I always wonder if they could've talked to it.
Very much enjoyed your movie reaction video. You gross out very well, and with that in mind, I highly recommend that you react to The Evil Dead (1981), The Return of the Living Dead (1985), and The Fly (1986) whenever you’ve had time to recover from The Thing. Thanks for making videos eh.
Eyyy more classic horror! Letsgoooo
Great reaction Katy your comments were hilarious 😊😊😊😊 check out Alien , The Shining, Mouth of Madness and Event Horizon. Best reaction to the Thing Imao
Check out the Texas chainsaw massacre from 2003 and the omen 1976
Fort defense. That is
Duuude, i saw this movie like 3-4 months ago and before that, last time i watched it was like, idk late 90s probably lol
Ps it was horrifying :D Thiis movie is so uncanny valley coated isnt it? holy fuck xd
Comment for the algorithm!
The Yappening.
Great reaction. Now, do you want to watch the Greatest of ALL TIME!? Please watch, The EXORCIST
Your reactions were hilarious and appropriate at the same time. Loved watching you watch. I laughed a lot.
thanks so much for watching!!
15:26 is that a home alone reference?
yes HAHA
21:28 😂
Katy after this movie , who will you trust ? 🤔 😉 😂
watch for the special gross special effects. Rewatch for the intense paranoia.
“The Thing” is suspicion, mistrust, and paranoia personified! It is the story of desperate men, isolated and hopelessly trapped in the middle of nowhere, caught up in a terrifying life-and-death battle with an inhuman enemy, in which the fate of the entire world hangs in the balance. What would you do?
When the Thing imitates someone, it perfectly duplicates every cell with such precision than it actually retains the memories, knowledge, and personality of the individual it copies. Norris (the guy who’s chest bursts open, chopping off the doctor’s hands with its bear-trap teeth) had a bad heart, and likely a peacemaker. When the Thing took him over and perfectly imitated him, it also faithfully recreated his heart defect, but not his pacemaker, which eventually caused Norris to suffer a heart attack for real during a high-stress moment. The Thing would have been happy to hide itself in a presumably “dead” body, but it couldn’t tolerate the electro-shocks from the defibrillator and was thus forced to reveal itself. Of course, the amazing scene where Norris’ head separates from his burning body, slides onto the floor, and pulls itself away, transforming into a crab/spider with his upside-down head as its body, and tries to crawl away unnoticed, is an iconic moment! (Incidentally, at the beginning of the movie, the spaceship was flying erratically because the crew was desperately trying to fight off the Things that were aboard their vessel and causing havoc. That’s why the spaceship attempted to make an emergency landing on the nearest planet and ended up crash landing in the Antarctic. Only one of the Things as survived the crash and made it out of the ship alive, only to freeze in the ice.)
Although frustrating, the ambiguous ending is perfect for this suspenseful movie. The real dilemma and enigma is whether or not McCready and Childs are both human at the end, or whether one or both of them have become Things, which keeps you wondering and wanting more. But that’s another discussion…
Do you also like superheroes? I'm mostly into DC comics.
Why traumatized yourself for life now 😢
Let the dog scenes be a life lesson to you for the next time anyone tries to make you feel pity or guilt about something shown to you (for example, border agents supposedly "whipping" people with their horse reins). Assemble some information before jumping to conclusions!
Yes, obviously the solution is to be a pitiless fucking asshole.
what did i just witness :D
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You witnessed the monster probably winning, for a start. Both because Childs was alone long enough to be caught and because Mac probably couldn't have tanked that explosion. Quite possible that they're both Things and still playing the role in case the other one isn't. Or who knows, just for fun even.
Or maybe just one of them is the Thing, and it'll just wait until the other dies. Only one in four possibilities has them both human.
Plus blowing up Palmerthing just turned the entire area into a minefield, it might've won right there . . .