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It was really fun watch horror movies with you guys ! Thnk u for make the marathon.I was wondering if you watched nightmare before Christmas? I would like watched with you this month.
@@NikkiStevenReact There is the remake also but i like the original better there is the remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street but not as good and Robert England does not play Freddie and there is the remake of Friday The 13th that is better than the original Jason even runs after people.
That's the exact moment that gave me nightmares for weeks and weeks as a kid. Definitely watched it a bit too young. Didn't help that I had a childhood dog at the time who would sleep in my room, on my bed, always. Would have horrible nightmares and have to sometimes even kick the dog outta my room because I'd be so afraid that he'd burst apart into The Thing lool. Great memories honestly.
Oh hell yeah, i saw this in the theater with my father and brother, my father and i were big fans of the 1951 version and when that dog transformed we just looked at each other with that WTF look.
@@i_love_rescue_animals I saw this with my dad when I was 5 and I was so amazed by how awesome the dog thing transformation looked that at first I was legit scared but then when the spider legs came out and it howled I thought it was so awesome as a person who was drawing weird things like that prior in school lol
That dog is actually a wolfdog! and she was one of the best animal actors of all time, honestly. Most dogs are excited all the time to be performing their tricks on camera(which means they get treats!), to the point where wagging tails have to be edited out of movies with "angry" or "aggressive" snarling dogs. She's totally still. Silent. Slow. She doesn't act like a dog. And she never even looks at the camera unless she's SUPPOSED to.
omg ur so right! ive seen this movie more times this is the best dog ever! next to old yeller maybe . honorable mention the dog from Prey2022 was the first time it was acting! and it killed it! :D
Yeah, that scene where he's skulking down the hallway acting all suspicious still amazes me. He's legit acting, which is something you don't usually see an animal do in movies. Such a great dog. I remember him as the wolf in "The Journey of Natty Gann" and the titular wolf opposite Ethan Hawke in "White Fang." He was always excellent, though he only appeared in a few movies.
It never fails. *Every* reaction. They all start the exact same way: "Why are they shooting at the dog?! Don't kill the dog!" 20 minutes later and it's a whole different story . . .
The guy in charge of all the special effects in this movie was 22 years old at the time it was made. He revolutionized special effects at such a young age.
Because they're all practical effects. That's what is so good about this movie and why it still holds up even to this day. I love watching people's reactions to this movie, especially if they have never seen it before. And the scene with the defibibulator. such a great scene
People naturally assume that effects simply get better over time - that's not quite true. By the 1980's, Hollywood had been refining practical effect techniques for sixty years, and had reached pretty much the pinnacle of the craft. Special effects have never looked better before or since. After the eighties, computer graphics started to replace practical, and after some still spectacular innovative movies (like in T2 and Jurassic Park, both using a combination of CGI and practical), so much of those nineties effects look absolutely horrible today, the equivalent of tinfoil UFOs on fishing wire. So we took a big step back for a few decades, and CGI is still playing catch-up to where we were forty years ago.
I always love reactions to this movie where it starts off "What a beautiful dog", "I hope nothing happens to it".... I just laugh and laugh... oh you poor summer child.🤣
Fun fact, they planned to make "old school" practical effect in the 2016 remake/prequel... before replacing all the animatronics, puppets and prothetics with CGI who looked fake even when the movie first aired (and have even more badly aged now)
@@axlm.808 The sad part is, the remake/prequel was made with practical FX with CGI enhancing it. But the studio douche bags didn't like it and had someone slap bad CGI on top of their work and re edit the film. If you look online, you can find scenes of the original footage before it was ruined. Story wise, the remake is meh but the FX was killer before it was tampered with.
@@daddydev3804 On my list of movies that don't exist but I would like to see, the The Thing remake with it's originally intended practical effects is up there. They looked amazing and the filmmakers were clearly huge fans of this version, with how accurately they reconstructed the Norwegian base. Gotta hate studio interference sometimes.
@@DerMoerpler Yeah, I think if they went with that + the Pilot cut then it would've been better, they'd still need to change some stuff that were messy even without the CG and they might have to extend the film so that we could remember some less important characters (off the top of my head there was Henryk and Karl who didn't get much screentime and were killed unceremoniously)
@@axlm.808 2011, and it's not "fun". The creative team worked long and hard, just to have all their work replaced and covered by cgi in the end. The director was heartbroken, he left Hollywood (it was his first project there and he really loved JC 82' version). It kinda pisses me off.
@@sonicartzldesignerclan5763 at least it makes people wonder how it was done. These days it's tossup of good or bad CGI. I'll take Rob Bottom's practical FX over anything someone can do with a computer.
I think a generous portion of that is the story. To build a lasting structure, it’s very important to start with a solid foundation. People often (though not without good reason) bash remakes, but it’s easy to forget that this movie is one. It’s just one that shows how to do it right.
@@jjc5871 I agree. I’ve been reluctant to watch their reactions because of her extreme overreaction. I like them, but it’s too much at times. I just love this movie
Fun fact: during the autopsy scene, they used real organs from a butcher shop. All the actors were disgusted and had to work hard to hide it, except Wilford Brimley, who had grown up on a farm, slaughtering and butchering livestock, so he was completely unfazed.
Everytime I've introduced anyone to this movie in the past and present... it's always "WTF?!" and watch them squirm and love it at the same time. They don't make movies like this anymore. Beautiful reaction!
@Labmonkey Plays - True that, especially when it is all based on a reall life experience man... this whole "dog changing" scene is like my brutal and violent night on the toilet, after eating some old smelly (and yet still very juicy) burrito. I cannot remember much after that, but I know it was deadly for other people in the building. Life changing experience, for my pants too.
It's always interesting to me when I come across first time viewers whose initial impulse to the opening scene is to wonder what's wrong with the people rather than what's wrong with that dog.
Yeah, I don’t know about most people but if a literal helicopter and it’s crew were panicked and hunting a dog I’d assume it was for a good reason. Rabies probably lmao
Right? It's so interesting that NO ONE ever cottons on to the fact that maybe, just maybe... There's a reason this guy is so determined to kill the dog. I guess it's because we're trained to see the best in animals and the worst in humans.
A little props have to go to HP Lovecraft too. They borrowed elements from his stories. This also includes the rest of the Apocalypse Trilogy....Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness...also John Carpenter films.
@@DCFCfanatic Fun side fact... John Carpenter considers Cigarette Burns, his short from the Masters of Horror anthology show to be part of his Apocalypse series of films.
The ambiguous ending is my favorite part. Four possible outcomes, three of them with horrifying implications. 1. Both Mac and Childs are human, and resolve their differences before freezing to death. 2. Mac is the thing, using the bottle to infect Childs. 3. Childs is the thing, and Mac tests this by giving him the bottle (which could be a molotov) and Mac’s chuckle after Childs drinks it is a laugh of despair. 4. They’re both the thing.
Well 2002 video game which is the true sequel Carpenter confirmed it Mac and Childs are not the Thing. As the comics Childs is the Thing and Mac hunts it down it's an awesome comic
@@oddrdt I'll never understand how the whole "You can't see the breath, he must be the thing" theory got so popular. Just looking at the 21:15 mark in this video you see a confirmed thing, and condensation in its breath.
@@That_Guy_Nee I mean, the fact that it's prevalent shows just how hard it is to make out. I checked the wiki, and the lighting is what makes it hard to see. I watch the movie every year, so I've LOOKED for it. It's just that it's not anywhere near as prevalent/obvious as MacReady's.
An interesting note is that in John Carpenter's first main movie, Halloween (1978), one of the children is watching The Thing (1951), the original version, whose full name was The Thing from Another World. Now, about 4 years later, we have Carpenter's awesome remake of that film. There was a "prequel" made in 2011, that was called the same name. It is a prequel, because we learn more about the history of this creature, and of the first group of people in the area. That 2011 movie ends how this one begins, with a helicopter chasing that dog and someone firing a rifle at it, trying to kill it.
also, there's 2002 the thing sequel video game. it got high praise too for voice acting, graphics (though dated for today standard), story, gameplay mechanic, and the memorable "ultimate end". this franchise spanned out the original "among us" sus.
@@wylerXL That game was sweet! Especially the mechanic of other characters going insane and having to manage their mental state. The ending of the new movie got all the details right, same helicopter, paint scheme, clothing, glasses, rifle, everything. I loved how the new movie ended to the point you could just start this one immediately after and it flows smoothly.
The "not again" reference that you were on about in Space Balls was actually from the movie Alien (a great movie worth watching if you've not already). There was no additional movie but there was a game that continued the story from where the movie left off. The was a prequel of this movie that answers the questions Steven had but as for the ending, it was left deliberately as a mystery by Carpenter, he wanted the people watching to decide for themselves if one more both (or none) of the survivors were an imitation. Nikki hit the nail on the head when explaining the movie poster. :)
I saw this in the theaters in 82 when I was 15. There were alot of people that walked out. I was totally freaked out and loved it. The spider head was burned into my eyes for life. One of my favorite movies of all time. The music is phenomenal and the suspense epic. I had a hard time sleeping for days.
I saw it in '82 too but don't remember anyone walking out. In fact the only ones I recall who didn't like it were the critics. And I suspect they panned it out of fear if they didn't they'd be ridiculed for dissing the original 1950's version of The Thing (which at the time was considered a high water mark in sci-fi). So for a while I was wondering if there was something wrong with me for liking the movie until I read that in Mexico they were all raving about it and couldn't understand the bad reviews it was getting here. And eventually once they realized it was safe to say otherwise the American critics did change their tune as all their websites are now giving it close to 5 stars. As for me though that was my first realization that the critics cannot be trusted because they have vested interests and it is far more important to them for their livelihood to be politically correct than it is to give an honest review. And today with cancel culture so prevalent I see it has gotten much worse.
Same here, i was 12 and i was messed up when i left the theater but i loved it, something in me knew i had just watched a great movie and the image that haunted me most was Bennings getting taken over, don't know why but that image always popped into my head.
I got to see it when there was a screening at the Alamo Drafthouse and I had the time of my life watching my favorite movie on the big screen with a bunch of other fans, and drinking a Long Island iced tea.
I’m honestly amazed y’all haven’t seen this one yet! One of my favorites of all time! The dog actor (Jed) is fantastic and also played the titular White Fang in both of those movies.
Great reaction to such a classic movie. 1982, no CGI, all practical effects, real explosions. Rob Bottin and Stan Winston's creature effects are amazing even for today, let alone in 1982! Also Ennio Morricone's soundtrack is one of my favorites. I highly recommend the commentary track on the Blu-Ray. It's Kurt Russel and John Carpenter talking about how much fun they had in BC making this movie. It's one of the best commentaries ever.
Her overreaction quickly became irritating. I would completely understand if we were talking about an exploitation video, however, this beloved horror movie is not one of them.
So glad you guys had a great time with this! This is easily one of my favorite movies! Fun Fact: This iconic score was by the legendary Ennio Morricone. His music became infamous from the old spaghetti westerns, such as “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”
@@mankdemelord6974 What?! Man, it’s so funny going back and reading early reviews when the critics trashed it! 40 years later, aged like a fine wine into classic cinema 😆
This is one of the reasons that Tarantino went to the trouble of finding and using an unknown Morricone soundtrack for his "Hateful Eight" , a movie in which a number of strangers become increasingly paranoid, while entrapped by a blizzard in close quarters. It is an homage to this movie.
@@mankdemelord6974 M0st m0vie critics ar0und that time hated this m0vie. Why? Because they are all enchanted by an0ther alien enc0unter m0vie called ET: The Extraterrestrial, which is a feel g00d m0vie ab0ut a friendly alien wh0 g0t stranded 0n earth.
The special effects are still mind-blowing, Rob Bottin who was in charge (with a little help from the legendary Stan Winston) was like in his early 20s when they made this which is just incredible. He worked so hard they had to rush him to the hospital, but in the end he created something amazing which still holds up 40 years later
Hi Nikki and Steven, The movie soundtrack was created by the late and great film composer Ennio Morricone. Who's list of great film scores includes The Untouchables, The Good The Bad and The Ugly,The Hateful Eight, Etc. And once again I always enjoy your reactions.
So fun fact about the guy who had a heart attack and ends up as a thing is that the alien can't copy inorganic material. He had a pace maker that helped pumped his heart and the thing couldn't have replicated it, causing the heart attack.
So glad you guys enjoyed this so much, one of my fav all time movies in general. Love how much y’all appreciated the amazing score and the scenes where the special effects go off and the shit hits the fan. Carpenter NAILED this one for sure
The spaceship being "out of control" in the opening is a short retelling of what is about to happen- The "Thing" is on board the spaceship- and the ship is crashing either because the alien crew has lost control in the chaos of fighting with the Thing, or they are deliberately crashing the ship in a Hail Mary attempt to kill the Thing. And as said in Blair's notes- this scenario may have played itself out hundreds maybe thousands of times on countless different Worlds.
Hey guys, this story was written by John W. Campbell, Jr. The novella is called Who Goes There? and was published in 1938. The 1951 movie, The Thing From Another World, was loosely based on the novella. John Carpenter and he friends were huge fans of this film, so when he went to remake it he didn't want to step on its toes so he went back and followed the story in the novella. Great reaction to a great movie and loved the ending. Keep up the good work.
The original "the thing from another world" is a stand out classic on its own. Creepy and shocking (when they discover the saucer in the ice) and an experimental film, it's a joy to watch. Carpenter said that it was made for its time and that he had to do the remake for its time for it to work
By the way, the music was made by the amazing Ennio Morricone. His most famous score is possibly the one for the western "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly".
Legit one of my favorite, if not my absolute favorite, horror movies of all time. Really laid the groundwork for a lot of media in the past 40 years and did a lot with little. All the practical effects still blow my mind to this day.
It's incredible to think that when this came out , it failed at the box office , the best horror movie ever made imo , it's perfection and carpenter never gets the credit he deserves
E.T. was to blame for that. Everybody and their kid just went to see the happy alien movie. That movie as a cinematic piece is a joke compared to this. But it had kids, a lovely alien and Steven Spielberg so The Thing did not have a chance at the box office. Carpenter should have delayed it's release until 1983. There is a reason why rated R movies are among the best in cinema.
1982 was an amazing year for fantasy and sci-fi. It had the bad luck to come out in a very crowded market: it probably would've done much better at the box office if it had been released one year earlier or later.
The box-office can be blamed on bad timing. What blows my mind is that it was poorly reviewed at the time too! Who watches this film and says this is a bad movie?!? I loved this film since the first time I ever saw it and I am astounded that so many “professional” film critics watched it and said it was bad.
There's a 2nd movie also called The Thing made in 2011 I think. It's not a remake, it's the first part of the story and ends with the dog running away being chased by the guy in the helicopter.
Fun tidbit: the dog in the movie was named JED, and he was actually a Wolf/Alaskan Malamute hybrid. This was his first movie, but he was in a lot of movies/tv shows after this most notably starring roles in White Fang (1991 w/ Ethan Hawke) and the Journey of Natty Gann (1985, I think). Probably the best dog "actor" of all time. Lived to be 18, which is insanely long for a dog that size. Even filmed White Fang 1 at age 14.
There was a The Thing video game hat John Carpenter said was a canon continuation of the story (though he could have been paid to say that. lol). Anyway, it revealed that MacReady survived and was rescued, but the Childs at the end was a Thing.
Classic! In my top 5 of all time any genre. I have watched it well over a 100 times and 1st watched it on HBO probably around 83 when I was 7 years old.
When Blair was tearing apart all of the radio gear and tearing out the vehicle's controls he was infected but not yet fully consumed. He had the curse of KNOWING that it was all over for him but the courage and will to, as you both said protect the outside world from the creature spreading.
You guys HAVE to watch Escape from New York next!! Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken 🔥🔥🔥 Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes, Donald Pleasance... It's a John Carpenter classic!
Another reference to this movie that you see in Stranger Things is when Dustin calls Mr. Clark at home to ask about how to build sensory deprivation tanks. Mr. Clark is watching this movie with his lady friend & explaining how the film makers did the special effects for the "spider head" scene.
Great reaction! In my opinion, it is THE greatest sci-fi horror movie of all-time. The score, pacing, tension, acting, direction and the concept of what the organism is and how it functions was off the charts awesome. It is unlike anything I've ever seen. An organism that exist on a micro and macro level that digests it's victims and then copies it's cell, but each cell is it's own individual organism?? Whoa. Even the ending was perfect. It's supposed to leave you with the same unanswered questions, mistrust and paranoia just like the characters felt. Brilliant. It aligns with the title of the 1938 novella that the movie comes from titled 'Who Goes There.' The 2011 prequel does answer some questions you may have and it even connects shot by shot with the beginning of this movie with the husky. You guys should react to it too.
I went to see this movie in theatres in October for its 40th anniversary! They were showing interviews with John Carpenters and lots of crew people behind the iconic practical effects. It was amazing!
Fun fact: The scenes at the burned out, destroyed Norwegian camp were filmed last and used the same set as the already burned out, destroyed American camp.
@@Wolvie181 and Wilford was a marine and told Kurt and Keith not to take it easy on him and he was gonna legit put an ax though that table which isn't easy so even at his age Wilford was still strong as fuck rip Mr Brimley
Love how you guys listened to your viewers and watched this! John Carpenters The Thing is my favorite horror movie of all time! It’s such a classic and the practical effects are superb! 😁
The thing is a movie that only gets better the more you watch it. The more attention you pay the more cool details you find. It's one of my favorite movie games to try and figure out the order of the infections and when they happen. I think I've got the order mostly worked out. Love the movie.
Fun fact: At the very end, you may notice that Macready's breath creates clouds of fog...but Child's breath does not. This is a possible indicator that Childs has been assimilated.
One of my favorite movies. Saw it in the theater when it first came out. I can't believe you guys haven't seen this before. I like the original too but this one had great atmosphere built up. The music was great. Everything about it is great.
The scene in "Space Balls" was an homage to the "Alien" chest-bursting scene. It was played by the same actor (John Hurt) who appeared in the original scene from "Alien"; which is why he exclaimed - "Oh no, Not Again!!". The scene also references the Warner Bros. cartoon "One Froggy Evening", that features a singing frog that will only perform in front of the man who finds it and no one else. It sounds like it may be the same recording of the song "Hello my Baby" used in both "Space Balls" and the cartoon.
This is easily in my all time top ten movies. Movies like this prove that practical effects are better than CGI. Love the reaction, glad you guys liked it. And btw the spaceballs spoof is from Alien
This is such an awesome movie. At the time, critics did not like it (but they never liked horror movies) and the box office didn't like it very much because people preferred to go see E.T. But it did well in rentals and grew a cult following. Most of John Carpenter films are sleeper hits and I highly recommend checking out more Carpenter films.
This movie looks better than movies made now!! Great acting, great music, great suspense, great directing.. just ahead of its time. Seriously best horror scify movie ever!! So sad it didn't make money.. people didn't know what was up then lol. It deserves all the love!! Glad you guys loved and so many cool behind the scenes facts, like the sfx were done by a 22 year old with some help from Stan Winston with the dog thing, Kurt Russell saved everyone from their bus almost falling off a mountain .. just crazy.. Kurt was the hottest in this too woot!!
Now that you've seen the movie, you know why the Norwegians were shooting at the 'dog'. Here's a thought, were they actually bad shots, or was the 'dog' simply unfazed by bullets? The Thing reveals itself in the kennel because the dogs sensed that something was wrong with it. That's why they started growling at it. Norris has a heart attack because when the thing imitated him it did it PERFECTLY, including his bad heart. The scene that Spaceballs spoofs is from Alien. The reason that the actor says "Not again" is that he was the actor that it happened to in Alien. Blair was infected during the autopsy. He pokes at the 'corpse' with the end of his pencil, then, while he's talking, he puts the end of the pencil to his lips. The shadow seen when the 'dog' goes into the room was not actually a member of the cast. John Carpenter did this so that no-one could guess who it was, however you can see that he was beardless and so couldn't be Clarke. Finally, look at Childs and Mac at the end. It's freezing cold, so Mac's breath is visible. Childs' breath is not. Just saying.
The newer the Thing movie is a prequel about what happened at the Norwegian base. It flows perfectly into the beginning of this movie, down to what the guys are wearing, the rifle, the same helicopter, paint scheme...everything
And every person who is a actual fan of the original movie and knows it's director thinks knows it is trash. The prequel is absolute garbage made for dumbass idiots who prefer CG and poorly written plots over anything else.
In my opinion this movie and American Werewolf in London were the peak of 80s special effects and it wasn’t too much longer before computer generated effects, much like the Thing, took over : ( what I love about the Thing is that it has been ‘travelling’ through the universe for years - the spaceship that crashed on Earth was just another species absorbed by the Thing and all the different forms it changes into are all species it has encountered along it’s dark journey 😳
A detail I really like is the grapple mouth it deploys after unfurling Dog-Thing still has canine features, specifically dog-tongues. It was in a hurry, so it wasn't able to fully shift and settled for 'good enough.'
Just some trivia: Nauls' death was planned, with him being painfully absorbed into the giant Thing, but ended up a deleted scene because the only way they could do it was through stop motion animation, but Carpenter found stop motion too choppy for his liking in this movie - that said, there was some stop motion made for another scene, but only a few seconds was used, which is when that tentacle grabbed the detonator,
37:46 Important thing to remember, there were 2 Thing's in the camp prior to the "blood test". The Norris and Palmer Things were likely working on this before Blair was locked up in the shed. One of them most likely assimilated Blair after Mac went to check on him the last time. Blair was wearing his glasses then, but not later, when the Blair Thing attacks Gary.
I think Blair was assimilated before Mac went to check on him the last time. I took the noose to mean that Blair was planning to commit suicide so he couldn't be assimilated, and yet when Mac checks up on him he's begging to be let back in, and suddenly he doesn't seem to care about whether Clark has done anything suspicious or if they've managed to find a way to root out the imposters... I think he was assimilated after making the noose.
I'd like to think that Blair had been poisoned by Thing meat and the reason he was acting "all better now" while having been 30 seconds from hanging himself was the parasite trying to "look normal" having wrested control from Blair *just moments ago.* It explains why he's so damn dazed, clearly not good at Humaning yet and, again, inches from suicide.
Glad you guys liked this and got it, it's imo the greatest sci fi horror and maybe horror movie period. It has it all gore, tension, mystery and jump scares. Parts are like cluedo trying to figure out who the thing is. The ending is perfect in how hopelessly grim it is for the last two characters...like even if both of them ain't the thing there going to freeze to death anyway...just perfect
"Can we not!" Moments later "Burn it!!" lol "For 1982 this film looks fantastic" Thats because it had effects alum Robttin at the make up effects helm. lol Oh and the sound design is exquisite.
Perfect example of how an incredible film, that creates such tension and surprise's, does not require modern CGI or effects and is one of the best in its genre and being 40 years old. No hidden agenda to the film, no preaching to the audience...just pure story, good acting and excellent entertainment.
I've always wondered if this Alien was malicious or just trying to survive..be interesting to get it caught in a room it can't escape, wonder if it would be open to conversation or it knows it'll just be experimented on and not let free.
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continuation part The Thing (2011) 👍👍👍
The scene that Spaceballs was spoofing comes from the great 1979 ALIEN, which included some of the actors from that movie for the parody scene alone.
@@КиануДепп the 2011 movie is the prequel to the 82 movie, it ends with the dog chase
It was really fun watch horror movies with you guys ! Thnk u for make the marathon.I was wondering if you watched nightmare before Christmas? I would like watched with you this month.
No CGI, no cartoonish violence and it still terrifies forty years later. How about that?
The one time where Nikki being an animal lover would get us all killled
RIGHT!!! Nikki trying to round up the alien parasitic filled fluff babies.
Steve was asking the right question- Why is the man shooting at the dog?
Doh!!!
Yeah he was a bad boy
@@NikkiStevenReact There is the remake also but i like the original better there is the remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street but not as good and Robert England does not play Freddie and there is the remake of Friday The 13th that is better than the original Jason even runs after people.
The moment the dog's face peels off like a banana peel is when you fully get an idea of the film you signed up for
That's the exact moment that gave me nightmares for weeks and weeks as a kid. Definitely watched it a bit too young. Didn't help that I had a childhood dog at the time who would sleep in my room, on my bed, always. Would have horrible nightmares and have to sometimes even kick the dog outta my room because I'd be so afraid that he'd burst apart into The Thing lool.
Great memories honestly.
Oh hell yeah, i saw this in the theater with my father and brother, my father and i were big fans of the 1951 version and when that dog transformed we just looked at each other with that WTF look.
yup.... I have yet to watch that all the way through...and I'm 42
@@Drax514 I'm sorry that I laughed. Then again the scene with clown in the original poltergeist had me wigging out.
Best movie ever.
Nikki: "Please don't let anything happen to the dog."
Everyone else: "Oh boy, strap in!"
Same! (even though it was a gorgeous dog!)
@@i_love_rescue_animals I saw this with my dad when I was 5 and I was so amazed by how awesome the dog thing transformation looked that at first I was legit scared but then when the spider legs came out and it howled I thought it was so awesome as a person who was drawing weird things like that prior in school lol
That dog is actually a wolfdog! and she was one of the best animal actors of all time, honestly. Most dogs are excited all the time to be performing their tricks on camera(which means they get treats!), to the point where wagging tails have to be edited out of movies with "angry" or "aggressive" snarling dogs. She's totally still. Silent. Slow. She doesn't act like a dog. And she never even looks at the camera unless she's SUPPOSED to.
omg ur so right! ive seen this movie more times this is the best dog ever! next to old yeller maybe . honorable mention the dog from Prey2022 was the first time it was acting! and it killed it! :D
All true. Except it was a He named Jed. :)
Also, it was the same wolfdog in White Fang and it's sequel. 😊
Yeah, that scene where he's skulking down the hallway acting all suspicious still amazes me. He's legit acting, which is something you don't usually see an animal do in movies. Such a great dog. I remember him as the wolf in "The Journey of Natty Gann" and the titular wolf opposite Ethan Hawke in "White Fang." He was always excellent, though he only appeared in a few movies.
I agree other great animal actors the horses in blazing saddles who could take bumps like pro wrestlers
It never fails. *Every* reaction. They all start the exact same way:
"Why are they shooting at the dog?! Don't kill the dog!"
20 minutes later and it's a whole different story . . .
Her reaction: Don't kill it, you POS!!
His reaction: What a terrible shot! (that's what I thought! :P)
Unfortunate most of them don't speak Norwegian...
The choice to be a dog was probably intentional... it knew that this would make the humans let down their guard and even try to protect it.
Exactly dude
The guy in charge of all the special effects in this movie was 22 years old at the time it was made. He revolutionized special effects at such a young age.
Robert Bottin! He definitely changed the game.
That's insane!!! Bro had the visions at his prime...early years is crazy
And almost burned the main cast with the defibrillator scene (some of the gooey products in the fake body reacted dramatically with the flame thrower)
And damn near killed himself in the process just with the workload.
And had a bit of an illness period after crunchtime was done.
I envy people who can watch The Thing for the first time. It's such a great ride. And the special effects STILL hold up.
Because they're all practical effects. That's what is so good about this movie and why it still holds up even to this day. I love watching people's reactions to this movie, especially if they have never seen it before. And the scene with the defibibulator. such a great scene
and they’ll always hold up forever. They are practical
People naturally assume that effects simply get better over time - that's not quite true. By the 1980's, Hollywood had been refining practical effect techniques for sixty years, and had reached pretty much the pinnacle of the craft. Special effects have never looked better before or since.
After the eighties, computer graphics started to replace practical, and after some still spectacular innovative movies (like in T2 and Jurassic Park, both using a combination of CGI and practical), so much of those nineties effects look absolutely horrible today, the equivalent of tinfoil UFOs on fishing wire. So we took a big step back for a few decades, and CGI is still playing catch-up to where we were forty years ago.
I wish practical effects were used more
Makeup effects created by the great Rob Bottin. 🤘🤘
I always love reactions to this movie where it starts off "What a beautiful dog", "I hope nothing happens to it".... I just laugh and laugh... oh you poor summer child.🤣
Every time!! 😂
Dog-people have only one love.
Lol same.
They always fall for the dog😂
Imposter dog : *venting* i'm a sus- i mean *woof*
"A puppy!" will NEVER get old at the beginning of most reactions to this movie. LoL
This movie is a masterclass in practical effects, even now. 40 years later and it's still wowing people.
Fun fact, they planned to make "old school" practical effect in the 2016 remake/prequel... before replacing all the animatronics, puppets and prothetics with CGI who looked fake even when the movie first aired (and have even more badly aged now)
@@axlm.808 The sad part is, the remake/prequel was made with practical FX with CGI enhancing it. But the studio douche bags didn't like it and had someone slap bad CGI on top of their work and re edit the film. If you look online, you can find scenes of the original footage before it was ruined. Story wise, the remake is meh but the FX was killer before it was tampered with.
@@daddydev3804 On my list of movies that don't exist but I would like to see, the The Thing remake with it's originally intended practical effects is up there. They looked amazing and the filmmakers were clearly huge fans of this version, with how accurately they reconstructed the Norwegian base. Gotta hate studio interference sometimes.
@@DerMoerpler Yeah, I think if they went with that + the Pilot cut then it would've been better, they'd still need to change some stuff that were messy even without the CG and they might have to extend the film so that we could remember some less important characters (off the top of my head there was Henryk and Karl who didn't get much screentime and were killed unceremoniously)
@@axlm.808 2011, and it's not "fun". The creative team worked long and hard, just to have all their work replaced and covered by cgi in the end. The director was heartbroken, he left Hollywood (it was his first project there and he really loved JC 82' version). It kinda pisses me off.
Crazy how this movie is 40 years old is still scarier and has better effects than most movies today.
Not really its just an nostalgie effect.
Yep it holds up incredibly well!
@@sonicartzldesignerclan5763 at least it makes people wonder how it was done. These days it's tossup of good or bad CGI. I'll take Rob Bottom's practical FX over anything someone can do with a computer.
I think a generous portion of that is the story. To build a lasting structure, it’s very important to start with a solid foundation. People often (though not without good reason) bash remakes, but it’s easy to forget that this movie is one. It’s just one that shows how to do it right.
@@sonicartzldesignerclan5763 It's not nostalgia. There are plenty of 80s movies with really terrible sfx.
Me in the first 13 minutes watching this:
“Stop worrying about the dog! It’s not a dog Nikki!”
I was just annoyed by the extreme overreaction.
not just me screaming stop rooting for the dog
That almost made me stop watching the rest of this video lol
@@jjc5871 I agree. I’ve been reluctant to watch their reactions because of her extreme overreaction. I like them, but it’s too much at times. I just love this movie
@@jjc5871 Welcome to Nikki overreacts, you'll get used to it, eventually. Maybe...
The lack of explanation in movies is a lost art. It's what makes people talk about it afterwards. It's great!
Exactly!
Like the first Alien film too.
Fun fact: during the autopsy scene, they used real organs from a butcher shop. All the actors were disgusted and had to work hard to hide it, except Wilford Brimley, who had grown up on a farm, slaughtering and butchering livestock, so he was completely unfazed.
No dogs were harmed. Jed, the first dog, lived several years after the film.
Movie is so damned good. Music, ground-breaking FX, characterization, fun plot theories, amazing direction, super rewatchable...
And W acting from everyone even Kurt Russel and the dogs
Everytime I've introduced anyone to this movie in the past and present... it's always "WTF?!" and watch them squirm and love it at the same time. They don't make movies like this anymore. Beautiful reaction!
They didn’t make movies like this then either.
@Labmonkey Plays - True that, especially when it is all based on a reall life experience man... this whole "dog changing" scene is like my brutal and violent night on the toilet, after eating some old smelly (and yet still very juicy) burrito. I cannot remember much after that, but I know it was deadly for other people in the building. Life changing experience, for my pants too.
@@tannhauser5399 based on a short story. Title who goes there? Not real life. Smh
@@robertarodecker2558 🤭 Read the whole comment. It’s just a joke.
@@3xPin Correct. And they didn't even like it back then, based on box office and critical reception. Carpenter was ahead of his time man.
I love the fact Carpenter make everyone root for the dog, then he makes you say KILL THE "DOG" KILL THE "DOG". 🤣
I never rooted for the dog... I knew from the start that something must be wrong with that mutt.
"I don't know what the hell's in there but it's weird and pissed off..." Best line.
Right after... HEY SWEDEN!!
It's always interesting to me when I come across first time viewers whose initial impulse to the opening scene is to wonder what's wrong with the people rather than what's wrong with that dog.
Yeah, I don’t know about most people but if a literal helicopter and it’s crew were panicked and hunting a dog I’d assume it was for a good reason. Rabies probably lmao
everyone, nothing better happen to that puppy.
Those that know the movie, "THE PUPPY? what about everyone else???
When I first saw this m0vie back in the 80s that was als0 my reacti0n. I th0ught th0se guys went crazy.
@@wolfwing1 Lol. Yeah, turns out it was way too late for that, Nikki.. It already happened...!
Right? It's so interesting that NO ONE ever cottons on to the fact that maybe, just maybe... There's a reason this guy is so determined to kill the dog. I guess it's because we're trained to see the best in animals and the worst in humans.
This movie influenced so much stuff, from Resident Evil to Stranger Things. It’s Legendary.
The Hateful Eight
A little props have to go to HP Lovecraft too. They borrowed elements from his stories. This also includes the rest of the Apocalypse Trilogy....Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness...also John Carpenter films.
@@DCFCfanatic Fun side fact... John Carpenter considers Cigarette Burns, his short from the Masters of Horror anthology show to be part of his Apocalypse series of films.
dead space
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That fade to black at the end is SO STRESSFUL 😂. A favorite of mine. Glad y’all enjoyed it.
1982 was a great year for cinema. Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, ET, Poltergeist, Mad Max 2 , Tron.
Musically also a great year
Yep, but you forgot the best of all... Blade Runner
Mad Max 2? Road Warrior?
Also First Blood, Star Trek Wrath of Khan, and Rocky III.
I love that Nikki's reaction to the opening scenes really emphasises the First Time-ness of the whole reaction, nice.
The ambiguous ending is my favorite part. Four possible outcomes, three of them with horrifying implications.
1. Both Mac and Childs are human, and resolve their differences before freezing to death.
2. Mac is the thing, using the bottle to infect Childs.
3. Childs is the thing, and Mac tests this by giving him the bottle (which could be a molotov) and Mac’s chuckle after Childs drinks it is a laugh of despair.
4. They’re both the thing.
I think with the lack of breath air being seen by Childs, it's #3, though I never caught the molotov detail.
Well 2002 video game which is the true sequel Carpenter confirmed it Mac and Childs are not the Thing. As the comics Childs is the Thing and Mac hunts it down it's an awesome comic
@@oddrdt You see his breath.
@@oddrdt I'll never understand how the whole "You can't see the breath, he must be the thing" theory got so popular. Just looking at the 21:15 mark in this video you see a confirmed thing, and condensation in its breath.
@@That_Guy_Nee I mean, the fact that it's prevalent shows just how hard it is to make out. I checked the wiki, and the lighting is what makes it hard to see. I watch the movie every year, so I've LOOKED for it. It's just that it's not anywhere near as prevalent/obvious as MacReady's.
An interesting note is that in John Carpenter's first main movie, Halloween (1978), one of the children is watching The Thing (1951), the original version, whose full name was The Thing from Another World. Now, about 4 years later, we have Carpenter's awesome remake of that film. There was a "prequel" made in 2011, that was called the same name. It is a prequel, because we learn more about the history of this creature, and of the first group of people in the area. That 2011 movie ends how this one begins, with a helicopter chasing that dog and someone firing a rifle at it, trying to kill it.
also, there's 2002 the thing sequel video game. it got high praise too for voice acting, graphics (though dated for today standard), story, gameplay mechanic, and the memorable "ultimate end". this franchise spanned out the original "among us" sus.
@@wylerXL I played that game. Nicely done.
Dont forget about the short story in Clarkesworld magazine from the Thing's perspective
Don't forget the original story "Who Goes There"
@@wylerXL That game was sweet! Especially the mechanic of other characters going insane and having to manage their mental state. The ending of the new movie got all the details right, same helicopter, paint scheme, clothing, glasses, rifle, everything. I loved how the new movie ended to the point you could just start this one immediately after and it flows smoothly.
This is the best practical fx SciFi movie ever.
Man. Still one of my favorite movies
My favorite reaction line in this video is in the beginning when Nikki says, "Good puppy. That's a good dog."
When Nikki said "Bad dog!!" I completely lost it! 🤣
The "not again" reference that you were on about in Space Balls was actually from the movie Alien (a great movie worth watching if you've not already). There was no additional movie but there was a game that continued the story from where the movie left off. The was a prequel of this movie that answers the questions Steven had but as for the ending, it was left deliberately as a mystery by Carpenter, he wanted the people watching to decide for themselves if one more both (or none) of the survivors were an imitation. Nikki hit the nail on the head when explaining the movie poster. :)
I saw this in the theaters in 82 when I was 15. There were alot of people that walked out. I was totally freaked out and loved it. The spider head was burned into my eyes for life. One of my favorite movies of all time. The music is phenomenal and the suspense epic. I had a hard time sleeping for days.
They weren't ready...
I saw it in '82 too but don't remember anyone walking out. In fact the only ones I recall who didn't like it were the critics. And I suspect they panned it out of fear if they didn't they'd be ridiculed for dissing the original 1950's version of The Thing (which at the time was considered a high water mark in sci-fi).
So for a while I was wondering if there was something wrong with me for liking the movie until I read that in Mexico they were all raving about it and couldn't understand the bad reviews it was getting here. And eventually once they realized it was safe to say otherwise the American critics did change their tune as all their websites are now giving it close to 5 stars.
As for me though that was my first realization that the critics cannot be trusted because they have vested interests and it is far more important to them for their livelihood to be politically correct than it is to give an honest review. And today with cancel culture so prevalent I see it has gotten much worse.
Do you remember what parts made them walk out?
Same here, i was 12 and i was messed up when i left the theater but i loved it, something in me knew i had just watched a great movie and the image that haunted me most was Bennings getting taken over, don't know why but that image always popped into my head.
I got to see it when there was a screening at the Alamo Drafthouse and I had the time of my life watching my favorite movie on the big screen with a bunch of other fans, and drinking a Long Island iced tea.
I’m honestly amazed y’all haven’t seen this one yet! One of my favorites of all time! The dog actor (Jed) is fantastic and also played the titular White Fang in both of those movies.
Well Nikki probably switch the channel if she see the beginning on tv befoer LOL Good for us
The part of Spaceballs, where the thing pops thru the guy's chest is a spoof of Alien. One of Sigourney Weaver's best movies.
Great reaction to such a classic movie. 1982, no CGI, all practical effects, real explosions. Rob Bottin and Stan Winston's creature effects are amazing even for today, let alone in 1982! Also Ennio Morricone's soundtrack is one of my favorites. I highly recommend the commentary track on the Blu-Ray. It's Kurt Russel and John Carpenter talking about how much fun they had in BC making this movie. It's one of the best commentaries ever.
I love how she was squeamish when the dog was revealed to be a Thing, but when the humans were revealed she was laughing. 🤣🤣🤣
Her overreaction quickly became irritating. I would completely understand if we were talking about an exploitation video, however, this beloved horror movie is not one of them.
"He makes a better door than a window" 🤣 the comebacks on this reaction were next level!
So glad you guys had a great time with this! This is easily one of my favorite movies!
Fun Fact: This iconic score was by the legendary Ennio Morricone. His music became infamous from the old spaghetti westerns, such as “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”
Even more strange is that Ennio Morricone actually won a Razzie award for “worst soundtrack” for this movie.
@@mankdemelord6974 What?! Man, it’s so funny going back and reading early reviews when the critics trashed it!
40 years later, aged like a fine wine into classic cinema 😆
This is one of the reasons that Tarantino went to the trouble of finding and using an unknown Morricone soundtrack for his "Hateful Eight" , a movie in which a number of strangers become increasingly paranoid, while entrapped by a blizzard in close quarters. It is an homage to this movie.
@@mankdemelord6974 M0st m0vie critics ar0und that time hated this m0vie. Why? Because they are all enchanted by an0ther alien enc0unter m0vie called ET: The Extraterrestrial, which is a feel g00d m0vie ab0ut a friendly alien wh0 g0t stranded 0n earth.
The special effects are still mind-blowing, Rob Bottin who was in charge (with a little help from the legendary Stan Winston) was like in his early 20s when they made this which is just incredible. He worked so hard they had to rush him to the hospital, but in the end he created something amazing which still holds up 40 years later
You believe that guy in the video said the special effects don't hold up today? He's crazy!
The CGI of today wouldn't hold up in the 80s.
Hi Nikki and Steven, The movie soundtrack was created by the late and great film composer Ennio Morricone. Who's list of great film scores includes The Untouchables, The Good The Bad and The Ugly,The Hateful Eight, Etc. And once again I always enjoy your reactions.
This comment needs more up votes. I was about to right something similar. But yes Mr. Morricone is one of the greatest composers to ever lived.
So fun fact about the guy who had a heart attack and ends up as a thing is that the alien can't copy inorganic material. He had a pace maker that helped pumped his heart and the thing couldn't have replicated it, causing the heart attack.
John Carpenter’s music from Halloween and The Thing are absolutely perfect for suspense and horror. I’m so glad you guys watched this classic movie.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Excellent choice
So glad you guys enjoyed this so much, one of my fav all time movies in general. Love how much y’all appreciated the amazing score and the scenes where the special effects go off and the shit hits the fan. Carpenter NAILED this one for sure
The spaceship being "out of control" in the opening is a short retelling of what is about to happen-
The "Thing" is on board the spaceship- and the ship is crashing either because the alien crew has lost control in the chaos of fighting with the Thing, or they are deliberately crashing the ship in a Hail Mary attempt to kill the Thing.
And as said in Blair's notes- this scenario may have played itself out hundreds maybe thousands of times on countless different Worlds.
Jed the dog actor who played the Husky was a wolf-dog hybrid who was also in White Fang and the Journey of Natty Gann.
Hey guys, this story was written by John W. Campbell, Jr. The novella is called Who Goes There? and was published in 1938. The 1951 movie, The Thing From Another World, was loosely based on the novella. John Carpenter and he friends were huge fans of this film, so when he went to remake it he didn't want to step on its toes so he went back and followed the story in the novella. Great reaction to a great movie and loved the ending. Keep up the good work.
The original "the thing from another world" is a stand out classic on its own. Creepy and shocking (when they discover the saucer in the ice) and an experimental film, it's a joy to watch.
Carpenter said that it was made for its time and that he had to do the remake for its time for it to work
Carpenter was also inspired by H.P. Lovecrafts “Mountain of Madness” for this movie.
I'm generally not interested in B&W movies, but the original is fantastic. Right up there with "Forbidden Planet".
@@seangallagher1268 Indeed and The Forbidden Planet is excellent.
By the way, the music was made by the amazing Ennio Morricone. His most famous score is possibly the one for the western "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly".
John Carpenter did it with him
The basic electronic score is John Carpenter. Morricone added the orchestral parts.
And stuff that didn't make was used by Tarantino in the opening of the Hateful eight.
Another cool fact: Morricone sent Carpenter the score to the movie sight unseen. Carpenter got the score and added it to the movie the way he saw fit.
Legit one of my favorite, if not my absolute favorite, horror movies of all time. Really laid the groundwork for a lot of media in the past 40 years and did a lot with little. All the practical effects still blow my mind to this day.
If the prequel had gone with practical effects over CGI it’d have been so much better
Dutch audiences had a early knowledge. Gunman was saying "get away from it, it's not a dog it's a thing!"
It's incredible to think that when this came out , it failed at the box office , the best horror movie ever made imo , it's perfection and carpenter never gets the credit he deserves
E.T. was to blame for that. Everybody and their kid just went to see the happy alien movie. That movie as a cinematic piece is a joke compared to this. But it had kids, a lovely alien and Steven Spielberg so The Thing did not have a chance at the box office. Carpenter should have delayed it's release until 1983. There is a reason why rated R movies are among the best in cinema.
1982 was an amazing year for fantasy and sci-fi. It had the bad luck to come out in a very crowded market: it probably would've done much better at the box office if it had been released one year earlier or later.
The box-office can be blamed on bad timing. What blows my mind is that it was poorly reviewed at the time too! Who watches this film and says this is a bad movie?!? I loved this film since the first time I ever saw it and I am astounded that so many “professional” film critics watched it and said it was bad.
@@andreim.5324 … ET is a classic. Getting bitter that audiences chose it is just pathetic
There's a 2nd movie also called The Thing made in 2011 I think. It's not a remake, it's the first part of the story and ends with the dog running away being chased by the guy in the helicopter.
Nikki: “Please don’t let anything happen to the dog.”
Me: “Welp.” 😬🥴
Not a dog.
At least not anymore
I'm so glad you watched this! I won't say that there's a GOAT in the horror-genre, but this one is my favorite.
There's a goat in the Eggers witch movie. Brrr!!
Fun tidbit: the dog in the movie was named JED, and he was actually a Wolf/Alaskan Malamute hybrid. This was his first movie, but he was in a lot of movies/tv shows after this most notably starring roles in White Fang (1991 w/ Ethan Hawke) and the Journey of Natty Gann (1985, I think). Probably the best dog "actor" of all time. Lived to be 18, which is insanely long for a dog that size. Even filmed White Fang 1 at age 14.
The dog was played by Jed, famous for many tv and movie roles. He was amazing❣️
There was a The Thing video game hat John Carpenter said was a canon continuation of the story (though he could have been paid to say that. lol). Anyway, it revealed that MacReady survived and was rescued, but the Childs at the end was a Thing.
the practical creature effects in this movie hold up better than 99% of what has come after. Rob Bottin is a prodigy
Classic! In my top 5 of all time any genre. I have watched it well over a 100 times and 1st watched it on HBO probably around 83 when I was 7 years old.
When Blair was tearing apart all of the radio gear and tearing out the vehicle's controls he was infected but not yet fully consumed. He had the curse of KNOWING that it was all over for him but the courage and will to, as you both said protect the outside world from the creature spreading.
You guys HAVE to watch Escape from New York next!! Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken 🔥🔥🔥 Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes, Donald Pleasance... It's a John Carpenter classic!
Another reference to this movie that you see in Stranger Things is when Dustin calls Mr. Clark at home to ask about how to build sensory deprivation tanks. Mr. Clark is watching this movie with his lady friend & explaining how the film makers did the special effects for the "spider head" scene.
Great reaction! In my opinion, it is THE greatest sci-fi horror movie of all-time. The score, pacing, tension, acting, direction and the concept of what the organism is and how it functions was off the charts awesome. It is unlike anything I've ever seen. An organism that exist on a micro and macro level that digests it's victims and then copies it's cell, but each cell is it's own individual organism?? Whoa. Even the ending was perfect. It's supposed to leave you with the same unanswered questions, mistrust and paranoia just like the characters felt. Brilliant. It aligns with the title of the 1938 novella that the movie comes from titled 'Who Goes There.' The 2011 prequel does answer some questions you may have and it even connects shot by shot with the beginning of this movie with the husky. You guys should react to it too.
I hope you guys do a viewing of the 1951 version and the 2011 version The Thing
One of the best horror movies ever. Probably the best use of practical effects as well. And of course, the usual concern for the dog until... lol
I went to see this movie in theatres in October for its 40th anniversary! They were showing interviews with John Carpenters and lots of crew people behind the iconic practical effects. It was amazing!
Fun fact: The scenes at the burned out, destroyed Norwegian camp were filmed last and used the same set as the already burned out, destroyed American camp.
In case no one's said it already, that awesome explosion at about 35:24 in this video was real dynamite, and WAY bigger than Kurt expected
Suffered a concussion from it too.
@@Wolvie181 and Wilford was a marine and told Kurt and Keith not to take it easy on him and he was gonna legit put an ax though that table which isn't easy so even at his age Wilford was still strong as fuck rip Mr Brimley
@@Chuck_EL AND Wilford had worked as a cattle rancher, and was the only one of the cast who didn't want to throw up during the autopsy scenes
Love how you guys listened to your viewers and watched this! John Carpenters The Thing is my favorite horror movie of all time! It’s such a classic and the practical effects are superb! 😁
It never gets old watching reactors having a WTF moment with the dog and also the de-fib! Great reaction again guys.
The thing is a movie that only gets better the more you watch it. The more attention you pay the more cool details you find. It's one of my favorite movie games to try and figure out the order of the infections and when they happen. I think I've got the order mostly worked out. Love the movie.
Fun fact: At the very end, you may notice that Macready's breath creates clouds of fog...but Child's breath does not. This is a possible indicator that Childs has been assimilated.
A personal favorite of mine. So glad you guys watched it!
One of my favorite movies. Saw it in the theater when it first came out. I can't believe you guys haven't seen this before. I like the original too but this one had great atmosphere built up. The music was great. Everything about it is great.
The Dog Kennel Sequence was done by Stan Winston Studios while portions of the scene were done by Rob Bottin.
"That's a good dog."
Narrator: "It would turn out to not be a good dog."
The scene in "Space Balls" was an homage to the "Alien" chest-bursting scene. It was played by the same actor (John Hurt) who appeared in the original scene from "Alien"; which is why he exclaimed - "Oh no, Not Again!!". The scene also references the Warner Bros. cartoon "One Froggy Evening", that features a singing frog that will only perform in front of the man who finds it and no one else. It sounds like it may be the same recording of the song "Hello my Baby" used in both "Space Balls" and the cartoon.
This is easily in my all time top ten movies. Movies like this prove that practical effects are better than CGI.
Love the reaction, glad you guys liked it.
And btw the spaceballs spoof is from Alien
This is such an awesome movie. At the time, critics did not like it (but they never liked horror movies) and the box office didn't like it very much because people preferred to go see E.T. But it did well in rentals and grew a cult following. Most of John Carpenter films are sleeper hits and I highly recommend checking out more Carpenter films.
This movie looks better than movies made now!! Great acting, great music, great suspense, great directing.. just ahead of its time. Seriously best horror scify movie ever!! So sad it didn't make money.. people didn't know what was up then lol. It deserves all the love!! Glad you guys loved and so many cool behind the scenes facts, like the sfx were done by a 22 year old with some help from Stan Winston with the dog thing, Kurt Russell saved everyone from their bus almost falling off a mountain .. just crazy.. Kurt was the hottest in this too woot!!
Now that you've seen the movie, you know why the Norwegians were shooting at the 'dog'. Here's a thought, were they actually bad shots, or was the 'dog' simply unfazed by bullets?
The Thing reveals itself in the kennel because the dogs sensed that something was wrong with it. That's why they started growling at it. Norris has a heart attack because when the thing imitated him it did it PERFECTLY, including his bad heart.
The scene that Spaceballs spoofs is from Alien. The reason that the actor says "Not again" is that he was the actor that it happened to in Alien.
Blair was infected during the autopsy. He pokes at the 'corpse' with the end of his pencil, then, while he's talking, he puts the end of the pencil to his lips. The shadow seen when the 'dog' goes into the room was not actually a member of the cast. John Carpenter did this so that no-one could guess who it was, however you can see that he was beardless and so couldn't be Clarke.
Finally, look at Childs and Mac at the end. It's freezing cold, so Mac's breath is visible. Childs' breath is not.
Just saying.
"Hope nothing happens to the dog"..... oh... oh sweet sweet girl.. sending all the virtual hugs!
The newer the Thing movie is a prequel about what happened at the Norwegian base. It flows perfectly into the beginning of this movie, down to what the guys are wearing, the rifle, the same helicopter, paint scheme...everything
Yes, I loved that prequel!!
And every person who is a actual fan of the original movie and knows it's director thinks knows it is trash.
The prequel is absolute garbage made for dumbass idiots who prefer CG and poorly written plots over anything else.
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The prequel is absolute garbage made for dumbass idiots who prefer CG and poorly written plots over anything else.
In my opinion this movie and American Werewolf in London were the peak of 80s special effects and it wasn’t too much longer before computer generated effects, much like the Thing, took over : ( what I love about the Thing is that it has been ‘travelling’ through the universe for years - the spaceship that crashed on Earth was just another species absorbed by the Thing and all the different forms it changes into are all species it has encountered along it’s dark journey 😳
A detail I really like is the grapple mouth it deploys after unfurling Dog-Thing still has canine features, specifically dog-tongues. It was in a hurry, so it wasn't able to fully shift and settled for 'good enough.'
One theory is that mccready gave the bottle full of gas to him at the end so he knew he was the thing but he couldn't do anything about it.
9:39 "Honestly, just the most gorgeous animal."
Yeah he about to get really gorgeous here in a minute.
Just some trivia: Nauls' death was planned, with him being painfully absorbed into the giant Thing, but ended up a deleted scene because the only way they could do it was through stop motion animation, but Carpenter found stop motion too choppy for his liking in this movie - that said, there was some stop motion made for another scene, but only a few seconds was used, which is when that tentacle grabbed the detonator,
37:46 Important thing to remember, there were 2 Thing's in the camp prior to the "blood test". The Norris and Palmer Things were likely working on this before Blair was locked up in the shed. One of them most likely assimilated Blair after Mac went to check on him the last time. Blair was wearing his glasses then, but not later, when the Blair Thing attacks Gary.
Don't forget Blair touched one of the organisms he was dissecting with the tip his pencil and then put that end of the pencil in his mouth...
I think Blair was assimilated before Mac went to check on him the last time. I took the noose to mean that Blair was planning to commit suicide so he couldn't be assimilated, and yet when Mac checks up on him he's begging to be let back in, and suddenly he doesn't seem to care about whether Clark has done anything suspicious or if they've managed to find a way to root out the imposters... I think he was assimilated after making the noose.
I'd like to think that Blair had been poisoned by Thing meat and the reason he was acting "all better now" while having been 30 seconds from hanging himself was the parasite trying to "look normal" having wrested control from Blair *just moments ago.*
It explains why he's so damn dazed, clearly not good at Humaning yet and, again, inches from suicide.
I haven't seen "The Thing" in years!! I think this was the first Kurt Russell movie I saw as a kid. I still need to watch the prequel.
The prequel is not as good.
If you want a sequel play the 2002 video game its the true sequel its canon John Carpenter himself confirmed it
I’m so glad y’all loved this. By far my favorite horror movie.
" Not the Dog, you suck dude!" Me- LOL
"I don't like dog on dog violence." Oh don't worry, it's not a dog, lol
Fun fact Rob Boutine the guy who did the bulk of the practical effects for this film was like, 18/19 when this was done
John Carpenter is a master at creating suspenseful soundtracks. His soundtrack on Halloween made the movie.
Ennio Morricone did the soundtrack.
Glad you guys liked this and got it, it's imo the greatest sci fi horror and maybe horror movie period. It has it all gore, tension, mystery and jump scares. Parts are like cluedo trying to figure out who the thing is. The ending is perfect in how hopelessly grim it is for the last two characters...like even if both of them ain't the thing there going to freeze to death anyway...just perfect
"Can we not!" Moments later "Burn it!!" lol "For 1982 this film looks fantastic" Thats because it had effects alum Robttin at the make up effects helm. lol Oh and the sound design is exquisite.
Perfect example of how an incredible film, that creates such tension and surprise's, does not require modern CGI or effects and is one of the best in its genre and being 40 years old.
No hidden agenda to the film, no preaching to the audience...just pure story, good acting and excellent entertainment.
Just sitting here waiting for Nikki to change her mind about the dog 😂😂
Nikki: No, stop shooting at the poor dog!
Everyone who knows in a Hudson voice: Kill it, kill it man!
Love this movie . . . I suspect that the monster was just as scared as anyone. The paranoia was definitely the most dangerous issue.
There’s a terrific short story from the things point of view floating around.
I've always wondered if this Alien was malicious or just trying to survive..be interesting to get it caught in a room it can't escape, wonder if it would be open to conversation or it knows it'll just be experimented on and not let free.
@@fxbear came to say that, it's a fantastic story!
@@fxbear Yeah, The Things by Peter Watts.
“how could you get mad at that face”
*face peels off*
1:17
Nikki: "Puppy"
Me "evil laugh 😂"