After a while it is apparent that the alien can take over and assimilate into other life forms, including humans, and can spread like a virus. This means that anyone at the base could be inhabited by The Thing, and tensions escalate.
Did you know Edit. Trivia A tradition in British Antarctic research stations to watch The Thing as part of their Midwinter feast and celebration held every June Goofs at around 1h 20 mins Although Fuchs has told them that the alien organism is highly infective, they don't care about sharing the same knife to get their blood samples. Quotes [Norris' head grows legs and tries to walk away] Palmer : [] You gotta be fuckin' kidding.
Crazy credits The title of the movie is revealed in the same style as in The Thing from Another World The effect was achieved with a plastic bag placed on a stencil that was melted by a heat source placed below it. Alternate versions CBS edited 12 minutes from this film for its network television premiere. Connections Edited into Deep Freeze User reviews 1. Top review. Good things come to those who wait. Steven Spielberg's extra terrestrial adventure about a sweet alien that phoned home that stole the hearts of both children and adults world wide had opened just two weeks before and was on its historic box office rampage.
Bad scheduling may have had a greater impact than anything else on the fate of Carpenter's first big studio effort for Universal Pictures. This was the time of E. It then makes for great movie history trivia, that The Thing has gained such a remarkable afterlife on video, DVD and television. Both financially and critically. Carpenter's version is less a remake of the Howard Hawks' version than a more faithful adaptation of John W.
Campbell's short story "Who Goes There? Kurt Russell will never top this one, and he gets a brilliant sparring from the entire cast. It opens in Antarctica with a sled husky running from a pair of crazed and armed Norwegian men in a helicopter. The scene is long, slow and uneasy. It feels like the Apocalypse. It oozes doomsday. This scene comprises one of the greatest opening sequences in film history. Ennio Morricone's moody synth score heavy on naked thumping bass lines in classic Carpenter style , the windswept massive white of the desolate polar ice and the majestic husky running across the tundra chased by the chopper, compromises a completely mesmerizing piece of scenery.
There's a brooding darkness to this film, making the whites and blues of the icy Antarctic claustrophobia seem poetic and almost angelic. Dean Cundey's extraordinary photography created a palpable chill to every shot. The careful preparation the crew went into a record month pre-production paid off immensely.
Horror specialist Rob Bottin was handpicked for the many gory and grotesque special effects. The Thing is actually notorious for its creature morphing scenes. Some find them disgusting, some mere cult. An argument could be made against The Thing being an Alien rip-off; it has its origins in an old sci-fi story and it creates tension by popping a crowd of people note: all-male on an isolated outpost an Antarctic research facility terrorized by an alien life form.
Where Carpenter was clearly inspired by Ridley Scott's masterpiece, his own alien movie is original and intriguing in its own right. There's a rhythm and an environment that equals Scott's in every way. The husky was in fact half-wolf and half-dog, and it was noted that it never barked or growled on or off the set Horror Takes Shape, the making of - DVD version.
Watch in awe at the scene where it walks through the hallway and stares at a human shadow, slightly tilting its head forward in stalking position like a wild wolf. This is a fine piece of animal training, sure, but that's not the point. This is as spooky as anything ever made in a horror movie. Carpenter had all the right tools here, and he utilized them to perfection, making The Thing his best movie alongside Halloween.
Rainfox May 27, FAQ At the beginning, the helicopter is trying to shoot the dog as it runs through the snow. Why doesn't the helicopter just hover over the dog instead of flying way past the dog after each pass? Does it have anything to do with the cold air or altitude? Did the dog being hunted by helicopter in the opening sequence belong to the Norwegians or to the Americans?
Why did Mac drug Copper, Clark, and Garry with morphine? Details Edit. Release date June 25, United States. United States Canada. English Norwegian. John Carpenter's The Thing. Juneau, Alaska, USA.
Universal Pictures Turman-Foster Company. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Extra scene where Palmer is introduced by voiceover. This scene has couple extra shots of him looking at Garry who is checking Norwegian which he killed.
Also in this scene, Norris is introduced by voiceover. Similary like with Blair's introduction, a shot of his face is actually just a little longer shot of his reaction taken from other scene later in the movie where Mac and Copper have brought burned body from Norwegian camp.
Extra scene where Garry is checking dead Norwegian's tags and asks Childs did they hear anything what Norwegian was saying. Childs responds "Am i start lookin' Norwegian to you, bwana? About 8 seconds long alternate scene where Fuchs is introduced by voiceover. Instead of a view of entire room like in normal version, scene shows close up of Fuchs while Nauls is rolling behind him and then Garry gets into the shot and asks how long Norwegians were stationed there.
When Nauls says "bullshit" the word is dubbed. Also when he says how Palmer is the way he is since the first day, camera doesn't shows Palmer raising his middle finger, instead it shows him turning over to Nauls and then cuts onto next scene. Palmer's line "Shit Doc, I'll give you a lift" is cut.
Instead he just says, "Doc I'll give you a lift". Scene where Mac agrees to take Doc to the Norwegian camp is slightly cut, or edited differently. Different version of The Thing theme is playing while the Norwegian dog is under the table. Scene where Bennings is shouting at Nauls to turn the music down is not shown, instead it cuts to usual camera view of the entire kitchen and games room, and dog moving across the hallway.
Scene where Mac and Doc find the ax in the door inside Norwegian camp is cut. Scene where Mac and Doc are checking the corpse of a dead Norwegian is cut short about 15 seconds , it only shows two close ups of Mac's face, hand with frozen blood on it and Doc's line "My god, what the hell happened here? Extra line is heard by Mac after he finds Norwegians' video unit. It's something like "Video cassettes oughta tell us something". Extra line is spoken by Mac in a little longer scene after he and Doc found a dead two-face thing.
After he says "Help me find the shovel, Doc", both of them are walking away and Mac says "We can get this thing into chopper". And then, the scene where Bennings is telling Nauls to turn down the music is shown, but Bennings's line "Turn that crap down" is dubbed into "Turn that junk down".
Scene where a Norwegian dog watches the crew bringing the dead two-face thing inside has different "The Thing" theme playing in background. Scene where crew watches burned two-face is cut down and little sped up, but it has extra shot of following close up on Blair, Bennings and Norris. Autopsy of the thing is cut short, but it looks like it has little longer shot of Fuchs looking at shredded clothes.
Scene where Palmer changes videotapes is cut. It doesn't show Palmer and Childs smoking pot and watching what looks like a porn movie. Entire kennel scene is cut short and edited. Much of the gore and violence is deleted or cut short. Part where Mac is walking inside kitchen and gets a drink is cut, instead it just shows him hearing the screaming and activating alarm. The alarm sound is much louder in this version.
Mac's line "Get your ass over here" is changed into "Get your butt over here". After Childs burns the dog-thing, somebody in background says "Stop!
I wanna see what the hell that is! There is also extra shot of Blair watching the carnage, but it looks like this shot is taken from some other part of the movie. There is alternate, almost completely different scene after the autopsy of the dog-thing where Blair explains to everyone what the thing is. This scene has different dialogue and extra shots of everyone in the room.
Extra scene where Mac shows everyone ripped clothes that Nauls found. Mac's line "Screw it, I'm gonna go anyway" is cut to "I'm gonna go anyway" Word "Jesus" is deleted from Mac's line "Jesus, how long do you think it has been in ice" Childs's "Voodoo bullshit" words are changed into "Voodoo bull stuff". Also his "motherfucker" word is changed into "monkey fella" Extra scene where Bennings sees someone inside the kennel and thinks it's Clark.
This is actually part of his original deleted death scene. Little longer scene where Blair is doing his research with thing's cells. During this scene he reads the words and lines shown on his computer out loud.
Alternate take of the scene where Windows is looking at two-face. Instead of close up on two-face, camera stays on Windows and we see him saying his "We gotta just burn these things" line onscreen, while in normal version he says that off screen.
There is what appears to be an added line where Windows says "I wish they left this thing at the Norwegians' camp". This line is clearly not spoken by actor, instead it's dubbed by someone else. Also, the part where blood from two-face is dripping on floor is cut short and instead the scene cuts to Bennings from another angle.
Different music is heard in this alternate scene. Mac has extra line in the beginning of the scene where he talks with Fuchs; "Is that one of Blair's notebooks? Windows's line "I swear to god it had a hold of him" is dubbed by someone with different voice into "I swear to you it had a hold of him".
Alarm sound is not heard in this version, and screaming of Bennings-thing is barely heard, but the music is louder. Garry's line "My god" line is poorly dubbed in "My gosh". Scene where crew is burning the things is cut. It doesn't show parts where you can see dead bodies burning. Blair's "Son of a bitch" line during his rampage is deleted. Some of his other lines are also changed.
Mac's "Christ" line is dubbed with some other word. Scene where Doc gives Blair a shot is edited. Instead of a close up on the injection and the arm, the scene shows Blair saying his "Why am i here? Scene where crew is talking outside of tool shed is edited differently. Scene where blood is gushing out in storage is cut short and edited.
First, it doesn't show someone's legs moving next to the blood, instead it cuts to "Garry! Hey you guys come here! Alternate shot shows close up of Mac saying "Who's got access to it? Extra line is spoken by Fuchs. Clark's "Like hell you will" line is not heard. There is what looks like to be an extended or alternate shot of Mac pointing his flamethrower on Doc. Scene where Mac is recording his audio message is cut.
It only shows part from "One other thing MacReady, U. Alternate shot during Mac's conversation with Fuchs shows close up of Mac saying "Alright" and then it cuts to extra shot of Fuchs while additional line is heard from Mac; "Keep trying to find that new blood test".
Scene where Fuchs is outside after seeing someone in dark has two extra shots of left and right side of the camp and he is also heard saying "MacReady" when he finds Mac's clothes in snow. Windows's line "Hey fuck you Palmer" is very obviously dubbed into "Hey fry you Palmer". Mac's "Alright, cut the bullshit" line is cut in a funny way. It shows him getting mad and saying "Alright cut the bull" and then scene cuts and suddenly he is calm. Scene where Mac and others are asking Blair did he see Fuchs is deleted, instead it shows extra shot of tow line and them finding Fuchs dead.
Scene where crew is refusing to let Mac back inside is edited differently. Mac says extra line while he is holding a flare and dynamite. It sounds like "Something set me to go to my shack". His "You asshole" line is dubbed "You jackass". Scene where Norris turns into the thing is cut. It doesn't show his head trying to get away and it cuts most of the other gore effects.
However, it has two extra shots of Mac and two extra shots of crew members. There is one short extra shot of Childs after Garry says that Mac is not gonna blow them up. Also, a scene where Clark is shot is edited differently. Blood test scene; Extra music is added maybe "Humanity Part 1" track from original soundtrack. Close up of Nauls getting his finger cut and his reaction is cut. There is one extra shot of Mac watching Windows cutting his finger and one extra shot of Palmer watching them.
Childs's "It's a crock of shit" line is changed into "It is crock of stuff".
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