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John Carpenter is just built different.

Icy, nihilistic, perfection. Love to watch it back-to-back with Escape from New York. It won no awards as I recall. Critics, in fact, hated it and it bombed at the box office because "ET" was released at the same time. This is infinitely better than ET or most any movie released that year. Arguably one of the ten best horror films of all time.

The best part of watching a reaction video to this film is the people talking shit about the guy trying to shoot the dog while knowing that that's the least evil thing he could possibly be trying to do haha

Omfg I’ve watched dozens of reactions to The Thing and Ryan has been the ONLY reactor to go back and apologize to the Norwegians from the beginning (at least, in the KZfaq edit) lmao 🤣

"it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is" has to be one of the greatest lines in cinema history.

BEST SCI FI HORROR FILM EVER MADE! Critics were not too kind to this movie when it was released, calling it "Boring, Dull, A Wretched Excess and one hell of an antidote for ET." Speaking of, ET was released 2 weeks earlier and made a lot of money at the box office. The Dog Kennel Sequence was done by Oscar Winning VFX artist Stan Winston, after Rob Bottin ended up in the hospital with a bleeding ulcer and exhaustion. The sound effects of The Thing when it transforms are that of Bears, Alligators, Horses, Crocodiles, Rattlesnakes, Pigs squealing and human screams played backwards or sped up to make it sound otherworldly. The Blood Test Scene as well as the Defibrillator From Hell were on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. The movie was filmed in Juneau Alaska, for the Opening scene, Stewart British Columbia Canada, and Universal Studios Hollywood California. The film was a box office disappointment, making $19 million dollars against a $15 million dollar budget. It has since gained a cult following, and has been regarded as one of John Carpenter's best movies ever made.

Perfect ending for what this story is.

Greatest horror movie ever made. Smart people making the best decisions possible based on the information they have, and the audience isn’t privy to any information that they aren’t.

A rare Carpenter movie where he doesn't compose his own score. Ennio Morricone (famed collaborator of Sergio Leone) does the music for The Thing, but there is a sort of Carpenter feel to the synth.

4:14 Everyone is against the dog eventually. That's the beauty of this movie. It's such a universal experience. "No, don't shoot the dog! What's wrong with you?" "Holy shit, kill it! Kill that fuckin' thing with fire! Oh my god!" The artistic integrity that John Carpenter has shown since this movie first came out is brilliant. It's been 41 years, and he's never told anyone who's meant to be a Thing by the end.

What a great reaction. I love just how invested you were and how great where your guesses, really on point. And don't worry about judging the norwegian at first, everyone goes from "Why would you shoot that cute doggie?!? are you insane!?" to "BURN IT; BURN IT BURN IT!!!" P.D. That dog is Jed, a canadian wolf/alaskan malamute mixture. He made "fame" with White Fang disney movies. But the performance in this movie is great, it really sells the uneasiness, everyone in this movie make an stellar performance, even the dog.

The effects guy Rob Bottin, worked on the effects for this movie so much, he actually caused himself permanent physical health issues. Also, he did the effects for Robocop!

They filmed in 2 locations, 1 is Juneau, Alaska & Stuart British Columbia/Canada. Built structure in june and filmed end of autumn, winter.

This film and the 1951 version called The Thing from Another World are both based on the book called Who Goes There, written in 1938 by John W. Campbell jnr. The 1982 film is very close to the story in the original novel, whereas the 1951 film is more of a typical 50s monster movie, but is still a fun watch.

when this came out it was panned by the critics. they said Carpenter went over the top in terms of grossness. only in the last 10 years has it really been appreciated as a cult masterpiece.

Fantastic reaction and one of the best monster movies ever made, not only do the crew have to deal with the alien but also have to deal with the cold environment their love the double threat to the characters in this film.

Aliens may be the greatest alien monster movie ever made. But The Thing may be the most shocking / terrifying.

Great score composed by Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter and Alan Howarth.

This movie did win many awards back then for the special effects , those practical effects are still freakin insane today !

Bro, so glad you're doing this! One of my 3 favorite films.

I am Norwegian, and in the beginning when the Norwegian shouts and begins shooting at them he says «get away, thats not a dog! Thats some kind of thing! Get away idiots!» which kind of ruins some of the suspense and suprise for us!😂

Classic! Saw at the theater! Thank again enjoy your reaction reviews!

Best line from your reaction: "He's eating him with his head!" Note: All eating is done with your head.😆

I do love John Carpenter's Halloween, but this is his opus, The Thing. This is application of how much he knew about filmmaking from older cinema. For a horror film, little matches it but nothing is better, just a match. But this is the best horror film that really penetrates the isolation, paranoia and distrust, and in the worst place of the worst situation imaginable. I'd rather deal with Michael Myers, the Xenomorph Alien, Predator I'll keep going. This is the worst situation imaginable, this exploits baseline primal fears of both infection and being eatem alive. This isn't a virus yet shares many characteristics with viruses. Its a kind of Cellular organism. In a cut scene Blair said this that its not any cell structure as humanity understands it. Horrifying nightmare. Perfectly crafted.

You know what always amazes me about The Thing ( The creature )?.... it knows how to build a spaceship but doesn't know what a noose is for. Absolute classic film, as your reaction showed, it still gets 'em. Great reaction man.

I've been waiting so long for you to react to this! Such a classic of a horror movie.

Every. Single. Time. “Why are they shooting at the dog?!” Ten minutes later: “Wait…” Then: “Ohhhhh!! Fuuuuuu-“ Note: the effects in this movie are PRACTICAL effects. They used to be just “special” effects. But then came CGI. Puppetry, forced perspective, make-up, prosthetics, and “I feel like that shot was done in reverse” reverse shots. Good eye; you are correct.

Two things that are almost guaranteed when you watch reactions to this film: people go "oh no, nothing bad must happen to this dog!" and they admire Mac's hat :D Ps. Rob Bottin was like 21-22yo when he made the vast majority of the practical FX for this film, worked himself right into the hospital..

I love the little details in this film. Like the noose indicating he’s an alien as if he try to kill himself then the alien took over. I wanna know who do you think is infected at the end out of the two? Cose I wanna say neither as I feel like the alien one would try anything to survive and win or they could both be infected but then wouldn’t they want to work together ? But if which one is infected! I just want to know the answer! X

It's awesome to see you experience such a gem for the first time. It's my favorite horror movie, up there with Jaws. You've been on point with your selection of movies so far, especially with the classics. Hope you don't mind some old and new recommendations of great horror films that may be good reaction material: - Rosemary's Baby - Let the right one in (the original, from 2008) - The Others - Cabin in the Woods - Get Out - The Host - Child's Play (1988) - Shaun of the Dead - Predator Thanks for the laughs, great stuff

11:15 He literally DOES flip the light switch in an attempt to “turn the lights on”. It just didn’t work.

Ryan, I keep trying to get someone to react the 1951’s The Thing From Another Planet, the original version. It has a fantastic cast, snappy dialog, and suspense like nobody’s business. Thanks for this reaction - I didn’t care for the remake for a long time, but it has grown on me.

Every reactor in the first 5 minutes: "WTF! they better not hurt this dog!" 15 minutes later: "KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!"

One of the best horror/sci-fi movies ever!

Such a classic tension builder, Carpenter is the master at that. The blood test scene is my favourite, Garry's tantrum at being 'tied to this f***ing couch!' makes me laugh! Got to say though, with all the mayhem going on I still get distracted by Kurt Russell's hair! Its like a main character ☺

The way Windows looked relieved when his blood didn't react, he wasn't even sure if he was the thing.

Blair was played by Wilford Brimley. He had the power of oatmeal and diabeetus on his side.

Loved it. Thing and Psycho back to back, you had a good week of movies! I see this in a lineage: "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" (1978), "Alien" (1979), "American Werewolf In London" (1981), "The Thing (1982) and "The Fly (1986). Not that there weren't other great practical effects horror movies during that period, and before (obviously Exorcist, Evil Dead 2, Poltergeist, The Howling, Creepshow, etc) but there is just some sort of lineage with those movies. "The Thing" has a little homage to "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers", I would LOVE to see your reaction to that one: the cinematography is incredible, the acting, the sound effects, the practical effects, the atmosphere......definitely hit that one eventually since you've done the others! You'll love it!

Bennings howl was terrifying. For me though, how long were you alone with that dog scared me the most. Pretty much all of it. This film is so effective

The blood test. Carpenter only used this once, not for any other scene. The light in the eyes. When you rewatch you'll see palmer didn't have any.

@28:22 _Oh. Here we go, here we go._ Yes. As we'll see in a minute the guy who fell moaning/groaning from a heart attack is an immitation of Norris (the grologist). The thing *can only immitate living cells.* As Norris has a prosthetic heart valve, which was not "copied", thus the copy became extremely prone to heart attacks. Note that this also gives other clues such as Childs' earring for instance.

Ennio did a tremendous job with that score. It's unlike any other horror/sci -fi track, it's unique.

"Companies try their best to eliminate lens flare and they pay a lot of money for glass to have lens flare not show up." - Michael Bay has entered the chat.

Quentin Tarantino loved this score so much he hired Ennio Morricone to score The Hateful Eight, and Ennio Morricone used some of the unused score from The Thing.

Ennio Morricone did the score and about 10 million other great ones.

That was a very important point that you made at 14:00. One is not infected. One becomes an imitation, a perfect imitation of the victim. And you made another excellent point at 39:40, which is why I think they are both human. Great analysis. This is the best reaction to this movie I have seen.

Loved the whole cast❤ Love this movie. And of course, love your reactions!

Fantastic reaction ❤😊My all-time favorite re-watch!

It's funny. I've seen several reactions to this movie, and they all start and end the same. At the beginning, they're all 'No no, don't kill the dog." But later, they're saying "They should've killed that dog."

The Hot Shot actor is Lloyd Bridges, father of actors Beau and Jeff. Lt. Garry in The Thing is prolific character actor Donald Moffatt.

Ennio Morricone did the score for this movie, pure brilliant

Ok, I've seen this movie countless times over 40 years, and a question has just occured to me. When Blair is questioning Clark, he admits he was alone with the dog for "an hour, hour and a half, maybe", and after he's dead his blood is tested and it turns out he was human. So is there any good reason the Thing-dog would just hang out with Clark, all alone, for an hour and a half, and *not* take him over? Poor Bennings is alone with the Thing for 2 minutes before it gets its tentacles all over him. Why would the thing hang with Clark for that long and just leave him alone? I know there's probably no reason for it other than the script said so, but seriously, what's so special about Clark, was he not the Thing's type or something? Lol😂

To this day the single best "Cosmic Horror" movie in my opinion. The psycho terror of not knowing who's still human and who isn't is a true nailbiter and on top of it you have this absolutely nightmarish creature design. Beautiful.

One of my favorite John Carpenter/Kurt Russell movies. I love how the practical effects still look really good 40 years later. And I know you loved the spider head thing. =D

You are a top tier movie reactor in my opinion Ryan! Please keep being you and doing what you do amigo

Always fun to watch your reactions, youngun'. You never disapoint! 😅😊 My favorite line is,"...It's weird and pissed off, whatever it is!"

i was up late a few months ago and found old YT videos where they had the clips of this film all out of context on purpose...it was the funniest thing i'd seen...given the paranoid inducing scenes when they are re-cut they are alot of fun to work with...

They filmed it in Western Canada, either British Columia or the NW Territory. I don't recall which. They also built that compound and really blew it up with real explosives to film the ending. The one detail that does bother me, however, is that the explosions were so large, fast, and violent that the characters setting them off should've had no chance to get away. How Mac survived that explosion at the end is just a "cinema sin." But Carpenter has earned my absolution for this gem. In the scene where Palmer was in the snow burning, Kurt Russell threw a real explosive. That's why the blast looked so good. However, they didn't inform Russell how large or violent the explosion would be. He was too close, and it practically gave him PTSD.

Me: I’m definitely going to do the things I need to be doing now KZfaq: Lookie here 👀

Ahh Kurt Russell.. those long wavy locks. I think I may have a type 😂🤔

Hey brother I KNOW your gonna love this one.... practice effects off the charts. DIDNT do well in theaters cuz ET came out the sane week. Turned into the best monster movie

It’s funny you mention foreshadowing when they entered the Norwegian camp. They actually used the burned out remains of the American camp to film the Norwegian camp.

Still love this film 41 years later(1982) and HATE the film critics that panned it like they they panned THE BLUES BROTHERS two years earlier in 1980.Those clown film critics just didn’t have a clue.Rob Bottin’s special effects still hold up to this day.Just like one or two people have posted on here,watch the 2011 Thing prequel to get the Norwegian perspective and the events that led to the destruction of the American base.While there’s far too much CGI in the 2011 prequel,it’s still a good film,even if some still hate it!

Great reaction. Loved it. There are a great many things in the film that are purposely left open to interpretation. For instance: When Blair destroys the radio equipment... is it a Blair who is still human (maybe half-crazy with fear) who destroys the equipment to •prevent a rescue• (and thus prevent an infection from reaching the rest of the world?) Or, is it Blair-Thing, who is acting to •prevent a WARNING• from reaching the outside world, so that it can do further imitation and spreading once the rescue team arrives? (I tend to think it's the latter: By acting crazy, Blair-thing knew that the humans would be motivated to isolate him. They locked him in the tool shed and left, where he would be free to begin to tunnel out, and build the escape craft, and maybe infect other people.) It's unlikely that Childs is telling the truth at the end, about where he was. When he was still human, he chose NOT TO confront MacReady, whom he believed was the thing, opting instead to 'let it freeze to death outside.' So, "I thought I saw Blair... went out after him..." isn't Childs's style. I think the collective evidence points to Childs being the thing. But, there's another possibility: Childs is human, but lying. If Blair-thing confronted a very tired, nearly exhausted Childs, Childs would have doubts that he could have defeated Blair-thing, even though he had the flame thrower. Blair-thing could have sensed that, and offered Childs a deal: You let me grab the generator, and I'll leave you alone. Childs could then have messed up the coats and gear in the coat room, to make it appear that there had been a struggle, and then fled. One of the other curious tidbits about this film, is that a couple of years before these words become super-common terms in the computer world, we have two characters in the film named... Mac and Windows. :)

Ennio Morricone. All I have to say.

I didn't see this the first few times I watched, but check out 38:49 with part of Blair's face on the side of the monster head. Nice touch. You said "it's a little bit of everything". Yep, including Blair.

33:18 "He's eating him with his head." I've tried eating with my elbows but I always come back to using my head. Though I admit, I limit it to just one part of my head while this Thing is less finicking than I am... Yeah, Windows just stood there and watched himself die. Probably best to get him out of the gene pool if we're going to have to fight off a planet-wide invasion.

How can you go wrong with a Carpenter film scored by Ennio Morricone ( imitating Carpenter's electronic music ), with effects by the madman Rob Bottin, with comic artist genius Mike Ploog designing the thing scenes and storyboarding the whole film?? Fuck E.T., 1982 was the year of the Thing.

‘You need to watch out for that 70’s show as well, he was in there laying with him’ my goodness 😂🤣 nice channel

"we have to watch out for that 70's show as well" that line made my morning

The ending: I think that Childs was the thing. When MacReady talks you clearly can see the condensation of his breath in the freezen temperature. This doesn’t occur when Childs talks. This is not a coincidence, I think

One of the possible endings to the film, was the scene showing the burned remains of the camp still smoking, and then you see a lone dog running away from the camp. The studio felt that ending was too nihilistic and dark, so Carpenter came up with this ending, where you're left wondering if the Thing survived or not. 1982 was one of the greatest years for cinema, so unfortunately the Thing did poorly at the box office and critics overwhelmingly hated it. Especially since this film came up against the family friendly film ET. VHS and home video however turned the film into a cult classic, and that is when the movie started to get appreciated as the practical effects masterpiece that it is. Carpenter though really resented the unfair treatment of the film, and started to become tired of the system in which Hollywood operates. Those feelings were only reinforced with his later films.

So it was Norris who forat got infected by the dog when the dog goes into his room and we see the silhouette on the wall. I love how later when mac , norris and palmer go via helicopter to visit the spaceship, norris is looking at the ship with delight, knowing its his home. I truly believe this is when macready is infected by norris. After that trip Mac takes over and manipulates the crew. He changes. He kills fuchs as fuchs is giving him all the info from Blair, but doesn't share with the rest of the group. So gets rid of him, we see twice macs ripped long John's. Also he was present when doc mentioned about a blood test. Then straight after the blood is destroyed. I reckon mac took some of his old blood and faked his own blood test later, when palmer is found out. Mac infects Blair when he is in the shack and takes a swig of his vodka, and at the end when he's left with child's, he's happy to freeze and wait. He hands child's the whiskey and infects him, and gives a smirk. The whole thing is a chess game between child's and mac. Child's finally trusts mac with the drink. Mac knows that a small particle will infect someone. The bottle of j&b is prominent throughout the film and key

Was looking forward to your reaction to this. Great Reaction 👍

The Thing always knows it's the Thing so you can't be infected...it kills the original then copies it.

Ennio Morricone did the score, but they wouldn't show him an inch of film. He had to produce a kit for them based only on a verbal description.

Early Carpenter was so good. Especially paired with Kurt Russel.

9:30 I sh*t my pants bro, I actually thought you were talking to me for a second here😂 I looked away from the screen and had just started participating in that “activity” when this happened, that was insane😂

I randomly watched this for the first time yesterday myself. My god those effects were gruesome

Haven't watched you watch anything for a while, but I have to see people reacting to this ...

This movie scared the mess out of me, a life-long horror fan. I made my dad take me to see this flick, when I was about 14. He fell asleep during the opening scenes and woke up for the credits, while I sat there being terrified for a good 90 minutes. I wouldn't be alone with my pets for a good two weeks, after seeing this movie. Had to see the pink of dawn rising above the tree line, before I'd sleep. 😊 FYI, John Carpenter scores all of his movies.

SCANNERS and VIDEODROME are the same director as THE FLY...in fact i think i'll re-watch videodrome tonight... my friend showed that one to me, and scanners another friend of mine..scanners has a famous scene that really freaked out audiences including my friend who was a kid when he saw it haha both carpenter and cronenberg were into sci f-/horrors....i feel like videodrome metaphorically and in a way literally predicted the future

22:52 it bothers me that a case with a half dozen firearms is ignored after this scene

best line in the movie/ during the blood test Gary says: this is pure nonsense, it doesn't prove a "thing", and that's exactly what it proves. lol

In the scene when the dogs were being taken over, part of the thing escapes thru the ceiling. I assume that part was building the ship under the shed where they locked up Blair, so when they locked him out there they basically sealed his fate. And when he was trying hard to get back inside he was likely already taken over. At any rate, great freaking movie that I have watched a few dozen times over the past 40 years.

All carpenter movies should be watched! Specially Assault on precinct 13, escape from New York, escape from LA, Starman, Big Trouble in little CHINA, they Live, The Fog, Eyes of Laura Mars, Prince of Darkness, and others. Carpenter resented Spielberg for ET AND it took all the money and awards. But Carpenter had the last laugh! Because this movie is much better! Carpenter made his own alien love story with Starman! Carpenter also is the master of the minimalist creepy theme music! Kurt did 4 movies with carpenter! He even did an early TV Elvis movie, for John! This is one of the 3 most important sci-fi movies ever made. Plus Alien and Bladerunner, which are all related, by actors, and some other technicalities. Also the brilliance here is, when the thing busts out, it comes out of u anywhere, any size, shape, etc. The dog trainer should have won an Oscar and the special effects guy should have won an Oscar! He was a twenty one year old college student!😮😮😮. Pro tip, carpenter is still thinking about a sequel! But there's still a massive tie in here with Alien, predator Bladerunner this , and a movie with Kurt Russell called, Soldier! They are related by the beings called Engineers, for Aliens, Terminator, predator, Bladerunner this, and a movie with Kurt Russell movie called, Soldier. Common companies, technology, Replicants, synthetic humans, beings that Engineers created, and even writers and producers! And this is why, prosthetic, robotics, special/ effects, practical effects, are way better than CGI! The three main corporations... Cyberdyne (Terminator) Weyland Corp (alien) and Tyrell Corp (Bladerunner) all did cross work for each other, and also shared some employees!😮 Kurt better have kept the hat! Also the total brilliance here is, once u have been infected, even from just a scratch, u have no idea when u are being taken over! One of the absolute must watch Carpenter films u must watch! Along with Starman, escape from New York, escape from LA, Big Trouble in little CHINA, assault on precinct 13. Go with those, and his Halloween stuff, Eyes of Laura Mars, They Live, The Fog, Christine, In the mouth of madness, prince of darkness, memoirs of an invisible man, vampires! There are critics who say this is Carpenter's version of Communism Socialism, etc , and how it takes over countries, much as a film in the 50s by the same name, i think...the special effects guy here went on to do some great movies!

This is strictly off-topic, but dayumm I’m obsessed with the hair lol

I recommend giving "Vampires: Los Muertos" a whirl - it's criminally underrated. Starring Jon Bon Jovi, Darius McCrary and Diego Luna

Hallo from Norway! Right next to Sweden!

When Norris goes ill tell you what I've never seen anything like that and still in all the movies I've still haven't seen anything like it.

The score is phenomenal

i often confuse john carpenter with david cronenberg..they both had pretty cool special effects

6:12 you can find that out by watching the prequel movie, The Thing (2011) . ...yeah, yeah, most of tge effects are made by CGI but it is still quite a good movie 👍

That dog can act!

My favorite horror movie. I cant think of a worse scenario to find yourself in. Youre battling an intelligent enemy, you dont know if its malicious or simply trying to survive, if it touches you...youre dead, its almost impossible to detect, it can only be killed with fire/acid and if it gets to water or transportation its not just the end of humans but THE ENTIRE WORLD. Every Winter when the wind howls i think of this movie. It inspired me to get a flamethrower cause...you never know 😅

Yeeeah! On-screen paranoia is my favorite kind of paranoia.

For me, "Alien" and "The Thing" are the pinnacle of science fiction horror. "The Fly" is, for me, just below them.

I think the critics gave this movie a bit of a bashing when it first came out in the cinemas but over the years it's become a cult classic.

Love your content dude thanks for all the hard work never thought I would watch you tube more than tv and movies lol but I love reaction videos