That dog deserved an Oscar for his performance. The scene where he slowly pokes his head through the doorframe and walks down the hall is one of the most unsettling things I've ever seen.

the ''I would rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH'' line never fail to make me laugh out lout perfect delivery

In 1982 when this movie was released, I was just about 15 years old. My dad took me and my friend to see it. 40 years later and it is still my favorite horror movie ever. Thanks dad, RIP.

You guys spotted what I think really makes it scary...that they don't do "stupid shit". How they respond to each thing as it happens is pretty much how you can see yourself responding. In most movies you always have somebody just doing something stupid and you can see why the monster gets them. But when you see people playing it smart and still getting taken out it's scary! (By the way, when the head dropped off the table and grew "spider legs" it was behind the table from where everyone was standing. That's why they didn't see it until it was trying to head out the door!)

You all jumping during the blood testing scene!!! LOL I love real reactions like this :-)

I have seen many reactions to this movie but I swear y’all are the first to say there must be something wrong with the dog. Everyone else just gets pissed he’s being shot at. 👍🏾👏🏾

Now y'all watching a classic right here

Wilfred Brimley, who played Blair, was one tough old SOB. A lot of people are surprised that he could fight like that, but Wilfred was a ranch hand, a stuntman, a blacksmith, and a marine corps veteran from Korea. He was a badass. By the way, you were correct that when he was destroying everything in the radio room, Blair was human. At some point after they locked him in the shed, Thing Palmer or Thing Norris got to him and left him in there to construct the escape ship.

It was unique that the two black guys didn't die first in a scary movie in 1982, but it was even more unique that there were two black guys the same movie in 1982 that were actually two distinct characters!

Among Us before Among Us

Unlike most creatures, the Thing possesses no inherent standard anatomy. It may very well be that the Thing is a colonial organism whose assimilation instructions are carried on the genetic level. The Thing's shape-shifting nature means that the biology can be the same as the organism it has replicated, or is in the process of replicating.

The Thing is my favorite horror movie EVER. So the fact that my fav reactors are reacting to it is craaaazzyyyy! Thank you!

You guys caught on to dog's bullshit pretty fast. Most people are like "Oh I hope nothing happens to the dog!" right up until its face splits open.

This nigga Rob really said "I would EAT it!".😂 These are our heroes.

One character is called Windows, another character is called Mac. Windows got infected, and Mac froze. Just sayin.

27:00-27:08 Pat: “black man made it to the end of the movie”😂 That’s wassup

I love how this movie breaks the black man dies first trope.

This movie still holds up! No CGI!

Yes, Keith David made it to the end without getting killed off. So sick of losing great characters like that. So now, you HAVE to respect John Carpenter on more than one level. He was fair.......and knows how to scare the hell out of ya.

Bro the stomach to this day was the most “surprise motherfucker” moment of all time for me.

The dog was actually half husky and half wolf, the scene when the dog walked slowly into the kennel/cage and sat in the middle totally ignoring every other dog in the kennel was amazing ...... absolutely should have won an award for best supporting actor . When the film first came out it was trashed by the critics and even sci-fi fans, it literally put an end to Carpenters hollywood career befor it started , it was only later when people began to realize the effects and especially the story began to become understood , it was essentially a parallel to our society with aids and the paranoia and the distrust between everyone . When filming with the dog , the trainer warned everyone on set that no food was allowed while the dog was there and if at anytime the dog growled/snarled then filming was over for the day; The guy who got his arms bitten off by the chest/mouth of the heart-attack guy on the table they used an actual double amputee and created prosthetic arms and disguised him with make-up to make him look like the actor. This film is one of the classic sci-fi horror films along with Alien and Aliens , Terminator 1 and 2 , Predator 1 and 2 , Species, Robocop, Total Recall, Altered States, Videodrome, The Abyss, Starship Troopers, Tremors, The Fly, Scanners, Brazil, Escape From New York and Escape From LA, Deep Rising, Virus,

Awesome Reaction, got a new sub "The Thing, "The Fly" and "The Blob" are the holy trinity of 80s monster movies must watch

The craziest part about this movie is the possibility that someone infected by the Thing might not even know theyre infected. Hard to say how much info is replicated. Does it just copy their physical body, or does it absorb theyre memories and personality too?

Hell yeah, yall are rockin' The Thing!!! LEGENDARY classic now a legendary reaction flick! Cheers yall, glad you enjoyed it!

Ya'll get all the teacher's gold stars for understanding what was going on with the dog in the first few minutes. I've watched 10 other reactors and they're all upset, crying, whining about 'why are they shooting at the dog?' Hello!!??

This film is a masterpiece.

Interesting Facts: Norris (the guy who’s chest bursts open, chopping off the doctor’s hands with its bear-trap teeth) had a bad heart, and when the Thing took him over and perfectly imitated him, it also faithfully recreated his heart defect, which eventually caused Norris to suffer a heart attack for real during a high-stress moment. The Thing would have been happy to hide itself in a presumably “dead” body, but it couldn’t tolerate the electro-shocks from the defibrillator and was thus forced to reveal itself. (Incidentally, at the beginning of the movie, the spaceship was flying erratically because the crew was desperately trying to fight off the Things that were aboard their vessel and causing havoc. That’s why the spaceship attempted to make an emergency landing on the nearest planet and ended up crash landing in the Antarctic. Only one of the Things made it out of the ship alive, only to freeze in the ice.)

Iv'e never been more excited to see a reaction.

Im glad youre reacting to the thing. Its a fantasic movie

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

Y'all picked up on clues so much faster than a lot of reaction channels, it's great. Fun fact #1, the special effects were technically done by two fx studios. Most if it was Rob Bottin and his crew, but he worked himself into exhaustion, so Stan Winston was called in to do the scene in the dog kennel. Fun fact #2, this was Keith David's first film role. He was so used to stage performance that he would automatically project to all corners of the room if he was in a far away shot, but very quickly adapted. When Childs says, "hell no!" David initially kind of shouted it, but on the next take just perfectly hissed it out.

This masterpiece still astonishes the masses to this very day. As well as an amazing history behind it. It all began with a short story called "Who Goes There?" from 1938 is the source material. First made into a film called "The Thing from Another World", released in 1951. Released on the same day as Blade Runner, this remake by John Carpenter is one of the greatest Sci-Fi thrillers ever. A comic series and video game furthered the story about the organism trying to takeover the world. There was a prequel that hit theaters in 2011. Some hated it. I liked it. But hopefully you'll watch it to see what lead to the original being what it was.

Y’all guessed the twist with the dog quicker than anyone else I’ve ever seen-so now I think you’re all geniuses. 😍😂

4 minutes in and you guys have figured out the premise of the whole movie. I have never seen that before, lol. I was also skeptical of that guy breaking out the window with his pistol just to shoot the Norwegian fellow with the rifle. The door might have been some heavy steel, which would offer good protection? The most likely reason is that he was nervous as hell, a little scared, and he knew he needed to stop the shooter as fast as he could. He probably just wasn't making the most efficient decisions logically due to stress.

A fun fact about this movie is the actor’s shadow when the dog walked into the room was actually the shadow of the actor who played Michael Myers in the original Halloween movie. John Carpenter specifically asked him because his body shade was different than all the main actors and he knew it’d confuse the audience.

This is one of the best reactions I have seen to this movie! Great job!

New subscriber! Great reaction guys! This is one of my favorite movies!

great line during the blood test, Gary says: nonsense, this doesn't prove a "thing". and that's exactly what the test proves. lol

Few things 1. The thing is never actually shown it’s most like a guess of what it actually is we never see it on it’s own form 2. It can replicate pretty much any and everybody expect for anything that’s not organic 3. Since it was the 80’s everything is practical which makes it so good 4. The dog actually acted so good he creeped out the cast a little on set (including the other dogs) 5. They aren’t mutating the thing is basically consuming them and making another copy it’s copying every single cell it even some how adapts it’s memories.

Great reaction guys! And you hit on my theory about the ending....Mac gave Childs a drink as a test. Alcohol kills cells. If Childs refused the drink...test fail. If he took a drink and there was a reaction...test fail. But he accepted the bottle and took a big swig, no reaction. That's why Mac chuckled and just went on to sleep. He knew Childs was still human.

lol saying he would eat the thing is just crazy lmao

"Couldn't watch this alone bo".... I did, not knowing what it was about too 😭 hahah uncle gave me the VCR tape . Freaked OUT. classic movie

Great reaction from you young men.

The Thing is the best horror movie, the isolation and the paranoia of who's the creature coupled with that ending of not knowing if one of them is the Thing is amazing. And funnily enough when this movie first came out people hated it and John Carpenter thought it was the end of his career.

Nobody: Rob:” I’ll eat it bro?” 😂

Fabulous reaction ❤😊This is my all-time favorite re-watch for Halloween 😊

Wondering who is sus… Tracking everyone elses movements.. Guessing who is Sabotaging whom.. This the wildest game of among us ever!!!

Fun fact: When doc gets his arms ripped out, they actually brought in a guy who was a double amputee to do the scene.

They have Kurt Russell's hat from this movie at the museum of pop culture in Seattle, in the horror section.

Re-watched this reaction again, it never gets old.❤😊

2:59 my man was laughing because he thought they had the husky as a wolf substitute lol am dead Dude its just a husky.

There's a The Thing game that came out on ps2 and xbox that acts as a direct sequel to the movie and it answers alot of questions about the creature and the ambiguous nature of the ending. I loved that game lol

Blair wasn’t infected until the timeskip of a few days. Before that, it was just Norris until he assimilated Palmer and then one or both of them infected Blair during the timeskip

So the computer did cheat in the beginning. And remember they weren't supposed to share drinks or food. So McCready handing Childs a drink at the end and him accepting it. He knew. And I believe palmer was the first one after the dog. Who evers shadow was in that room when the dog went in was the first

my favorite horror movie so ahead of its time them not only fighting the monster but themselves the practical effects every detail is amazing

1. The Norwegian killed himself so The Thing couldn't get to him. 2. The ultimate hand grenade throwing FAIL 🙄🙄 3. You have to realize that this movie came out long before CGI so there was some very creative practical effects showcased here. 4. Mac's not a murderer. Clark was attacking him with the scalpel. It was self defense. 5. Of everything that went down the part that got me the most was when Blair was dragging Gary by the face. 6. Their fate is left arbitrary on purpose. Maybe it's best they all die. 7. They're re-making this sans Carpenter and Russell. 8. Another Russell/Carpenter product you need to first time/share with us is "Escape from New York".

They dont make movies with this much class any more. Blair was not an alien when he was smashing up the radio etc, the thing got to him while he was locked in the cabin.

I love watching reactions to this specific movie, and I’ve watch most of them. I’ve only seen two where the viewers were quick to notice the nuances in the film and quickly summarize that the dog was sus and made statements of not trusting anyone. The first was a young black lady, the second is this group of men. They, like she, felt or noticed something most viewers miss. It could be good instincts, attention to detail, or maybe a tendency to be present and on guard for hints that something is off, but whatever it is, it is a good trait to have. I spent my youth stumbling from one bad experience to the next and my radar is constantly on now, but it took years of life’s lessons to get there. If I had been half as aware as these guys, I probably wouldn’t have had so many strange occurrences in my past. But it was definitely a fun reaction and great watching them put the clues together.

i have ptsd from this movie to THIS DAY! im 31 and my dad let me watch this when i was twelve and no movie has ever scared me as much as this movie.

Between The Thing, Conan The Barbarian, Tron Blade Runner, Poltergeist, Fast Times At Ridgrmont High and way more 1982 is definitely a golden year for movies.

Child’s was the thing at the end when he talked no steam came out while Kurt Russell’s character did

Huskies are extremely smart and easy to train.they are very loyal and lovable.

"Black dude made it to the end of the movie man" had me dyin ... XD

Some of the things I have pondered.. Did the Thing ever use a weapon?( flame/ gun/ axe) Mac's ripped up clothing.. Where did the blood go after it jumped out of the dish during blood test. If The thing was building a Ufo,, where was it going to go? And The ending.. I feel a human would want to survive and tell the story. Wouldn't you?? (How will we make it??? Ppl need to know about Wtf Happened!) Where as the thing wouldn't care because it knows it could survive Freezing and attack the rescue Squad. ( let's just sit here and see what happens) The breath scene is debunked because that guy that they chased into the snow and torched while mutating breath was showing. (Note to readers I never read the comics)

19:06 I thought Mr. Whitecap was a bit squeamish at first, then he showed his eagnerness to witness human suffering with this face!

Amazing reaction to this classic John Carpenter film! Need to see you react to more Carpenter, especially Assault on Precinct 13 and Escape from New York !

In the comics child’s is the thing (you can’t see his breath in the cold) and they do come to a military base and he shows McCready that he’s the alien and tries to torn the base

"LA COSA" 😂

there are no wolves at the south pole !

Have to remember at the start of the movie, McReady is playing chess (Black vs white) and he ends up giving the computer a drink. At the end of the movie, the two survivors are a black and white guy, McReady gives Childs a drink, Interesting isn't it.

Every time I watch a reaction of this I feel the need to point out that one, we'll never know if they could've just talked to the Things, since they went straight to burning them, and two, it would actually really fit the themes of mindless paranoia being the real danger if the Things were also just panicking.

Something crazy I head is that keith may have been the thing at the end of the movie because he doesn’t have that cold air breath when he’s supposed to be outside…breathing in the cold.. but it’s a head cannon so take it for what you will

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John Carpenter has confirmed that at the end of the movie one of them is The Thing.

Here is something I think a lot of people missed at the end of the movie. Yes Childs made it to the end but he was one of the Things. Whoever he chased after turned him into one. How do I know this? Pay attention to Mac and Childs talking in the cold. You can see Mac's breath when he talks and Child's breath doesn't show when he breathes and talks. He made it to the end but was a Thing.

i think norris was the first human to be infected at the camp. the shadow looked to be a clean shaven guy with hair when the dog got him. he infected blair after they looked blair up. really, blair was a hero, preventing the thing from spreading to another camp or reaching another continent or island via a machine, by destroying the copter and snowcats and destroying the radio. once norris got him (or the weird guy who was tied to the couch), then blairthing got out and started building the craft underneath the toolshed.

There's a short story called 'Who Goes There?'. This movie is an adaptation of that story, and it's a very faithful one.

The effects hold up even today!

This came out back when I was really getting into horror. I still have the issue of Fangoria that has the double-face from this on the cover.

Dude i wish they came out with another one called idk, the thing returns. I think it would be cool

The ship wasn't to get off the planet. Simply far enough away that the others couldn't follow. Either to freeze and wait, or to get to the ocean.

Regarding the ending, I think you can work out who was, or wasn’t a Thing. There are only four possibilities: 1. Both are human. 2. Childs Thing/Mac human. 3. Childs human/Mac Thing. 4. Both are Things. Childs is armed with a flame thrower. 1. Childs knows he is human but doesn’t know about Mac. He should, and would, burn Mac. “Well then we’re wrong!” 2. Childs is the Thing. He would burn or absorb Mac. There is nothing Mac human can do to stop him. 3. Mac is the Thing. Childs human wouldn’t know for sure but he would be duty bound to torch Mac. “No offense. It’s the only way to be sure!” 4. The only reason Childs wouldn’t torch Mac is if they are both Things. They would each know if each other were The Thing because they are in effect one creature. Childs doesn’t kill Mac because they both know they are Things. Now they both just want to “freeze and wait for the rescue team.”

Practical effects unmatched to this day

He tried to pick up the grenade because it fell next to the heli...no heli...no fly away .. unfortunately 💥

My all time fav movie

MY theory is that the Norwegians actually DID hit the Dog-Things, several times, but the Thing being, you know, a THING that a bullet hole or three only slowed it down for a brief minute and kept running.

A few films keith david has been in. Something about mary Dirty work Dead presidents North star Nina 21 bridges

Bro i remember when i saw that for the first time when i was 10...Scared the soul outta me..

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If you notice the guy with the flamethrower has no warm breath when he speaks versus other guy you can clearly see his breath in the cold Arctic air...........so that means the guy with a flamethrower is already beginning to freezzzzzzzzzze🥶 which is what he really wants 🧐

This movie is one of the most stressful ad disgusting horror movies I have ever seen. lol. I had to pause it so many when I watched it for the first time last year. I was gagging. Also, in regards to the ending, if I recall correctly, the reason MacReady was chuckling was because Childs wasn't drinking alcohol. There was gasoline in the bottle. Him drinking it means he was The Thing...or at least that's a theory.

1982 The thing, Blade Runner, Mad max 2, Rocky 3 and …ET

Blair been an OP since the noose scene.

The reason he broke the window to take a shot at the Norwegian man is because when you shoot through glass it can change the trajectory of the bullet.

Best movie ever for reactions

Yall gotta do the latest one too. Its a prequel

The Thing was ahead of its time because the two black dudes make it all the way to the final three

Oh, the dark icy paranoid nihilism of John Carpenter. I love to watch this back to back with Escape from New York and pretend Mac is Snake with a helicopter pilot gig lol.

The blood test scene is one the best scenes in movies. It gets every one lol Can you guys watch the prequel ''The Thing 2011'' This movie follows what happened at the Swedish base and the ending leads to this one.

Can we appreciate john carpenters theme. Its like a heart beat. UNSETTLING ❤ great reaction 😊plus the dog thing is bluddy horrifying 😱