Its like he's still alive ❤️

THIS IS PRICELESS ❤❤❤❤❤

The movie is gross😭 and theres vampire and skull😭

Wonderful movie. Watch it.

this movie made me into the man i am today, lol

Seeing ”Alien” at age 14 in 1979 made me think that it couldn’t be matched. Boy , did I get a surprise 3 years later.

2:24 when John Carpenter said pretty strange,you better take it seriously 😅

Funny thing is E.T had come out 2 weeks prior so that is a total 180 from The Thing. So yeah it had the toughest competition ever. When I was 11 in June of 82 I saw E.T and loved it. E.T was so popular and became a record breaker at the box office. I saw The Thing a couple years later on HBO when I was 13 in the back bedroom of my sweet little grandmother's home and to this day is my fav followed closely with the Howling and Halloween III. There will never be anything like the late 70's early 80's for movies, just absolutely the best. What a special time to be a young man.

So...... when we're getting this?

Phenomenal film. And man does it sound like the soundtrack inspired guys like Carpenter and Cameron in the 80s.

It's funny how Carpenter never wants to admit his movies are actually more real than mere fantasy.

The hair omg the hair

One of my all time favourite Film Directors. Most of John Carpenters film's have a Cult following. Halloween, The Thing, The Fog, Escape From Newyork, Big Trouble in Little China and so on.

He speaks the truth. We live in an age that because of all our social and entertainment medium sources so vast than ever before, contemporary movies are even more so than movies of the 1970's, have such a short shelf life of interest anymore. Films of the past 20-30 years now rarely are re-released. A re-release on a hit movie, or one that did fair business but was re-released because a sequel was soon being released or...would be paired up as a co-feature, was huge back throughout the 1970's. Movies played longer in theaters because of theaters having 1 screen. Cinemaplexes had maybe up to 4-6 screens in those days in comparison to these endless screen cinemas that are always showing the same movie in half of their auditoriums. So, whenever a retro screening pops up in your town, go and watch. Support these retro screenings of these classic films of the past. 👍👍

Under The Skin!

Your the man John! Its a masterpiece F'em

There is behind the scenes footage from Sorcerer, but it is of the Elizabeth New Jersey scenes where Scheider and his crew rob the church. That film is on KZfaq, and easy to find.

Little did he know, there would never be visual effects like that again in any movie.

GENIUS.

If it wasn't for the films terrible reception, who know how many bangers we could've gotten smh. John you are appreciated. I literally had never seen the thing till a few years ago and it's my favorite horror film. l show everyone lol.

Did the blu-ray of this ever come out? I can't find it anywhere.

"All done on camera." Post-production f/x are now pretty easy to do, but don't look very convincing; whereas practical effects require real skill and effort to bring about, and look 'real' because they are physically real. Carpenter says, "I don't think you'll ever see effects like this in a movie," and he was right. Odds are, we'll never again see this level of care and craftsmanship put into movie effects. It's part of why The Thing is increasingly being regarded as maybe the greatest horror film ever made.

Assault on precinct 13 is my personal favourite carpenter film and starman is a good film too..i wasn't that keen on the thing...sorry john.

Back here after Leif's most recent update. It's FINALLY happening.

all the more reason to stay at home😄

Top movie, better sweatter

I used to own the 35mm teaser of this. I regret selling it now.

Is this available to see or purchase anywhere?

I think his best movies are the Halloweens(The Night He Came Home and II) right beneath them, "The Thing"(the movie is the best depiction of paranoia, distrust and isolation). My favorite is "Prince of Darkness"(combining science, religion and horror), but that doesn't mean I put that movie on the top of his list. Right below "The Thing" is "Christine", "The Fog", "Halloween III: Season of the Witch", "Escape from New York" & "Big Trouble in Little China". Love his film scores, especially ones composed by him and Alan Howarth.

Carpenter is the best

That’s not the uncut version at all

My favorite scene in The Thing isn't the thing bursting through the dude's chest, or Palmer becoming the thing or the dog becoming the thing....rather....my favorite scene is after there are only McReady, Nalls, the old guy with the gun and Childs left....they leave Childs with the flamethrower while they go to Blair. The Thing scene plays and the camera pans room to room and down the stairs....every place is empty...that scene just creates a feeling of dread....they are alone.....they aren't alone....one of them is the thing....none of them are. That scene underscores the uncertainty & isolation of the camp, and the eerie music highlights the entire moment.

The commentar says they're 27 miles from coney Island and yet vermin siad they were 50 to 100 miles from coney Island , big difference . The yanks don't know what they're saying .

I loved how they paid homage to this in American Horror Story 1984

It’s amazing how people make garbage today despite The Omen, Alien, American Werewolf in London, The Thing, The Entity and a bunch more of 80s masterpieces writers and directors are mostly of low IQ and reduced intellect. It’s the dummy generation. Thank god I’m a 60s child.

I could nut to this.

Lol... good interview.

I’ve vintage woollen blankets with Johns sweater pattern 🤣😂

Dawn of The Dead rulez 🤘🤘🤘

Cost $300,000 to make, made $70M at the box office - a return of over 20,000%. Few investments make that kind of money! Even a return of "only" 100%, say $1B for a Marvel or Star Wars movie that cost $500M to make, is insanely profitable for companies like Disney.

This film the thing changed my life...Great interview and music.

It's unreal to me that JC's The Thing -- one of the best if not the best horror movie of all time tanked and was universally panned when it hit the theaters. It nearly destroyed John Carpenter's career.

The Thing had similar vibes to Alien, but was still a brilliant movie which I still watch today. I also watch his Dark Star movie which is also excellent, and funnily enough, was created with Dan O'Bannon who went on to make Alien.

"Good luck John, on The Thing, I have a hunch it will do quite well" not immediately accurate, but over time David was dead on

I still don't get it. What's "ice-blue terrifying about people you love" in The Godfather?

Mr. Perfectly Slim with a cool sweater. Love it!

Lettermen did Carpenter bad here. And he owe's him an apology.

I love The Thing, but is it possible Ridley Scott used similar effects and models in Alien?

If you are old enough to remember, before The Thing, there were no movies with those sorts of special effects... it really blew people's minds.

man, when the Quaker oats guy was saying he wanted out and then built a spaceship underground it really freaked me out! such an imagination! it really felt real! spooky as hell. that alien was sneaky, gross, an indiscriminate killer, a liar, and a thief! so scary!