The Thing (1982) MOVIE REACTION!!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!! [REUPLOAD]

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  • @Guitcad1
    @Guitcad1 Рік тому +15

    12:45: "When this thing attacked our dogs, it tried to digest them. And in the process, it developed diabeetus."

    • @SamBorgman
      @SamBorgman 3 місяці тому +4

      Not many people are around anymore to get this lol

    • @joelabel8260
      @joelabel8260 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Guitcad1 i have always liked the idea that this scene is where the infection first enters blains body. He touched that fucking pencil eraser to the alien, then touched his lips with it.

  • @scouseofhorror104
    @scouseofhorror104 Рік тому +138

    "I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS F*****G COUCH!" Makes me howl every time 🤣🤣🤣

    • @emsleywyatt3400
      @emsleywyatt3400 Рік тому +6

      That's what SHE said.

    • @shannonholt5343
      @shannonholt5343 Рік тому +3

      My favorite line from this flick

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 Рік тому +1

      It's a Mood.

    • @paulstratis5579
      @paulstratis5579 7 місяців тому +2

      Quote that’s best represents pandemic

    • @bb21again.67
      @bb21again.67 6 місяців тому

      Yeah,and before this I only knew Moffat as playing the nice robot on TV series Hogan's Run.I think he was called Binary.

  • @generalscheisskopf7435
    @generalscheisskopf7435 Рік тому +140

    John Carpenter should take great satisfaction that the film everyone dismissed as "garbage" when it premiered is now considered one of the greatest sci-fi/horror films ever made. Forty-year-old practical effects rival the best CGI of today, enough to make Cam nearly puke on camera!

    • @Mugthraka
      @Mugthraka Рік тому +9

      Its crazy to think that this movie din't do well or wasn't well received at the time.
      When you see the cult following and that this movie is pretty much become a case study for Atmospheric storytelling.
      Whats even more crazy is that it was pretty much the fate of All Carpenter's movies, i mean, Big trouble in Little china got the same fate, paned by critics, audiences din't know what the movie wanted to be.
      And years later did extremely well on the VHS and laser disc market and became a cult classic for fans and anyone who watches it todays...

    • @MissFlow
      @MissFlow 8 місяців тому +6

      @@MugthrakaWell it had something to do with E.T and other fantasy esque movies that were coming out that same year (which had a véry different tone), and at the end of 1982 this movie suddenly came around the corner.
      People were simply not prepared for this and were shocked to the core. Most didn't even make it past the dog scene I heard.

  • @LMarti13
    @LMarti13 10 місяців тому +53

    It's super rare for someone to realize that Blair is actually the most rational person on the base on first watch so props

    • @shanechipman7157
      @shanechipman7157 6 місяців тому +2

      For years I’ve heard people debate whether Blair was already infected when he sabotaged everything or not and for years I’ve never been able to figure it out man lol Norris and Palmer are trackable but when does blair get infected? I NEED ANSWERS MAN LOL

    • @bb21again.67
      @bb21again.67 6 місяців тому

      No,I would go Fuchs,and I also think HE is The Thing at the end.Faked his own death,they found only glasses rims and a couple of rags and went and lay down in the snow to freeze because as MaCready said it "Just wants to go to sleep and waite to be found".

    • @disturbed1013
      @disturbed1013 5 місяців тому

      ​@@shanechipman7157 While he was left alone. You see the noose. He probably wanted to hang himself when he was attacked. If he was infected before that, he wouldn't destroy the helicopter, he would've tried to blend in quietly, like Norris-thing and Palmer-thing did.

    • @nicoleheppner6431
      @nicoleheppner6431 5 місяців тому +4

      ​@shanechipman7157 I think he is infected, but not yet taken over. That's why he had a noose in the cabin he was locked in. He realized he was infected and planned to end himself, but the Thing took him over before he could do it. Then suddenly he was "Fine and want to rejoin the others."

    • @joelabel8260
      @joelabel8260 3 місяці тому +6

      ​@shanechipman7157 for one, although I dont think john carpenter or wilfred brimley thought about it, but maybe they did, when blair is explaining the results of the autopsy he touches his pencil eraser to the alien, then touches the eraser to his lips. There were many ways for him to become infected, but I have always liked the idea that it is shown in plain sight, and everyone sees it, including the audience, but they dont realize what they have seen.

  • @shaitanlavey
    @shaitanlavey Рік тому +37

    Novella - Who Goes There? - 1938
    Film - The Thing From Another World - 1951 (first adaptation)
    Film - The Thing - 1982 (reimagining of the 1938 source material)
    Film - The Thing - 2011 (unofficial "prequel" to the 1982 film)
    Carpenter calls 3 films his "Apocalypse Trilogy", although they are not directly connected, other than their bleak endings and underlying tones -
    The Thing - 1982
    Prince of Darkness - 1987
    In the Mouth of Madness - 1995

  • @YolandaAnneBrown95726
    @YolandaAnneBrown95726 Рік тому +97

    I get a huge kick out of watching first time reactions to The Thing, and you guys are priceless.

  • @kevinburton3948
    @kevinburton3948 Рік тому +27

    (Everyone watching "The Thing" for the first time)-
    NO DON'T KILL THE DOG!
    (20 minutes later)
    *OMFG KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!*

  • @jlcutright0723
    @jlcutright0723 Рік тому +30

    "His head ate his face!" Priceless!

  • @myfriendisaac
    @myfriendisaac Рік тому +98

    10:20 The practical effects team would be THRILLED to see this reaction 😱😂🥶👽 Easily one of my favorite horror films *ever.*

    • @YolandaAnneBrown95726
      @YolandaAnneBrown95726 Рік тому +16

      IKR? A 40 year old movie with practical effects that can still scare the shit out of people! The best compliment ever!

    • @wackyvorlon
      @wackyvorlon Рік тому +7

      What amazes me is just how badly the critics savaged it. This film was a massive failure both critically and at the box office.

    • @strangebiped
      @strangebiped Рік тому +7

      @@wackyvorlon And now in 2022 we know it's a MASTERPIECE OF HORROR by JOHN CARPENTER who got scared of the Original Movie when he saw it as a kid! And JAMES ARNESS (Marshall Dillion from the old TV Western Series; GUNSMOKE, ) was The Thing in the original movie.

    • @paul1979uk2000
      @paul1979uk2000 Рік тому +3

      @@wackyvorlon Yep, and apparently at the time, people wanted friendly aliens like E.T. over aliens like what the Thing had.
      Shame the movie didn't do well on release and probably because of timing, and overtime, became a cult classic that I remember far more than I remember E.T.
      I think what would have made this movie as well as the Predator movie better is if it didn't have the alien ship flying into earth at the start, it would have kept the audience in the dark and we wouldn't have a clue what was going on, but because of the alien part and how desperate he was to shoot that dog, I knew there was something up either with the dog or with him, if it wasn't for the alien bit at the start, we wouldn't have had a clue what was going on till the alien showed it's self, and that's when we throw up lol, which I do wonder how many did at the cinema lol.

  • @namelessjedi2242
    @namelessjedi2242 Рік тому +13

    “What is that thing?!”
    Yes, exactly. 😁

  • @jimbearone
    @jimbearone Рік тому +20

    When Blair was using the computer he figured out that if The Thing gets to a populated area the Entire World would be infected 27, 000 hours later just a little more than THREE YEARS.

    • @SamBorgman
      @SamBorgman 3 місяці тому +1

      It's fun to see young people reacting thinking that was a smart computer for the times. While Blair was doing the calculations and just typing in the results.

  • @YolandaAnneBrown95726
    @YolandaAnneBrown95726 Рік тому +35

    BTW: The Norwegian was actually saying to the crew that it wasn't a real dog, but a thing. Of course if you are Norwegian and watching this, that little tidbit was spoiled.

    • @AnnietheRedhead
      @AnnietheRedhead Рік тому +7

      omg that would suck lmao! is that actually how it aired in Norway or did they at least have a voice over with a different language?

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 Рік тому +3

      ​@@AnnietheRedheadSomeone who watched it in theaters said yes.

    • @Templarofsteel88
      @Templarofsteel88 Рік тому

      Yeah, he said Get the hell away! That's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! GET AWAY, YOU IDIOTS!

    • @daanachmad4032
      @daanachmad4032 Місяць тому

      Well, even you cannot speak Norwegian, the film does frame the dog as suspicious, albeit not almost immediately.

  • @HEYitzED
    @HEYitzED Рік тому +17

    I love that despite how old this film is, the practical effects still freak people out.

  • @d4mdcykey
    @d4mdcykey 10 місяців тому +13

    _"His head ate his face!"_
    LOL, easily one of the most entertaining reactions to this film I've seen.

  • @VicMikesvideodiary
    @VicMikesvideodiary 10 місяців тому +16

    The guy who made the practical special effects for this movie ( he also did Legend ) suffered a mental health breakdown due to overworked hours trying to get it all done by the time frame.

  • @LawNerd24
    @LawNerd24 Рік тому +42

    That dog deserves an Academy Award. Cam was hilarious on this reaction.

    • @arnodk2852
      @arnodk2852 Рік тому +7

      I watched the making of stuff for this film the other day, and apparently it was a mixture between a Husky and a wolf. All the cast members were scared of it.

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 Рік тому

      ​@@arnodk2852Jed X Stan Winston collab.

  • @ripum853
    @ripum853 Рік тому +12

    Good to see first time reactors actually appreciate the ending, most reactors hate it. I think it's the perfect way to end it, myself.

  • @joaoluizfonseca6914
    @joaoluizfonseca6914 Рік тому +6

    Bruh, the blood testing with the hot needle is PERFECT….. it’s exactly how you build suspense and tension….. and the whole sequence is completely disgusting, which is amazing. Btw, there is a mistake in that scene: when the Thing jumps to the ceiling, they shot that scene upside down, meaning, the ceiling was actually the floor, and inverted the take; you can see a piece of the ceiling giving it away as it bounces downwards and back to the ceiling, defying gravity😅

  • @josephmummerth
    @josephmummerth Місяць тому +3

    all practical effects , no cgi ! this was real special effects art !

  • @denisemay6807
    @denisemay6807 Рік тому +17

    To THIS day, in my family, whenever you can’t find something we always say, it’s “gone Macready!”

  • @kevinehle6637
    @kevinehle6637 Рік тому +67

    It's great to see young people who are so damn articulate, funny, and have great screen presence.
    You guys will reach 100K one day.
    Good luck.
    This movie came out the year I graduated high school. I left the movie theater traumatized. Aside from Alien, we never seen anything like this... ever. Brilliant effects.

    • @satisfactionguaranteed5355
      @satisfactionguaranteed5355 Рік тому +2

      Easy there Harvey Weinstein

    • @kevinehle6637
      @kevinehle6637 Рік тому

      @@satisfactionguaranteed5355 Weinstein used his position of power to get actresses to have sex with him.
      WTF are you talking about?

  • @Sinnach87
    @Sinnach87 Рік тому +20

    This is my favorite movie of all time so I love watching other people react to it. Every single person reacts the same way at the start with the dog, it's amazing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @carolynmaynard3694
      @carolynmaynard3694 Рік тому

      When I was a kid I loved comedy and horror. This was one of my favorites because it scared me a bit. If a horror movie does not scare you, what is the point? That is just wasted time.

  • @cleveroliveira6727
    @cleveroliveira6727 Рік тому +17

    Oh, how I miss the 80's practical effects! Guys, you are amazing. Big hug from Brazil.

  • @robfuzz
    @robfuzz 9 місяців тому +6

    Carpenter's finest achievement and in general one of the finest directorial efforts ever, imo. What he accomplished here is so underappreciated. People just focus on the special effects but its got a smart script and incredible performances and unbelievable atmosphere,score,sound. Carpenter was a master chef here.

  • @Al_NERi
    @Al_NERi Рік тому +3

    To me the character with the most tragic and compelling fate by far is Fuchs, even though he's not one of the major characters. We know little about him except that he's smart and conscientious (studying Blair's notes). Suddenly he's trapped outside in the storming night, alone except for... His choice- accept takeover and assimilation to The Thing, or die horribly of burning, clutching his flaming, sulphur spewing flare to his agonized body, and die in his humanity. A hellish, haunting fate that points to courage, quite unlike the splashy visual set pieces that attend the other characters kill scenes. It's all in the writing.

  • @yurtthesilentgod1225
    @yurtthesilentgod1225 Рік тому +8

    Best practical effects ever. The absolute peak. Checkout the fly movie from around the same time. It's a classic as well.

  • @cdrw62
    @cdrw62 7 місяців тому +2

    I remember going to a theater to see this when it first came out. There were still lines to see "ET" which premiered 2 weeks earlier, while there were very few people in the theater with me to see "The Thing". America wanted cute aliens not scary ones. I spent the next month trying to convince my friends to see "The Thing", and the few who did thanked me. Forty plus years later and "The Thing" has a higher rating at IMDB than "ET" and is rightly considered one of the greatest Sci-Fi/Horror films ever. It also may be why we have another classic film. Tarantino was a huge fan of "The Thing" and set out to make a movie that emulated the relentless paranoia in "The Thing", which resulted in "Reservoir Dogs".

  • @circletrack7538
    @circletrack7538 Рік тому +96

    You young guys are so funny and entertaining with you reactions it's awesome !!! I'm 60 years old guys and when I 1st saw this I was 19 years old and in the Navy !!!!! It gave me nightmares for weeks and I didn't watch it again for ten years !!!!! Now I've probably seen it over 1 hundred times !!!! I was just waiting for you guys to do this one !!!! I haven't started yet because I wanted to comment this to you before I started watching you guys !!!! I'm so looking forward to your screaming reactions !!!!!!! 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

    • @Goosemeyer
      @Goosemeyer Рік тому +8

      Same. It’s nice we get to relive all these great 80’s movies along with some new viewers.

    • @satisfactionguaranteed5355
      @satisfactionguaranteed5355 Рік тому

      Calm down there you old flamer sailor…. They’re barely 18

    • @circletrack7538
      @circletrack7538 Рік тому

      @@satisfactionguaranteed5355 Your a real punk trouble maker !! I met a few in the military like you !!! After their actions I left them bleed for a while , to bad I can't do the same to you !!! Nothing like bleeding busted knuckles on trash like you !!!! I was way more relentless then to bad I can't see you face to face !!!! Probably the typical bully in school !!! Your the kind why school shootings happen too bad you weren't one of them you punk scoundrel !!!!!🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷

    • @denisemay6807
      @denisemay6807 Рік тому +4

      Old geezer here too!

    • @thepodbaydoorshal
      @thepodbaydoorshal Рік тому +4

      This film was definitely a nightmare-maker when I first saw it in the 90s as a kid. It's great to see it still so effective all these years later. Well done, John Carpenter.

  • @rodbacote8607
    @rodbacote8607 Рік тому +25

    Your reaction is amazing. I can just imagine you running out the theatre if you actually saw it back in the day in fear. And many people did back when it came it. It's a classic for a reason.

  • @Templarofsteel88
    @Templarofsteel88 Рік тому +3

    As a side note, the shadow of the person in the room the dog went into is not of any of the actors in the movie. The used one of the cast of the crew to not give away who was the thing.

  • @livingcorpse5664
    @livingcorpse5664 Рік тому +5

    Late response: The blood was practical, the "hand" holding the dish was fake and a puppet shoots out of the arm and dish for the blood monster effect. Amazing how we forgot how to do things practically after CGI came.

  • @haleycaldwell9543
    @haleycaldwell9543 11 місяців тому +4

    This was prosthetics. Way better than modern horror CGI.

  • @xxshadowzxx0091
    @xxshadowzxx0091 Місяць тому +1

    24:51😂 that guy on the left (the host of the video) would make a perfect VA in a horror film or a game, I'm listening to this while I'm at work. You make it feel like extra people are being tortured😂

  • @Whitebrowpriest
    @Whitebrowpriest Рік тому +4

    The 2011 "The Thing" isn't a version of the 1982, or the 1951 "The Thing From Another World", it is actually a 'prequel' to the 1982 storyline, and set in the same year. It shows the event that led up to the Norwegians chasing the dog at the beginning of John Carpenter's The Thing.

  • @relin6770
    @relin6770 Рік тому +3

    The irony is that the 'thing' probably just wanted to go home.

  • @Panzer4F2
    @Panzer4F2 Рік тому +10

    Even though it was an all star cast, I think that the Dog really gave the best performance. The hallway scene, where he pauses before going into "someone's" room was particularly great.

  • @Johannicus
    @Johannicus Рік тому +5

    This is probobly THE BEST reaction to The Thing I have ever seen!

  • @evanirvana500
    @evanirvana500 Рік тому +15

    Love your reaction. The practical effects in this is so much better than any cgi. There's a prequel to this also called the thing' which shows what happened in the Norwegian camp. It wasn't good but gives you more back story. This 1980 version is actually a remake itself from the 1950s horror set in Alaska. Theres never been a sequel but with renewed interest thanks to UA-cam reactors like you and Google which chose this movie to comment on, John carpenter has said he'd be down to do it. So well see!

  • @teddyfrisco5915
    @teddyfrisco5915 8 місяців тому +2

    Watching people watch The Thing got me into reaction videos, and I have to say this is the best reaction to this film I've seen yet! Great commentary guys. And super quick to to realize the dog is suspect and should not be cuddled!

  • @sanddab
    @sanddab Рік тому +13

    "The Making of The Thing" is a must watch documentary on YT. The interviews with the cast & crew are great.

  • @VIeshPilled
    @VIeshPilled Рік тому +7

    You guys are legit, I've had a blast all day today watching tons of some of my favorite movies with you guys again and this one takes the cake.

  • @Justin_80
    @Justin_80 Рік тому +4

    American Werewolf in London is another film with great practical fx.

    • @Bluesit32
      @Bluesit32 3 місяці тому

      The transformation is a thing of legend. Landis decided that the transformation would be utter agony and it shows.

  • @我主也
    @我主也 Рік тому +7

    YES I saw this literally one day before it was stuck by copyright 💀💀💀💀 this is one of my fav movies and your reaction is LITERALLY my favourite on youtube now

  • @RpTheHotrod
    @RpTheHotrod 3 місяці тому +2

    If you watch the new The Thing that came out a few years ago, it's a prequel to this movie and is worth a watch. Not as great, but fills in some of the story and pays a lot of respect to the original. Sadly, the people in charge felt practical effects are too old-school and demanded CGI to be overplayed over the practical effects. :(

  • @mikebell2112
    @mikebell2112 Рік тому +3

    The flower thing that flies out of the dog before it gets torched is made out of dog tongues and teeth lol.

  • @delanopilkerton2836
    @delanopilkerton2836 Рік тому +5

    “His head ate his face”!
    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @codyfletcher7218
    @codyfletcher7218 Рік тому +2

    Favorite moment? The dog face splitting open like a flower blooms.
    Edit: My favorite movie of all time, and Cam’s reaction to Dogtown was EVERYTHING I needed today.

  • @gen81465
    @gen81465 Рік тому +4

    And now for some movie recommendations. Mostly scary, some gruesome, all good:
    .
    Jaws (1975) - "You'll never go back in the water again."
    .
    Alien (1979) - "In space, no one can hear you scream."
    .
    Predator (1987) - Any movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse "The Body" Ventura can't be all bad.
    .
    Full Metal Jacket (1989) - "What is your major malfunction?!?!" The actor playing the drill sergeant (R. Lee Ermey) was a real Vietnam War era drill sergeant. His barracks "monologue" was very accurate. This one is along the same lines as "Hacksaw Ridge"
    .
    Paranormal Activity (2007) - After watching this, my friend Brandon (no relation to the "Let's Go, Brandon" guy) started sleeping with his .45 pistol under his pillow; as if you could shoot a ghost.
    .
    Event Horizon (1997) - "Infinite Space, Infinite Terror"

  • @clarissa182
    @clarissa182 Рік тому +3

    I finally watched this movie for the first time a couple of months ago and literally about threw up 5 times. I barely got through it. I had to keep pausing and walking away. I had straight indigestion for days because it this movie. The practical effects were so good at being disgesting. Blergh. So I relate, Cam. lol

  • @Mediawatcher2023
    @Mediawatcher2023 Рік тому +3

    the left person looks like his head is about to explode lol

  • @PeterMaranci
    @PeterMaranci Рік тому +5

    The spaceship WAS real - a practical model, lights and everything. You can find a video of it on UA-cam. The blood was also real; they just tilted the floor it was on and the camera was attached. There was no CGI. The big Thing at the end was stop motion when it burst out of the floor.

  • @DoktorStrangelove
    @DoktorStrangelove 9 місяців тому +1

    I saw _The Thing_ on cable in May 1983 when I was 12. As much as I loved it, it scared the hell out of me. I didn't sleep much at all for the first few days after, and not especially well for about a week.
    I have a bit of paranoia about people, and trusting them. I had dreams about my neighbors being The Thing, and warning people to stay away from them and their pets. I had dreams like that into my early 20s.
    Easily the most terrifying monster ever depicted on screen.

  • @Aeroldoth3
    @Aeroldoth3 Рік тому +3

    For those interested, there's a short story written from the creature's perspective:
    The Things, by Peter Watts

  • @lelaalexander6925
    @lelaalexander6925 6 місяців тому +1

    The man responsible for the incredible practical affects is Rob Bottin. He was 22 when he filmed this and Carpenter gave him carte blanche on the design and build. His schedule was so rampant that he was hospitalized for pneumonia and physical exhaustion.
    And Bottin worked with Rick Baker on several films as well. Baker is the mind behind Amercian Werewolf in London.

  • @josephmummerth
    @josephmummerth Місяць тому +1

    when gary shot the norwegian he pretty much signed every ones death warrant !

  • @jeremiahrose4681
    @jeremiahrose4681 Рік тому +5

    can you imagine critics hated this movie when it first came out......goes to show how critics can be so wrong.

  • @sergiodavila5269
    @sergiodavila5269 Рік тому +11

    Y’all’s reaction was classic. This movie is still on my watchlist at least twice a week. I tripped me out as a child & it gives me paranoid vibes now. To find out what happened to the Norwegian crew & how the dudes had their heads fused together, try out The Thing(2011)…a great watch, just don’t listen to the haters about it 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @TeeJayDesastron
    @TeeJayDesastron Рік тому +7

    Did you notice that both of them drank from the same bottle in the end?
    Earlier they made it a point not to eat and drink from the same sources in order to not get infected that way.
    So, what does that mean?
    Are both of them infected?
    Is neither of them and they just didn't care with all the stress?
    Who knows.
    Also I love the fact that Blair, played awesomely by Wilford Brimley, became the "final boss" if you want to call it that way despite the fact that he was the first one who realized what had to be done in order to make sure the thing would not survive.
    He got infected while he was in the shed, possibly while he was eating when they asked him about Fuchs.
    Another thing is that the creature is not really a crew member of of the crashed ship.
    We learn that it carries memories from its' hosts from infection to infection so it is very likely that the crew also got infected at some point which led to the ship crashing.
    Well, actually you kind of get an answer to that in the making off of the prequel from 2011.
    They didn't put it in the movie but the things' first form is very different from what the aliens look like, which, as I said we do not get to see in the actual movie, which is the reason I am mentioning it as it is not an actual spoiler.

    • @fairedepeche
      @fairedepeche Рік тому

      Kurt was playing chess in the beginning. Kurt handed his bottle to Childs in last scene, but they are not supposed to share. Childs drank. Kurt laughs. checkmate. Childs is the THING. Then Childs is not expelling frozen breath as Kurt does.

    • @TeeJayDesastron
      @TeeJayDesastron Рік тому +1

      OR MacReady was the thing and wanted to infect Childs. A drop of saliva in the bottle would have been enough.
      Checkmate as well.
      Also the thing was copying humans perfectly as Blair said.
      As long as the body was meant to be alive it would be breathing, meaning it too would have expelled frozen breath.
      Well, unless Childs just was just too much cooled down already, which, given the fact that he was outside for a longer time sounds rather likely.
      In the end the breath means nothing.
      The bottle means nothing.
      Each and every theory we come up with means nothing as nothing of it can ever be proven.
      Neither Carpenter nor anyone else who would know tells.
      So we will keep guessing till the end of time.
      And I think that's a good thing.
      Nevertheless...... it's still a lot of fun to keep guessing.
      Truth be told I don't think they ever made an actual decision if one of them is truly the thing or not.
      After all, if the answer doesn't even exist it cannot be found.
      And if it cannot be found the question will stay in the audiences mind.
      The movie is old but people are still talking about it as if it were new. @@fairedepeche

  • @johnloony68
    @johnloony68 8 місяців тому +2

    When I saw your reaction at 10:30 I was worried what you were going to be like at 21:06 LOL

  • @luvmusicsong2
    @luvmusicsong2 Рік тому +4

    Nice to see youth get a kick out of and show an appreciation to films that were made before you were born . Great videos guys.

  • @Whitebrowpriest
    @Whitebrowpriest Рік тому +5

    You two should react to "Scanners" (1981), starring Michael Ironside. Amazing movie!!

  • @arnodk2852
    @arnodk2852 Рік тому +5

    One of the greatest films ever made.

  • @bigbadm1
    @bigbadm1 Рік тому +1

    The Story was written in 1938 titled "Who Goes There?". The film they were watching with the people outlining the UFO was from a film called "The Thing" made in the 1950's with James Arness as the monster.

  • @ALMAPAGAN
    @ALMAPAGAN Рік тому +5

    One of the best horror flicks of its time. Your reactions are so brilliant.

  • @Aggiebrettman
    @Aggiebrettman 10 місяців тому +2

    Still one of the coolest most stressful creature features ever. And yeah this might be the pinnacle of practical FX.

  • @williamweber9390
    @williamweber9390 Рік тому +3

    I saw this in the theater back in June for the 40th anniversary and it was amazing. Packed theater too

  • @strangebiped
    @strangebiped Рік тому +4

    And NO 'CGI' EFFECTS!! All PRACTICAL HAND MADE MONSTER STUFF!! The Burning Body that ATE THE ARMS off The DOCTOR SCENE got out of hand actually because the FX TEAM didn't take into account HOW LOW THE ROOF WAS and set it on Fire also filling the set with THICK CHOKING SMOKE!! YIKES!!

  • @iangrant3615
    @iangrant3615 Рік тому +4

    Probably worth flagging that when you see a movie that is earlier than late-1980s, effects that look real won't be CGI because they can't be, as CGI hadn't reached a point before the mid-80s where they could be incorporated into action in a convincing way (as computing power/software tools just weren't advanced enough yet). So other than doing things on-set with real practical models, makeup or prosthetics, the only option was either superimposing/optical camera effects (what you'd now call green screen) or stop-motion animation being composited into live action scenes.

  • @JG-ic3py
    @JG-ic3py Рік тому +4

    I'm glad you both are reacting to this one. It has some of the best practical effects of all time.

  • @terryv2006
    @terryv2006 Рік тому +3

    I think the “who’s the killer” plot you were stuck on originated from the 1950s version is the book it was based on. It was called “Who goes there?”

  • @AW-yj6md
    @AW-yj6md Рік тому +3

    Cam and Zay,..it's such a joy, to see a new generation be scared shitless, some 40 years later, of this masterpiece,..absolute joy,..some think the movies back then would not be good, but again Carpenter proved that's not the case,..so very glad to see you wisely didn't eat, huh just before or during the movie,..I made the mistake, disregarded a fellow movie goer's warning not to eat, and just barely by the skin of my teeth,..was able to even keep down what I had just eaten 20 minutes into the movie,..and for those of us who warn others, not to eat, feel totally vindicated,..told ya'll!!, seeing you Cam,..huh just trying to keep your stomach in,..lol,..and the fact that all the effects were practical, you almost vomiting is a testament to how well it was all done,..when I saw this I hadn't even seen Alien, so there was nothing close, to what could've prepared me for such carnage, except for Jaws,.not even the Blob,..or Prophecy, which by the by Richard Dysart, aka Doc , is also in,..your screams of terror were hilarious, and Jay, I swear I lost count how many times you had to pick your jaw up off the floor,..ohh young people,..do keep going,..there is another who's human, who's not, The Hidden,..there's an unbelievable scene in the very beginning, that should drop your jaws, and a whole lot of action, and humor, do enjoy, Godspeed, Peace ✌

  • @BigHugsFromHell
    @BigHugsFromHell Рік тому +2

    If you think The Thing was scary for the humans, imagine being the Thing and crashing in this place, freezing for eons, then being woken up and chased around by these maniac primates with flamethrowers. By the time it copied the guy with heart problems, and probably having no idea we could be so fragile (like what kind of a creature would be born with a heart that might stop?), no doubt it was thinking, "I just want to go home." Poor thing, lol.

  • @steveclapper5424
    @steveclapper5424 Рік тому +1

    I saw this in the theater and that jump scare had me out of my seat!

  • @Keenergetic
    @Keenergetic Рік тому +3

    This movie is a pure brilliant! CLASSIC SCI-FI HORROR!

  • @thetomgibson
    @thetomgibson Рік тому +9

    If there ever were a sequel where it makes it to the world, it would essentially be a retelling of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

    • @rachaelhogan7850
      @rachaelhogan7850 7 місяців тому +1

      Nothing like the body snatachers the thing is a perfect imitation not just physical form but the persons personality there emotions it’s the complete imitation the body snatchers imitate your physical form but there empty void of emotion personality there basically like ROBOTS and that’s not a perfect imitation you would no it wasent your family friend work colleagues you’d no because there personality is missing and that’s what makes you what you are that’s a major weakness for the body snatchers the thing IS a whole imitation personality emotions what makes people human it’s not just about the body physical form so it’s different

  • @IZZY_EDIBLE
    @IZZY_EDIBLE Рік тому +2

    John Carpenter also wrote, directed, and created the soundtrack for the original HALLOWEEN, my favorite horror flick ever. Also see Kurt Russell as Snake Pliskin in Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. Fantastic.

  • @Whitebrowpriest
    @Whitebrowpriest Рік тому +1

    They haven't done it yet, and I don't know if anything regarding a sequel to John Carpenter's The Thing is in the works, but I sure hope they do make a sequel. They've already done a prequel with the 2011 The Thing, which covered the original discovery of the spaceship and the alien organism by the Norwegian escovation team. If they do decide to make a next installment, they should pattern it after the 2002 video game put out by Konami and Black Label Games. That story of that game was set to be held as the "sequel" to the 1982 film. The story focuses on Captain Blake, a member of a U.S. Special Forces team sent to the Antarctic outpost featured in the film to determine what has happened to the research team. Only to find himself caught in an invisible fight for survival against the titular shape-shifting alien, who seemingly has regained life despite being destroyed at the end of the film. Other survivors encountered and ordered by Blake assist the battle against the creatures different forms, all while being fully aware that they can trust no-one. I heard that John Carpenter himself personally endorsed the game, so there is high hopes that if they indeed make a sequel to the 1982 story, it will follow suit with the game's storyline. I played that game back when it came out in 2002, and I remember it was very scary, intense, nerve racking to play.

  • @bicboyjoy
    @bicboyjoy Рік тому +1

    I love the idea that if you watch this movie and know Norwegian, the plot is basically spoiled in the first few minutes

  • @Blue-qr7qe
    @Blue-qr7qe Рік тому +4

    Fear of the unknown operates all the way through this film. Even at the end: did they defeat it? Is it one of them? Did it escape? Will it freeze and take over a rescue crew and make it's way to civilization? It's left open as an unknown.

  • @jonathanmoore9661
    @jonathanmoore9661 5 місяців тому +1

    Special effects in 80’s movies just hit different don’t they?

  • @izaakjohnson2723
    @izaakjohnson2723 Рік тому +4

    If you guys want to watch another awesome movie with great special effects, I suggest "The Fly".

  • @umage1
    @umage1 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for the reupload. You are not the only ones who had to to this with this film. If you want a slightly less bloody but awesome film, try Dog Soldiers(2002).

    • @mindime1499
      @mindime1499 Рік тому +2

      Yes! I want more people to experience Dog Soldiers!

    • @strangebiped
      @strangebiped Рік тому

      @@mindime1499 Thanks Lady, it's good to see that Dog Soldiers gets talked about because of it's REALISM. Scary stuff when watching it at night!

  • @thehumanwiII
    @thehumanwiII 9 місяців тому

    Y’all have one of the best reaction. Genuine, funny , actually pay attention lol and insightful commentary bravo I’ve been binging videos.

  • @asongurichardson4228
    @asongurichardson4228 Рік тому +1

    Welcome to.... 1980s ..sci..fi..I saw this in the theater.The deus times square 42nd street before disney took over. You cannot imagine theater reactions. Absolutely bonkers! and insane!

  • @jameshunt9208
    @jameshunt9208 Рік тому +1

    There is actually a canon sequel game that proves neither is infected, and both survive.

  • @jtoland2333
    @jtoland2333 7 місяців тому +1

    Don't forget, the dog himself was already gone by the time that scene came around. His body was just a costume at that point.
    Also, there was NO CGI in the 80s. All of the effects were practical. I wish we would go back to doing that. CGI is so often boring and lacking creativity.

  • @kevinburton3948
    @kevinburton3948 Рік тому +2

    "Who is Who" at the end...
    Both Childs and MacReady passed the blood test- so they were not Things up until then. We stay on Mac up until the end, so it's easy to assume he wasn't assimilated.
    Now Childs- we did lose sight of him... However Childs had the flamethrower with him at the end- If Childs was a Thing, Mac could not have stopped Childs from blasting Mac with the flamethrower. He doesn't do it. Childs doesn't try to attack/assimilate Mac either.
    No Mac didn't hand Childs a bottle of gasoline to drink. It wasn't Mac's "last test" as a final way of proving Childs is a Thing when he shares the drink with him. What Mac is doing is letting go of all the animosity and mistrust between them. And Childs gladly accepts the drink. They've let go of their hate for each other, knowing they have saved the World. This is the "happy ending."

    • @MySerpentine
      @MySerpentine 6 місяців тому

      Except that there's a hole between Mac blowing up Blairthing and him stumbling back into view, and how the fuck did he survive that?

  • @BobS-mv5fl
    @BobS-mv5fl Рік тому +5

    One of my favorite horror movies. I watch it every Halloween. Between Cam getting grossed out (And for good reason!) and Zay having to pick his jaw up off the floor numerous times, this is one of my favorite reaction videos. You guys need to check out another SciFi/Gothic horror movie, Ridley Scott's Alien (1979).

  • @mattsnyderARTIST
    @mattsnyderARTIST 5 місяців тому

    Cam's reaction to this is my all time favorite of any of the UA-camrs who reacted to this. Classic flick I saw in the theater at 12 😁

  • @Spadez86
    @Spadez86 Рік тому +1

    Funfact: If you wanna know which one of them was The Thing, look at their breath at the end.. only one of them had visible breath

    • @RpTheHotrod
      @RpTheHotrod 3 місяці тому

      This was disproven as you can see his breath in other shots at the end. It was just the lighting. However, there is a popular theory about the bottle being gasoline that he drinks which shows MacReady that the other is a Thing. In the end, Carpenter himself stated there's no clues at the end on if either is human or infected as it was intentional to be ambiguous. Not even Carpenter knew if either was infected because there was no answer. Later, it was confirmed that macready is human, as he has a cameo in the video game. Childs is still an unknown.

  • @JoeSmith-v7o
    @JoeSmith-v7o 5 місяців тому

    It's great when practical effects over forty years old still have the power to shock, disgust, and terrify.

  • @PerfectHandProductions
    @PerfectHandProductions Рік тому +3

    Oh nice, such a classic.

  • @joshhubbard-yg1tv
    @joshhubbard-yg1tv 25 днів тому

    If you pay attention at the end when McReady and Childs are talking. Childs has no breath whereas McReady does. And he exhales a couple of times when he sees him just to test a theory.

  • @Hank..
    @Hank.. Рік тому +1

    I appreciate that someone else had the same reaction to the blood scene that I did. That scared the hell outta me the first time I saw it

  • @williamjones6031
    @williamjones6031 Рік тому +3

    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 special effects goin down 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 up to the audience. Maybe it's best they all die.
    7. Another Russell/Carpenter product you need to first time/share with us is "Escape from New York".
    It's a good thing you two didn't freak out🙄🙄🤣🤣
    That's what makes it fun for me😎

  • @Fishmorph
    @Fishmorph Рік тому +1

    I probably mentioned this before on the previous upload, but few people watching this movie realize that there is no B Plot. The A Plot moves like a freight train and there is no room for any side story, no romance, no subplot, no nothing. It's pure paranoia.

  • @sergiodavila5269
    @sergiodavila5269 Рік тому +2

    Another point that I got from y’all at the beginning: one of my African American students straight up asked me out of the blue: “why is it that all black guys get killed in horror movies?!?!” I said, “I get your concern, but watch “The Thing” the main African American character lives until the end…” he told me, “You Cap!!!!” Then I pulled up the end for the class to see(as a teacher, I had to avoid the rest of the movie)the kid was like “Wow, Childs is the shit”….I stated “That he is!!!” 🤣🤣💀🤣💀🤣

  • @BeastOfWarZ
    @BeastOfWarZ Місяць тому +1

    9:50, best moment.

  • @blakenorman4822
    @blakenorman4822 6 місяців тому +1

    Cam was losing it the whole time, but i saw Zay lose it at 21:15, good stuff

  • @casual_gamer58
    @casual_gamer58 Рік тому +1

    They really be cosplaying yin and yang and I like it