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According to John Carpenter, he takes all his failed movies pretty hard, but the film's initial [...]	D
Wilford Brimley was cast as Blair as they wanted an everyman whose absence would not be questio [...]	D
Blair's hangman's rope was an element originally found in Bill Lancaster's screenplay.	D
The movie begins with the Thing pretending to be a dog and getting shot. Later, Clark can be se [...]	D
The script originally called for the Norwegian helicopter to veer out of control, crash and exp [...]	D
Donald Pleasence was originally set to play Blair but because Il tesoro dello Yankee Zephyr (19 [...]	D
According to an apocryphal story first reported on Reddit.com in February 2013, when asked abou [...]	D
John Carpenter has stated that of all his films, this is his personal favorite.	D
The female voice on MacReady's computer was performed (uncredited) by then-wife of John Carpent [...]	D
(at around 15 mins) When the Dog-Thing enters in a room, it can be seen the shadow of a man tur [...]	D
(at around 15 mins) When the dog wanders down a hallway and pauses outside a door, a shadow can [...]	D
John Carpenter didn't do the music himself, since the studio never thought about it and Carpent [...]	D
There is a surviving photo that depicts an alternative death scene for Fuchs (Joel Polis), wher [...]	D
(at around 31 mins) The goop shot at the dog in the kennel scene was Carbopol, the same substan [...]	D
In the blood test scene, in which MacReady tries to identify who in the team is infected, a pos [...]	D
The blue oil barrel in the film's opening dog chase sequence was a prop used to visually tie to [...]	D
(at around 1h 17 mins) David Clennon's line, "You've got to be fucking kidding." is Kurt Russel [...]	D
Kurt Russell came up with the final moment with MacReady and Childs during filming, as well as [...]	D
While Donald Pleasence, who was originally cast as Blair, was not in the film, a subtle nod to [...]	D
When researching on the computer the projection of if the intruder organism reaches civilized a [...]	D
Nick Nolte turned down the role of MacReady, as did Jeff Bridges. Bill Lancaster wrote the scri [...]	D
Multiple alternative endings were filmed, and even more were planned and considered to some cap [...]	D
In an interview with cinematographer Dean Cundey, he claims there is a subtle hint as to who wa [...]	D
Certain characters have different fates in the original story on which the film is based. In th [...]	D
Part of the fear underlying the story was the rising fear of AIDS, then making itself known. Th [...]	D
Garry's revolver, which MacReady later uses, is a Colt Trooper Mk III.	D
The original "Universal" world logo was not used in the films opening credits because of confus [...]	D
The kennel dog was required to raise its head and squeal at the camera. In this excerpt from Th [...]	D
The Norwegian camp scenes were actually the charred remains of the American site from the end o [...]	D
When the glow face poster for The Thing was shown to John Carpenter after the disastrous previe [...]	D
Scenes were stalled by the cast debating on the methodology of the Thing, which irritated David [...]	D
Richard Masur and Richard Dysart co-star in The Thing together. Later they would co-star on L.A [...]	D
Based on the classic short story "Who Goes There?" by pioneering science fiction Editor John W. [...]	D
Bennings's original death on the ice fields scene would have cost production 1.5 million dollar [...]	D
John Carpenter's first foray into major studio film-making.	D
(at around 43 mins) In the German and Spanish dubbed versions, the 27,000 hours projection unti [...]	D
Ennio Morricone deliberately composed a John Carpenter-esque score for this movie.	D
While John Carpenter normally wrote his own screenplays, he didn't want to with this project. H [...]	D
Actor Franklyn Ajaye came to read for Nauls, but instead critiqued John Carpenter for 15 minute [...]	D
Nauls' death was originally filmed with him being attacked by a "Box Blair" creature while sear [...]	D
Kurt Russell took a drag on a cigarette at the beginning of certain shots in order to make the [...]	D
A team of 50 puppeteers operated the Blair monster at the end.	D
Kevin Kline was suggested by Universal for MacReady, who they feared didn't have enough star po [...]	D
In August 2003 a couple of hard-core fans, Todd Cameron and Steve Crawford, ventured to the rem [...]	D
The British Columbia town of Stewart was chosen as the main location as it is the snowfall capi [...]	D
This was the third and final movie written by Bill Lancaster, with the other two being Che bott [...]	D
(at around 1h 4 mins) Joel Polis (Fuchs) confirmed that he was grabbing a flask of acid, when M [...]	D
The film is considered a benchmark in special make-up effects. The effects were created by Rob [...]	D
The original plan for the credits were to have them all at the films end and open entirely with [...]	D
The film's budget ($15 million) was substantially larger than the average horror films of the t [...]	D
Vintage "Making of" special contains scenes that never made it to the theatrical or television [...]	D
For a long time during filming, John Carpenter struggled with a way of making MacReady the Thin [...]	D
When the infected Palmer's head starts mutating, the transformation is broken up into three pha [...]	D
Advertising Art Director Stephen Frankfurt created the "man is the warmest place to hide" tagli [...]	D
Richard Masur, David Clennon, and Thomas G. Waites had a plan for doing a scene in which Window [...]	D
Charles Hallahan, Richard Dysart and Donald Moffat were the first actors in the cast to pass aw [...]	D
Most of the "chest-chomp" sequence was shot on an insert stage after principal photography had [...]	D
Although Kurt Russell had been involved with the production very early on, he was actually the [...]	D
A first draft of the script considered that The Thing would had telepathy, as in the original J [...]	D
When the Norwegian is firing his rifle at the dog there is no muzzle flash. However, a muzzle f [...]	D
When Kurt Russell arrived at Universal studios there was a sign welcoming Dolly Parton and Burt [...]	D
An American research station in Antarctica, or any nations research station for that matter, wo [...]	D
When (at around 34 mins) Blair examines the (apparently) dead Thing, he claims that it's a life [...]	D
The film was originally banned when released in Finland.	D
In addition to Lee Van Cleef, Jerry Orbach, Kevin Conway, Richard Mulligan, and Powers Boothe w [...]	D
When the dog first goes to the outpost, the first person he jumps on is Bennings, who is the fi [...]	D
In a 1982 interview Rob Bottin revealed that the idea for a man's stomach ripping open into a b [...]	D
The opening sequence is one of the experiences that made John Carpenter want to learn to fly a [...]	D
Coincidentially, Charles Hallahan died from a heart attack in 1997, similar to his character No [...]	D
The film took three months to shoot on six sound stages in Los Angeles, with the final shooting [...]	D
William Daniels and Brian Dennehy were considered for the role of Copper. Dennehy was almost ca [...]	D
The rec room of the American base has two arcade machines, Asteroids and a "Heat Wave" pinball [...]	D
the Kennel scene shows all three on-screen deaths of the crew: being shot, being consumed, and [...]	D
Storyboard artist Michael G. Ploog planned a more low key transformation of Norris, Ploog initi [...]	D
(at around 41 mins) The computer sequence showing how the alien takes over its prey was designe [...]	D
Executives believed refrigerating their own sound stages would be far too expensive and so offe [...]	D
(at around 8 mins) The words spoken by the pilot on entering the camp are actually understandab [...]	D
His role as Childs was the first credited feature film role for Keith David. It launched a very [...]	D
In the Howard Hawks film, the titular Thing is recognizably human, in part because 1950s techno [...]	D
Coincidentally, there's foreshadowing that the humans are evenly matched. Six out of the twelve [...]	D
A. Wilfred Brimley was the only cast member not to be involved with the location shooting in Br [...]	D
Donald Pleasence was the original choice for the character of Blair. Pleasence was unable to pe [...]	D
Richard Matheson, Nigel Kneale and Deric Washburn were all approached about writing the screenp [...]	D
Kurt Russell is always fascinated with directors who are able to make a group of people standin [...]	D
In 1982 before its release, Fangoria magazine had a contest: people were asked to 'draw the Thi [...]	D
Theatrical trailer shows an extended scene of Palmer-thing transformation, where he opens his m [...]	D
John Carpenter's next project was to be Fenomeni paranormali incontrollabili (1984) but he lost [...]	D
The "chest chomp" effect was achieved with a hydraulic mechanism that snapped the cavity open a [...]	D
(at around 1h 4 mins) A diopter split-focus lens was used in several shots of the scene with Ma [...]	D
The original poster for The Thing involved a series of jaws emerging from smoke in the sky abov [...]	D
Lee Van Cleef, Jerry Orbach, Richard Mulligan, Powers Boothe and Kevin Conway read for the part [...]	D
To give the illusion of icy Antarctic conditions, interior sets on the Los Angeles sound stages [...]	D
Tobe Hooper was originally slated to direct and co-write the film before John Carpenter was att [...]	D
Unused music composed for this film was later used by Ennio Morricone in Quentin Tarantino's Th [...]	D
The Splitface thing was originally based on a clay press of actor Robert Picardo.	D
It was in one of the reviews for The Thing that one critic deemed John Carpenter a "pornographe [...]	D
When the film first aired on U.S. network television, Universal executive Sid Sheinberg provide [...]	D
In the original novella, there are 37 characters at the remote Arctic location. Writer Bill Lan [...]	D
Blair's revolver is a, 3rd Generation Colt Detective Special from his desk drawer.	D
Carbopole is a powdery substance used in hair gels and when mixed with water was used as the Th [...]	D
Wilford Brimley, being a real cowboy, didn't have any issues handling some of the disgusting pr [...]	D
Studio executive Ned Tanen gave Carpenter permission to use the ambiguous ending, but only if t [...]	D
When development for the film began in the mid 1970s, the rights to the material sat with Hal B [...]	D
Kurt Russell and Donald Moffat appeared together in Tempi migliori (1986).	D
Richard Masur turned down a role in E.T. - L'extra-terrestre (1982) to do a more secured role i [...]	D
A Heckler & Koch HK93A2 semi-auto rifle with a scope and a 40 round magazine is used at the beg [...]	D
Of the film's $15 million budget, $1.5 million of that went on Rob Bottin's make-up effects. Th [...]	D
(at around 39 mins) The shot of MacReady walking to the small hole in the ice where the alien w [...]	D
Two characters in the movie are nicknamed "Mac" (MacReady's shorthand nickname) and "Windows" ( [...]	D
Opened the same day as Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982). The similarities don't end there; bo [...]	D
Cinematographer Dean Cundey pushed for the use of anamorphic lenses which allow him to hold sev [...]	D
(at around 29 mins) The tentacles that Clark sees in the dog cage are whips being maneuvered by [...]	D
The computer estimates that once the organism reaches civilization everyone will be wiped out i [...]	D
There was nearly a version made in 1978 with an almost identical plot. Differences included in [...]	D
Kurt Russell took about a year to grow the famous beard and hair MacReady sports.	D
The film shot for 40 days on a soundstage and 17 days on location.	D
John Carpenter was sold on making the film by the blood test scene. He was also adamant to crea [...]	D
Clark is the only U.S. Outpost 31 crew member to be killed by a human (MacReady).	D
(at around 1h 23 mins) The discontinuity with the screams of the men after Palmer's blood test [...]	D
There is constant conversation about how hot the flares were and how much John Carpenter and Ku [...]	D
(at around 1h 24 mins) Kurt Russell was almost injured in the scene where he blows up the alien [...]	D
(at around 1h 35 mins) If you pay close attention, you can see what is left of Blair's face on [...]	D
Lee Van Cleef was considered for the role of Garry. Van Cleef and Isaac Hayes were initial cons [...]	D
At the cast and crew screening, the actors including Kurt Russell believed the film had lost a [...]	D
(at around 32 mins) The flesh-flower that attacks Childs is an incredibly detailed effect. Its [...]	D
Producers Lawrence Turman and David Foster's first choice of director was John Carpenter. This, [...]	D
Rob Bottin intended to play Palmer after his performance as Blake in Fog (1980); This made the [...]	D
Roy Arbogast and Rob Bottin did not get along well in production, not helped by Bottin replacin [...]	D
John Carpenter always likened the end of The Thing to a World War II film where a crew is set o [...]	D
Alec Baldwin claims he auditioned for multiple roles in the film, before he became a big name. [...]	D
The sound effects in the autopsy scene on the split-face thing was accomplished with paper towe [...]	D
In the video-game tie in (also called The Thing (2002)) it is revealed that MacReady survives, [...]	D
(at around 8 mins) Peter Maloney was scared of dogs, and found it difficult doing the scene whe [...]	D
Famed film critics Siskel and Ebert split on this movie. Ebert called it a "barf bag movie", an [...]	D
(at around 26 mins) The quiz show featured on the TV in Palmer's room is Let's Make a Deal (196 [...]	D
The film does not explain the purpose of the American team in Antarctica. Antarctica has no ind [...]	D
An incredible capacity of The Thing is the ability for creating or recreating any organ or part [...]	D
According to the 1998 DVD release, the "Blair Monster" was to have had a much larger role in th [...]	D
Some of the scenes deleted from the movie include:-Doc and Blair checking the corpse of the dea [...]	D
MacReady carries a 12 gauge Ithaca 37 shotgun several times.	D
In a cast of 15, there's not one female character in the film (even the 1951 original had femal [...]	D
Screenwriter Bill Lancaster only wrote six films in his career: The Thing and five entries in t [...]	D
Bernie Casey, Isaac Hayes, Geoffrey Holder, Ernie Hudson, and Carl Weathers were all considered [...]	D
Rob Bottin had contacted Stan Winston early on in his prep work to secure them should he need t [...]	D
Wilford Brimley laughed at Joel Polis' efforts to study what a biologist does before filming, i [...]	D
(at around 1h 15 mins) For a scene where Dr. Copper's (Richard Dysart's) arms are severed, a re [...]	D
As the film moved into post-production, Rob Bottin found himself virtually living at the studio [...]	D
"The only problem with this location was we couldn't get any beer." John Carpenter said about t [...]	D
La cosa (1982) came out in the early days of home video with stereo sound. It also came during [...]	D
The original movie, La 'cosa' da un altro mondo (1951), took place in Arctic (North Pole). This [...]	D
One day after shooting a scene with the flamethrower, Kurt Russell pulled a practical joke on J [...]	D
The movies revolves about losing of identity, turning into something alien to oneself.	D
The ending of the film - the ambiguity of which is now considered iconic - was initially anothe [...]	D
Jay Leno, Garry Shandling and Charles Fleischer all read for parts in the film as it was custom [...]	D
Stan Winston Studio team member Lance Anderson illustrated a more detailed rendering which woul [...]	D
British artist, Les Edwards illustrated the blood smoke European poster with additional work on [...]	D
MacReady throwing the dynamite at Palmer as the Thing created a much bigger blast than Kurt Rus [...]	D
(at around 1h 17 mins) Richard Masur insisted John Carpenter shoot a close-up of Palmer saying, [...]	D
"'It's gonna be fine, John. Once we put the gel on it's gonna come to life.'", Kurt Russell quo [...]	D
Rick Baker was approached to handle the visual effects, but he was too busy.	D
John Carpenter was initially unsure about making the film, believing that he wouldn't be able t [...]	D
Director John Carpenter endorsed The Thing the 2002 video game, in which Mac and Childs were re [...]	D
At a horror convention Q&A session in 2008, Keith David (Childs) was asked if he ever knew who, [...]	D
The man leaning out of the helicopter in the opening scene is Larry Franco, who also served as [...]	D
(Foreshadowing). When MacReady says the line "we're gonna find out who's The Thing." The camera [...]	D
The sound made by the spider-head is a stock effect from the Universal library that had previou [...]	D
(at around 1h 22 mins) In the shot of MacReady holding the dish of Palmer's blood right before [...]	D
There were many discussions on set about whether someone would know if he was a Thing. Allegedl [...]	D
The Norwegian dog in the film was named Jed. He was a half wolf/half malamute breed. Jed was an [...]	D
The film skips an extra layer of dread and urgency that is present in the original short story. [...]	D
Wilford Brimley disagreed with the film's level of gore, believing it affected the audience neg [...]	D
The flamethrowers used throughout are M2A1-7s. Palmer uses a different flamethrower, apparently [...]	D
Universal Studio executive Sid Sheinberg added a second tagline, "The ultimate in Alien Terror, [...]	D
The original plan was for Blair to have been the first assimilated. John Carpenter, after princ [...]	D
This is the first of John Carpenter's feature films which he did not score himself. The film's [...]	D
(at around 14 mins) John Carpenter comments that one of the bush pilots used on the film offere [...]	D
The opening title attempts to replicate the appearance of the original Howard Hawks film. To cr [...]	D
There were plans to film a direct sequel, with John Carpenter to direct and with Kurt Russell r [...]	D
The producers attribute the film's disappointing box-office performance to audiences' desire fo [...]	D
Editor Todd C. Ramsay was the first to point out issues with the Thing's pathology, when he exp [...]	D
Season 1, Episode 8 of "The X-Files" (X-Files: Ice (1993)) is a direct homage to this film.	D
The original Palmer-Thing transformation involved his relatively unaffected head splitting in h [...]	D
Ernie Hudson was the frontrunner to play Childs until John Carpenter met with Keith David and g [...]	D
Sound editor Colin C. Mouat achieved the dogs' cries in the film by rounding up all the neighbo [...]	D
Special effects artist Rob Bottin was so dedicated to his work on this film he became very ill [...]	D
Thomas G. Waites says that he showed up during rehearsals wearing sunglasses and said to John C [...]	D
The sound effect of the Antarctic wind was actually recorded in the desert outside Palm Springs [...]	D
The shot of the Norris head's descent to the floor was done with gravity and Norris-Thing's exp [...]	D
Richard Masur and Keith David decided through rehearsals that, as the two largest men in the ca [...]	D
David Clennon was originally cast as Bennings, but found the Palmer character more interesting [...]	D
(at around 1h 16 mins) In the scene where Norris' (Charles Hallahan's) head separates from his [...]	D
Universal only offered a paltry $200,000 for creature effects and opticals and were shocked whe [...]	D
John Carpenter considers this to be the first of his Apocalypse trilogy. Il signore del male (1 [...]	D
The final confrontation with the Thing required the assistance of 50 technicians.	D
John Carpenter took pains to create mainly muted tones of color in both costumes and sets so th [...]	D
William F. Nolan wrote a draft for a remake of The Thing from Another World which was more loya [...]	D
Prior to production, John Carpenter nearly quit, believing that his dream project of "El Diablo [...]	D
(at around 14 mins) In the original version of the film, the cook is listening to Stevie Wonder [...]	D
A quirk of the Canadian location base in British Columbia was that it was only accessible via a [...]	D
The dog/Thing was created by Stan Winston, who declined screen credit as he didn't want to take [...]	D
The helicopter featured in the opening scene is a Bell 206.	D
The miniature model UFO built for The Thing (1982) was built by model-maker Susan Turner and wa [...]	D
(at around 40 mins) When MacReady talks with the team about the alien ship crashed on planet Ea [...]	D
According to the signpost outside the camp, the Antarctic research team is stationed at the Uni [...]	D
(at around 30 mins) The first edit of the kennel attack scene seemed very flat until the music [...]	D
One of the few "Universal" films which does not open with the "Universal" logo. Others include [...]	D
(at around 11 mins) Garry wears khakis like those issued to officers and senior enlisted in the [...]	D
John Carpenter was incredibly impressed with the work done by the dog who is taken over by the [...]	D
(at around 1h 1 min) The "I know I'm human." scene was originally shot in the rec room, but was [...]	D
A special camera was designed but abandoned which allowed ramping from 10 to 300 fps to create [...]	D
In an early version of the Bill Lancaster script, MacReady and Childs are rescued by helicopter [...]	D
With the release of La cosa (2011), names have been given to the Norwegian Helicopter Pilot and [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
For the final revelation of the Blair-Thing, several shots were animated using stop-motion tech [...]	D
It has become a tradition in British Antarctic research stations to watch La cosa (1982) as par [...]	D
"The Thing" has connections to TV western "Gunsmoke": James Arness played the titular villain i [...]	D
John Carpenter's film is a much more faithful adaptation of John W. Campbell Jr.'s original nov [...]	D
The fire alarm uses the same sound used in Spies Like Us (1985) when the movie theater transfor [...]	D
While discussing the character of MacReady, John Carpenter and Kurt Russell discussed having Ma [...]	D
Many people have theorized about the film's ambiguous ending, with people debating over whether [...]	D
Poster artist Drew Struzan created the poster for this film basically overnight and without hav [...]	D
The original idea for Palmer's (David Clennon) transformation was that his eyes popped out. Rob [...]	D
One idea John Carpenter hinted at is that the reason why Windows hasn't been able to reach "any [...]	D
(at around 28 mins) When dog-thing reveals itself, its head falls to be replaced by a long grea [...]	D
The SyFy Channel planned to make a four hour mini-series sequel in 2003, but nothing ever came [...]	D
The dog-thing sequence was shot in North Hollywood, CA over a two day period. In an interview w [...]	D
Only the opening few scenes take place in daylight. This is because the film begins during the [...]	D
The film was shown on Turkish national television in the summer of 1987 with over 20 minutes cu [...]	D
Entertainment Weekly ranked this as the 12th scariest movie of all time.	D
(at around 12 mins) When Palmer offers to pilot the helicopter, and turns to leave, the back of [...]	D
(at around 40 mins) When the crew are all discussing what the alien spacecraft might be, one of them [...]	D

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During the scene where Blair destroys the radio and is subsequently subdued by MacReady, Childs, Fu [...]	D
(at around 1h 30 mins) When Mac, Garry and Nauls are underground, they split up and go alone to sep [...]	D
Characters wearing glasses go from the severe cold outside, to the apparently toasty warmth inside [...]	D
(at around 15 mins) As the camera pans through the empty camp, after Bennings calls Nauls on the in [...]	D
(at around 7 mins) Norwegian pulls the same grenade out of the box twice.	D
(at around 1h 20 mins) When Windows takes a blood sample from Nauls, he clearly gets Nauls' blood o [...]	D
Palmer is tied up on the couch next to Gary when he is revealed to be a Thing. and starts to mutate [...]	D
All exterior shots of the tool shed where Blair is imprisoned show the window next to the door has [...]	D
(at around 1h 30 mins) As the men come down the stairs into the generator room, Nauls and Garry hea [...]	D
(at around 32 mins) The alien Norwegian dog is caged with the American dogs and starts mutating whi [...]	D
(at around 1h 22 mins) Although necessary for the special effect jump scare, holding a blood sample [...]	D
When Windows is taking blood samples from the thumb of the survivors, he uses the same scalpel, wip [...]	D
(at around 1h 15 mins) When the creature comes out of Norris's chest, there is a wide-shot with Mac [...]	D
(at around 5 mins) The chess moves spoken by the computer don't match the ones on the screen; also [...]	D
(at around 1h 12 mins) Childs breaks down the door with an ax, doing extensive damage to it, but se [...]	D
The infected Palmer attacks Windows, throwing his bloody corpse against a ceiling lamp and then ont [...]	D
After the initial attack by the rifle-wielding Norwegian, MacReady says "First goddamn week of wint [...]	D
Between the time Fuchs talks to Mac about Blair's notes, calling the snowcat 'the Thiokol' (another [...]	D
(at around 38 mins) When viewing the ruined flying saucer from the cliff, the hoods on Norris and P [...]	D
(at around 8 mins) The overwhelming majority of people from Norway are taught English from a young [...]	D
(at around 1h 15 mins) As Dr. Copper puts the defibrillator onto Norris' "chest mouth", in the next [...]	D
(at around 23 mins) When MacReady and the doctor find the two-headed body, it's frozen solid. Howev [...]	D
(at around 1h 23 mins) When Windows is being eaten and mauled by Palmer a brief shot reveals a man [...]	D
(at around 1h 23 mins) When one of the characters turns into the thing, he flies upward onto the ce [...]	D
(at around 1h 11 mins) When Nauls is let back inside and the men question him, there are multiple c [...]	D
The profusion of pistols, shotguns, automatic weapons, flamethrowers and explosives is entirely rid [...]	D
(at around 18 mins) While they are looking at the ice block in the Norwegian base, several of the i [...]	D
(at around 4 mins) The front part of the rifle used by the Norwegian at the beginning is different [...]	D
(at around 9 mins) MacReady's bottle of whisky is completely covered in snow when he leaps into the [...]	D
Despite the assessment that the all the physical matter connected to the Thing is part of its whole [...]	D
When MacReady, Garry and Nauls discover the loose floorboards in the tool shed, they investigate do [...]	D
This story takes place on the first day of winter. This is on the winter solstice which for Antarct [...]	D
When Copper and MacReady visit the Norwegian base, they find the ice block where the Thing was orig [...]	D
(at around 10 mins) On the "first day of winter" (June 21st) there is no daylight south of the Anta [...]	D
Stray dogs potentially carry rabies and distemper and other transferable diseases. As a result no o [...]	D
Clark casually shuts the dog-Thing in the enclosure with the sled dogs, without taking time to intr [...]	D
(at around 58 mins) After MacReady asks if the blood test would have worked, it is seen twice above [...]	D
While burning the creatures might destroy the outside cells of what they were imitating, it would d [...]	D
The alien dog apparently runs from the Norwegian science station to the American station. Consideri [...]	D
(at around 55 mins) When Mac is in the tool shed talking with Blair, the bottle of vodka from which [...]	D
(at around 12 mins) When the men are gathered around the dead Norwegian, Fuchs is seen standing amo [...]	D
(at around 4 mins) While the guy in the chopper with the rifle fires several shots at the dog, and [...]	D
(at around 44 mins) MacReady says "It's forty below outside." That would be a freakishly warm winte [...]	D
(at around 1h 23 mins) After Palmer's blood leaps from the dish after being scorched by Mac's flame [...]	D
(at around 1h 24 mins) Windows' head is pulled completely into the Palmer-thing's mutated jaws when [...]	D
(at around 39 mins) When MacReady and Norris are approaching the hole in the ice next to the spaces [...]	D
(at around 8 mins) When Garry shoots the rifle-wielding Norwegian in the eye, the Norwegian's goggl [...]	D
(at around 52 mins) When Blair destroys the radio room, he fires seven shots from a six-shot revolv [...]	D
At one point they are looking out the window at the thermometer which reads well below zero. There [...]	D
(at around 1h 6 mins) When Fuchs goes outside following the mysterious figure outside the lab, ther [...]	D
(at around 1h 23 mins) When one of the characters is slammed into the ceiling, a piece of the ceili [...]	D
(at around 1h 17 mins) When the "Head Bug" is shown trying escape the facial features still retaine [...]	D
(at around 39 mins) When Norris and Mac climb down into the crater and are walking towards the open [...]	D
(at around 1h 5 mins) When MacReady visits Fuchs in his room, and Fuchs mentions preparing their ow [...]	D
The UFO was around 60 feet under the ice. We are told it had been buried for 100,000 years. But the [...]	D
(at around 1h 15 mins) When the Norris-Thing's chest erupts, Dr. Copper's chewed-off arms and the d [...]	D
(at around 52 mins) When MacReady goes to check the helicopter after he sees Blair, he is wearing a [...]	D
We see McCready drinking at the beginning of the film. He is shown in a camera shot from below and [...]	D
Windows, who is mauled and killed by Palmer-Thing, begins to change after a couple of minutes. But [...]	D
(at around 15 mins) Right after Bennings yells on the intercom to turn the music down and we see hi [...]	D
During the many interior scenes where the flamethrowers was used, resulting in large fires being st [...]	D
(at around 1h 15 mins) When the Doctor goes to hit Norris with the defibrillator the second time, h [...]	D
(at around 25 mins) When Blair does the autopsy on the burned creature he takes out the inner organ [...]	D
When Windows hands MacReady his blood sample, the wound on his forehead is dark red with clotted bl [...]	D
(at around 21 mins) Copper and MacReady find several empty cans labeled "karosin" outside the Norwe [...]	D
(at around 1h 6 mins) When Mac yells to Norris in the rec room, "Any of them move you fry 'em," a s [...]	D
(at around 48 mins) When the characters are burning the bodies of Bennings, the dog monster and the [...]	D
(at around 18 mins) At the Norwegian base, when Mac and the doctor enter the room with the ax in th [...]	D
(at around 5 mins) When MacReady plays Chess Wizard and spills his drink into the circuit board, we [...]	D
Flamethrowers would be useless in Antarctica, especially outside. Gasoline (even in the form of nap [...]	D
At 4:35 into the film a sign in front of the base says, 'US National Science Institute Station 4'. [...]	D
(at around 1h 19 mins) During the blood test scene (before the Palmer reveal), even though there ar [...]	D
(at around 1h 13 mins) As Mac comes out of the supply room with the flare and dynamite, the TNT sti [...]	D
(at around 28 mins) The hole that dog chews in the chain-link fence keeps changing sizes between sh [...]	D
(at around 53 mins) When Blair is destroying the radio room he drops the axe to the floor and fires [...]	D
(at around 5 mins) The chess game MacReady plays vs. what appears to be a dedicated chess-playing c [...]	D
(at around 1h 3 mins) When MacReady is making the tape recording, he mentions that "Windows found s [...]	D
(at around 1h 15 mins) Copper's sleeves suddenly roll up when Norris' jaws clamp down on his forear [...]	D
(at around 1h 20 mins) When MacReady is administering the blood test with the hot wire, we see the [...]	D
MacReady believes every part of the creature can act as a whole, and thus comes up with the "blood [...]	D
When the Dog-Thing attacks the dogs, it squirts one dog in the face with its slime, making the dog [...]	D
(at around 8 mins) When the helicopter explodes there are almost no parts near it. Later while it i [...]	D
(at around 1h 20 mins) Although Fuchs has told them that the alien organism is highly infective, th [...]	D
MacReady states "I think it rips through your clothes when it takes you over." but there is no expl [...]	D
(at around 8 mins) When the Norwegian is firing on the American scientists at the beginning of the [...]	D
(at around 12 mins) When MacReady and the doctor go off to check the Norwegian base, it is said the [...]	D

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