Death By Defibrillator | The Thing (1982) First Time Watching Movie Reactions Mashup 

Not too many people realize that by this point, Palmer was already assimilated by the thing, and he was the first to notice and call out the head that was escaping. The fact that the thing is willing to rat out on its own kind just to seem more trustworthy shows how truly smart it is.

The absolute pinnacle of practical effects, Rob Bottin's masterpiece.

The most appropriate use of the f bomb in all movie history.

That one dude ("You've gotta be f***in kidding") is also the Thing by this point, so the Thing rats itself out.

When the Thing imitates someone, it perfectly duplicates every cell with such precision than it actually retains the memories, knowledge, and personality of the individual it copies. Norris (the guy who’s chest bursts open, chopping off the doctor’s hands with its bear-trap teeth) had a bad heart, and likely a peacemaker. When the Thing took him over and perfectly imitated him, it also faithfully recreated his heart defect, but not his pacemaker, 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. Of course, the amazing scene where Norris’ head separates from his burning body, slides onto the floor, and pulls itself away, transforming into a crab/spider with his upside-down head as its body, and tries to crawl away unnoticed, is an iconic moment!

I posted this tidbit on the post where this video was being conceived. They used a DOUBLE amputee actor for the scene where the Doctor gets chomped. So it was a mix of practical effects, and someone who had lost both their arms in the real world.

I was taking film appreciation as an elective in university in 1985, and the topic was asked, "What film from the 20th century is most likely to be remembered 1000 years from now?" 1982's The Thing, which bombed when it came out, got more votes than Gone With the Wind, The Ten Commandments, Star Warts, etc... There was a consensus that The Thing had that *something* - universally repulsive/memorable - that would attract fascination for centuries.

Ahhhhhh...how delicious it is to say "Welcome to the 80s!" to a whole new generation of young'uns.

I love how nonchalantly the spiderhead walks away.

This is one of those films that get audiences to seriously say, "It's too much! Stop it!!" 😆

Here's some fun trivia for you Rob Bottin had a very tough time making the film The extraordinary special effects were orchestrated by an eccentric effects expert called Rob Bottin. Just 23-years-old at the time, he was responsible for all practical effects scenes where we see The Thing in all its glory. (Except the dog kennel scene, as discussed earlier). Perhaps unsurprisingly, Rob Bottin had a stressful time making the film, and he had it especially difficult in preparing the defibrillator scene. Bottin and his team had used flammable materials when they made the Norris head and neck model that detaches from Norris’ body. During the shoot, Carpenter decided he wanted real flames round the scene for continuity. As a result, the entire model Bottin had built caught fire and was destroyed. It took 4 months to build the first one, and they had to build a replacement within a week, which they somehow did. Bottin later said he barely stopped working during filming which, over time, took its toll. As production went on, the stresses of schedules and deadlines meant he moved into the studio and was working 22 hour days at one point. Unsurprisingly, Bottin became ill and hospitalised with severe exhaustion, double pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer. He also suffered from nightmares of the creatures he was creating Kurt Russell brought a lot to the role The protagonist of the film turns out to be R.J. MacReady, played by Kurt Russell, and MacReady is the one left to take on the creature in a one-on-one showdown in the climax. The film catapulted Russell’s career as a leading man, and he added some small, interesting elements to the character. Russell would take a drag on a cigarette just before John Carpenter shouted ‘Action’ in certain scenes to make his breath more visible in the Antarctic conditions. And in the scene where MacReady and Copper visit the Norwegian camp, when the helicopter took off, the pilot turned the controls over to Russell for a little bit. If you watch carefully, in the film you can see the helicopter wobble a bit when Russell takes the controls. Hooper’s version of the script was very different Tobe Hooper’s script was very different to what we eventually saw on the screen in Carpenter’s film. Some of the main differences were: The alien in Hooper’s version did not shapeshift or assimilate hosts. It just ate them.The main character was called The Captain and the film was about his obsessive mission to find and kill The Thing. Which sounds very Captain Ahab/Moby Dick.And tonally, Hooper wanted him film to be a horror-comedy with lots of slapstick humour. Apparently, there was a scene where a character gets caught by The Thing after literally slipping on a banana skin. The Thing wasn’t real, but the dog barks were In the kennel sequence, The Thing is trapped with several dogs who seem to be sleeping and resting. When it reveals itself, however, the dogs start barking and yelping in distress. In order to get the sound of the dogs barking frantically, the sound designer - Colin Mouat - rounded up many stray dogs and placed them in his house. He then dressed in a trench coat and walked round the outside of the house tapping on the windows to frighten them. The film is a remake, and Carpenter nods to it immediately The Thing is a remake of a science fiction b-movie. Years earlier, The Thing From Another World was released in 1951 and became a cult classic of its own. Carpenter loved the film as a child and nods to it immediately in his film. The opening title of The Thing is an adapted version of the title from the 1951 original. The logo seems to burn onto the screen, and the way they achieved this was that the logo was placed behind a smoke-filled fish tank covered with a plastic bag. The bag was then ignited, creating the effect of the title burning onto the screen Kurt Russell took a drag on a cigarette at the beginning of certain shots in order to make the breath appear more visible If you want more trivia here's a link to the Channel I found this trivia on alltherightmovies.com/feature/30-interesting-facts-about-the-thing/

5:34 is amazing!! I love being able to see everyone’s reactions but I had to rewind it a couple times. Thank you!

Alternate ending showed McCready rescued and his blood is tested and it's negative for the Thing.The video game that came out many years ago showed a Navy SEAL team going to the base. A comic book sequel story showed McCready and Childs rescued and Childs is infected.John Carpenter endorsed the video game ending.

One of my all time favorite movies

My best friend and I had to sneak into the theater this was playing in after originally buying tickets for a different movie when The Thing first released. I couldn't stop talking about it for weeks. It was definitely a defining moment in my adolescent movie career. I still love this movie.

This was such a GRAPHIC and disturbing movie to watch but thank you so much for including me in these mashups 😄💜

All practical effects too.

Thank you for showing all the reactors at once, rather than in series. Part of what's fascinating with this format is to observe the wave of shared emotions.

Thanks for doing this one. Best scene in the movie with the best practical effects in cinema history. It's fantastic to have so many reactors on screen reacting at once, like they're all in a room or theater watching together. My only input would be I wish their faces could be larger on screen to better see their reactions - I'd almost say to do one where all of them fill the screen and the scene plays behind in the gaps between their circles. ( Who hasn't seen this scene by now anyway?) Thanks for your work, these are so much fun.

You have a lot of my favorite reactors watching. Well done.

Try being a recently turned 13 year old in the Summer of 1982 and seeing this for the first time. To say my mind was blown would be a massive understatement. I actually had to go back the next day and see it again just to make sure I actually saw what I saw it was that mind blowing to me. Still one of my favorite films.

5:34 Getting everybody reaction was just Perfect Timing

I always think the Head-Spider-Thing looks oddly cute when it's peeking out from under the desk. Lil guy's just peekin'.

This part is the most terrified scene of this entire movie

This film was of head of its time lol

All great reactors! This was like seeing my late night pals all in one room, thanks!

As a kid, this scene had me fucked up for so long

Best line cinematic history: "You've got to be fucking kidding."

Me and my high school friends caught this classic in the cinema back in the day. After the movie, we were all staring at everyone and asking "Are you human, or 1 of those godamn Things "

"Well, I'm real light sleeper, Childs" 😂

HELL YES!!! The best part of the best movie to react to ever

You're the best out there, Mr. Lebowski! Thanks for the mashup. ❤

I'd imagine this about simulates theater audiences' reaction to this scene back in 1982

The thing is one of the best films ever filmed and one with the best reactions videos. The blood test also is a great scene to be part of this channel.

YES THE THING! MORE THING PLEASE!

Wow this movie is just pure genius.

One of the most amazing Sci-Fi movies I've ever seen... If I had known it was inspired by HP Lovecraft I would have gotten into Lovecraft a long time ago.

I know how many people have gushed about your editing skills but I'm only 1:50 into video and had to comment; don't ever stop please. You and AJ Styles = Simply Phenomenal

Chef's kiss....what an edit!!!

That was pretty cool, man!

The best thing about this film was that it was made well before cgi came in, and that's what made it so good, it made all that hard work the sfx crew put in well worth the effort

I love the idea that McReady is the Thing too, to round up humans and make sure it survives by itself and freezes again, to get found later and defrost like the 1st mass they dug up!

Im still waiting for the train fight scene from spider man 2 from tobey maguire.

Centennials : What kind of VFX are these?! 😱 😱 😱 😱

Please next the Raptor kitchen scene from jurassic park🎉

This movie holds up still today probably scare than any movie you will see today and this is all practical effects no CGI

This was one of the only 2 scenes I remembered from this movie. The other one being the blood test

The Look on Everybody s face on RU-vid priceless Amazing

I remember this scene in a video of comments where they mentioned that they almost died of poisoning, due to the combination of substances and plastics to achieve that effect of colored blood, when in contact with heat, they generated toxic and harmful vapors.

I'd heard this movie was so grim and intense that I refused to see it in a theater; I had to wait for it to come out on cable. The thought of being consumed by something is probably the most horrible way to die. I liked seeing behind-the-scenes features because it reminds me this was only a movie and the characters didn't actually die.

I saw this for the first time on cable in 1983 when I was 14 years old. The 14 year old me was saying repeatedly, "This is awesome!" But I get it now that it was, just maybe, too much. Still awesome, though.

Epic!...you are the best!

Saw this in the cinema when it first came out and its still one of my go to movies for a good night's entertainment.

I wanna see this movie so damn badly!

40 years ago and the reactions are what they were back then.

The number of times not-clearly-seen people touch Norris, even put their fingers in his mouth, and are not affected by The Thing, is large. Doc Copper is tested after death, and he isn't Thing, though he had his arms bitten off. The young black guy who's name I always forget is the last to go, and isn't the Thing, unless he and it come together right at the end in the underground room. He simply disappears. So - The Thing is getting stressed by how hard it's food is fighting back, and it's short of strength, and there's no opportunity for the 'thinged' person to be hidden long enough to change, so IT DOES NOT ATTACK or infect them. This changes the nature of the threat; not like a disease spread by contact, but an intelligent antagonist, limited by time and the need to remain hidden for extended times. The 2011 Thing prequel jettisons this for speed of action, where the Thing hunts down and attacks people in front of everyone, quite different from the Thing in the 1982 film.

What's with the movie being such love VHS-like quality? lol

lol, love their reactions. I remembered I watched that movie when I was 10 or 11 yrs old. It was so scary, and hard to watch the whole movie.

😂😂😂 ahahahahaha I fed on all of them at once! Ahahahahahaha oh YES!

Classic scene gets them everytime 🤣🤣🤣

Compared to all the "torture porn" of the last 20 years The Thing looks positively tame in comparison. It's just a far better movie.

you gotta be F**king kidding me ....

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5:33 #Iconic

But ... what if one of the Reactors is the Thing!!?? They'll spread it all over RU-vid!! 😦

Could you do the blood test next?

If you like documentaries, search and watch these videos. The Coming Convergence & The Holy See ( All Roads Lead To Rome )

Those weren't clues that Norris was the Thing, he was having a heart attack. I don't think the director made the right choice showing the initial twinge, it gave the game away.

Our parents let us watch this shit when we were kids!! Think about that.

😀That was a GREAT scene😀

CLEAR!!!

Awesome video.

Did you use the VHS version for this?!

I didn't expect this

Should do the final battle of Bloodsport!!!!

Master pice

Legendary

Anyone ever notice the right arm came apart 4 inches above the actual bite..????.just saying...

Now listen to the commentary by John Carpenter and Kurt Russell 👽

No CGI here...

Didn't any of you guys get the satire of this movie ?.😅😅😅😅😅.

Saw this as a kid, i love being gen x lol

Great stuff.

And now we know another reason as to why Gen X is the way we are. 😆

Cool

Saw this twice on opening weekend for it in the movies. First time was three couples out together,my GF at the time was a pretty much down for anything kinda gal,she didn't freak out easily,so she loved it. Next night,her and I and the 2 guys who were the male halves of the previous night's dates,plus my younger brother and his best friend, all went to see it again. Only this time we were all blasted on mushrooms. One of my all-time favorite nights at the movies.

I like your edit style before this it was way better

Can you do Texas Chainsaw Massacre? (The original one)

Nobu❤

Now you see in these type of movies everyone is a liability

Actually, in the video game it's confirmed mccready is the thing

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This new format with everyone reacting at once is just a jumble, please go back to each individual reaction.

c'mon man, you've done far better edits than this. How the hell can we appreciate 20 effing circle cutouts at the same time. This is way below your capabilities.

Just think. The special effects in this movie were all hand done, there were no computer graphics at all in this.

Many years after this movie terrified me for life, I realized no organism like this could really exist. Don't get me wrong, something similar might, but nothing that totally can duplicate and pretend to be someone based on absorbing their cells. Consider that human fingernails and surface skin and hair are barely even living parts of you. They grow out and fall off in pieces. What's it going to do, measure how long your hair was so it grows out the same length of hair? Then there's the matter of how exactly it could store the information to reproduce hundreds or thousands of organisms. Then there's also the matter of it knowing how the brain of its victim works so well that it can both control the copied victim's mind when it needs to, fool the copied mind itself so it doesn't self-terminate by fire (because a working copy of me would self-terminate if I knew it got me), and simultaneously fool everyone of that person's species.

Rat Race: Hitler scene😂

Pretty neat cartoon 😂 LOL Th i s film wasn't even a horror film, just a special effects demonstration.

What funny is that some 20 year old will have an all time greatest horror movie list on RU-vid and never once mention the greatest horror movie... John Carpenter's The Thing. It is by far the scariest movie I've ever seen. Now you can make an argument for The Exorcist or Alien but other that that there is nothing more terrifying than this movie.

Just to be clear, this is the greatest monster movie ever made not even including it being a remake of the original from the 50s