FIRST TIME WATCHING | The Thing (1982) | Movie Reaction | WHAT THE F#&$!!! 

“You gotta be fucking kidding”........greatest line delivery of all time.

It's so refreshing to see someone who didn't automatically start defending and feeling sorry for the dog. When I first saw this I was the same way, "Why are they trying so hard to kill the dog, there must be a reason?". I knew something was up with that dog.

The thing survive cause if you pay attention to details is when Kurt and the other at the end after the thing blew up and they sit outside you can see Kurt's foggy breathe but when the second guy showed up and shared a drink with him you can't see his breathe even as he does a big exhale after taking a swing of the drink cause the thing doesn't need to breathe.

crazy how the guy who made the very subtle halloween made this straight up insane movie

I personally think that Childs is a thing by the end. Childs was unable to trust other people at all. He didn't trust Mack. Childs thought Mack was a Thing. Another thing is that this movie was made before the theory about jewelry began. It's also safe to note that childs is wearing the missing coat from the hall at the end of the movie that you see him wearing at the very end. Things shred all their clothes and childs is not wearing the same clothes.

I do love this film. I expect Norris (the late Charles Hallahan) went into cinematic folklore for that defibrillator sequence.

The scoring trio power of Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter & Alan Howarth.

Here's a clue: Child's isn't breathing throughout the last talk with Macready.

Trivia: John Carpenter did not want it to obvious who the first one "taken" was. So he used a crewmember to provide the shadow. Unfortunately for Carpenter, the crewmember cast a shadow that looks very much like the shadow that the most likely first one "taken" would cast.......

At the end, when it’s just the two of them left. With Mac, you can see his breath in the cold. You can’t see the breath of Childs. They show a lot of close up shots of Mac’s cold breath to give you a clue that it’s cold and that you can see his breath and that you should be able to see Childs’ breath, but you can’t. (Cue the best dramatic music ever written… dum-dum, dum-dum).

I don't know how every one misses this but at the end when there is only two guys left only MacReady (Kurt Russel) has hot breath because he is breathing. The other guy Childs (Keith David) has no breath because he is only imitating a human breathing.

Stan Winston was part of the special effects team on this film. After this he would work on films such as The Terminator and Jurassic Park.

John Carpenter Masterpiece

They also say Childs was the Thing at the end because you couldn’t see his breath even though it’s so cold that McCready’s breath is coming out in clouds.

I don't think the Blair-Thing has built a spaceship, I think it's probably a simpler form of transportation like a hovercraft or something. It probably just wants to get across the ice to another camp to infect the people there.

Her; "Poor thing!" Us; "Burn it! BURN IT!" You should watch the sequel and in fact the 1950s original. But keep that protective pillow handy...

"Why are they trying to kill this dog?" Why indeed... there's a movie they should have: Predator vs the Thing

At the beginning of the Movie, the Norwegian is shouting at the group: "Get away from that. It's not really a dog, it's some type of creature"

You have a watch the 2011 the thing is a prequel so technically you have to watch the 2011 version is everything that happened before the 1982 version is what happened before the 1982

You don't see Child's breath. You see McCready, but not Child's.

After watching a few of your reactions I have to wonder now did you make that hat special so you could wear those headphones through it or did you buy it as? I'm digging it.

One of my all time faves, The Fog is another cracking John Carpenter movie from this era which would be great to watch back to back with this. Shout out to the Mrs, your facial expressions make me chuckle when you're shocked so I'll be watching your Dawn of the Dead reaction next lol. I went vegetarian for a month after that film.

Blair is infected by poking the Thing with his pencil eraser during his explanation. While deep in thought, he later touches his mouth.

I watched this as a twelve year old kid, and was terrified, and amazed by it. It actually holds up pretty well today.

What a good actor man, the dog, I meant

man, this man is a badass, he is seeing whis wife drowling for kurt russel, and he doesnt even flinch, he is so secure i himself that he knows that his woman love him, i take my hat to you sir

I always believed that blair was being slowly assimilated since he did the autopsy. thats my theory.

Which movie should Ripley have blown herself up in? The first one, she doesn't bring back any aliens. And she didn't cause the problem with aliens in the 2nd, settlers were sent to that planet and discovered the eggs. She didn't know that the queen had brought an egg on board the ship at the end. Blair in this KNEW there was very real danger of infection and death, not much room for interpretation or error, what if's.

Love this movie and the dog deserved an Oscar. The way it walked down the hall was one of the creepiest things in the whole movie.

Never clicked on a reaction so fast lmao.. she is going to Crawl out of her own skin...lol i'm typing this before I watch... 👍🏻to her and here a drink 🍺

My GOD the GORE FACTOR IS 💯% JUICY

A classic film! Not that the Mrs. is all hardened up and has ice-water coursing through her veins, I'm sure she would just love "The Cabin in the Woods," or maybe something lighter like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), or "The Hills Have Eyes" 2006 remake? ^_^

Child’s is the thing because no visible breathing and he drank the Molotov cocktail at the end.

Will you watch the 2011 prequel? I know that a lot of people don't like it that much, but i really like how they connected the two movies

This is not a "Who done it?" story. This is more of a "Who is it?" story.

I think Childs was the Thing at the end. Notice how visible McCready's breath was, but not a single bit from Childs?

Ever notice in the end, that McCready you can see his breath but can't see Childs. Now who's the thing?

Childs is the thing - he drinks from a bottle filled with gasoline and makes no reaction ... that's why Mac chuckles as he realizes he tricked the thing

This movie is so good.

The Thing never freaked me out. I saw it as a young kid back in the mid 90's and just loved every bit of it. Seeing all the gore and crazy crap, it was great! Weird enough, when I saw the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, THAT freaked me out WAAAAAAAY more even though you see like, minimal gore.

Watch the thing from 2011 and you`ll understand the movie before the dog chasing!

Without doubt one of the greatest horror films ever made

There was a prequel to this film set in the burnt down station that they visited that explained what happened. That prequel movie ends the same way this movie began. It didn't get a lot good review though.

Captain Ron is Kurt Russell's greatest character, even better than Snake Plissken.

I will never get why anyone thinks either of them are a thing at the end, why would either of them care about subterfuge when they could just attack each other and furthermore, why would they use human language if they're both a thing. If childs is a thing, why even talk at all, just consume Macready the end and vice versa.

10:30: Don’t worry. I’ve seen scarier stuff than that… thing. Pun intended.

Childs was The Thing at the end. No eyeshine. No breath coming out.

There is a sequel. It was a ps2 game. Good game too

i wouldv left out the building the spaceship bit

I’ve seen like eight different Thing reacts and you’re the first one to guess everything correctly

Great reaction to a great movie. Maybe react to the prequel movie, as that explains the story in more depth. Fun fact: the practical effects department literally made all the effects for the entire movie, just for the studio to scrap their work and make it all CGI. Could you imagine if we got the film in practical. Would have been way better.

This is one of my favorite movies as well. I have always thought it had one major flaw. I don't think it should open showing the spacecraft. I don't think it should ever show us its hand and let us in on the secret. It should have just started in Antarctica.

I like to think they were both human. I think Blair got infected when he was locked up.

The breath... at the end.... the breath.... breath ... chaaa chaa chaaa... doom doom... doom doom... doom doom....

He wore your face like an oven mit

ooh some body horror. are we watching 'the fly' next? xD

He's probably thinking can you shut up and watch the dam movie

I love how you turn and ask him all these questions and he just stares back.

Fun bit of trivia: In the winter, McMurdo station in Antarctica is left with a skeleton crew taking care of the base and running experiments. They are completely without any means to leave for about eight months. They have a tradition that after the last plane leaves they run two movies: The Thing, and The Shining. Fine films to see before six months of continuous night.

40 years later and the special effects still remains king!

Rob Bottin was charged to make special effects for the movie. He was like 22 at the time, and he crunched like 15 hours a day or something without weekend breaks, to get the effects done. All of his own volition, he was just so invested in the project. He practically lived on the set, and as soon as production was over he had to be hospitalized due to exhaustion.

17:34...mate you're smart. A lot of reactors just think Blair's lost it. You're one of a tiny group who understand he's a hero and is willing to sacrifice himself (& the rest) for humanity's sake. This is why you two are amongst my favourite reactors. Love you both 🥰🥰🥰

Almost 40 years after its theatrical release, The Thing fans are still debating if MacReady and Childs are the Thing. The Thing stands the test of time as far as sci fi/horror movies.

The guy who did the creature FX's was in his early 20's when he did this. He was so stressed after working day and night for weeks, that he had to go to the hospital. So, Stan Winston Studios helped with doing some of the dog in the kennel creature FX's.

The practical effects guy should have got a lifetime achievement award just for this one film.

Honestly I'm impressed. The reaction is always the same. "Someone stop him before he hurts that dog". Up until the dog begins slaughtering the other dogs. Never seen someone think the dog was the issue.

I think Carpenter wanted to keep the audience guessing as to who it actually was but in reality Dick Warlock who played Michael Myers in Halloween 2 was on set one day and its his silhouette you see in the room.

IIRC Blair was in the shed or three days. After they put him in there, they mention a storm will be hitting them in 16 hours. Later Mac says into the tape recorder that the storm has been hammering them for 48 hours. So, three days. Still not a lot of time to build even a mini space ship, but it was The Thing so it could have manifested a dozen sets of eys, hands and brains to all work at once.

Your wife is an impressive woman. She's way too plot smart. The goal should be to find movies she'll be lost watching. Tenet and Mulholland Drive.

This movie is a masterpiece.

So happy this film is getting more attention everyone’s reactions are priceless and hilarious

John Carpenter's: The Thing and Pulp Fiction are the ones fighting on the top of my favorite movie list. Different kind of movies, but they all have some great in common: great story and top notch acting. I can watch both movies anytime, anyday, forever. Btw, the "Cheating B*tch." scene is the first rage quit caught on film. ;P

"Childs, what if we're wrong about him?!?" "Well then we're wrong!"

9:50...the dog's called Jed and he's probably the greatest dog actor in the history of Hollywood. It's a tragedy that he never won an Oscar for this performance (or whatever the doggy equivalent is..?)

"The generators gone" "Anyway we can fix it" "It's GONE MacReady!" One of my favorite parts.

For a first time watcher I'm impressed how quickly she catches on that Blair is human when he's destroying the helicopter and killing the dogs. I know people that have seen the movie multiple times that misunderstand and think he's turned at that point. She'd be a pretty good Among Us player I bet.

She didn't flinched at the blood test scene. I'm gonna need a few minutes to process that 😲

No amount of CGI can replace the practical effects. They are just soooo good. When you add to that the actors' reaction especially if they see the models for the first time, it's a completely engulfing experience.

We shapeshifters can be very productive. When alone In the shed, the Thing person could have had 20 arms and bone hard hammer hands, which would allow it to build things very quickly.

I loved your reaction to this. Just put a big smile on my face.

She gets major props from me for the comment when Mac blows up the Palmer Thing. That was exactly what I said, blowing the Thing into many small bits is about the worst thing you could do.

3:25 -- for those of you who scandalously have never studied Norwegian: "It's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! Get away, you idiots!" Yeah, us Norwegians are always hopelessly spoiled when we watch this movie.

Been watching The Thing reactions recently. Got to say this one is the most impressive when it comes to realizing what's going on. She realized the dog was the alien way sooner than all the others, and was also one of the few to realize Blair was destroying stuff so the alien couldn't escape.

I like how you are one of the few reactors who understood that Blair was trying to make sure the thing didn't get to a populated area.

More Kurt Russell recommends: Death Proof, Stargate, and Soldier

First off, in my opinion John Carpenter's "The Thing" is the greatest horror movie ever made. And second, if you love ping pong then you have to watch "Forrest Gump" (1994).

Hi from the uk, loving these reaction videos especially the Friday the 13th ones. Keep up the good work 😄😄

8:44 god damn if I'm ever stuck in a horror movie event IRL you'd who I'd want in my team every single point you're knocking it outta the park!

Y'all should watch return of the living dead 1985 y'all would really enjoy it 🙏🏿💕

Ok hats off to you for sitting through this one. One of the best sci-fi creature films ever created and very high on my top 10 List. Great selection!

I loved her reactions to the dog. "somethin's with the dog...." THAT DOG STILL SCARES THE SHIT OUTTA ME. They did SUCH a good job training it to act right. The doggo deserved an Oscar.

The wife lady NEEDS an R.J. MacReady snow hat immediately !

A other theroy is that McCready when gives Child's the bottle to drink from , then He laugh it is actual gasoline, If Child's was human he would have smell the gasoline,. Since He might be a thing It just consume it, thinking it just a drink that Humans use

Wow, your the ONLY reaction to this movie I've watched that the person didn't say "omg don't kill the dog," or they just get so mad. I'm like come on,for one the dog is not getting killed for real and two,if someone is trying to kill an animal that badly,then common sense should tell you something is wrong with the animal. New subbie just for that.

"I don't mind gore but.... this is gross!" 😂😂😂

They're both human at the end. Childs approaches McCready who's on the ground turned away from him. He has him dead to rights. If Child's is the Thing, he blows McCready to hell and wins. McCready can't be the Thing because of the events right after the explosion. The explosion happens and we see a man stumbling through the snow who's starting to succumb to the effects of extreme cold. We know that the Thing can survive in the extreme cold. It was buried in the ice for thousands of years and thawed out without any problems. If McCready was the Thing, that scene of a man stumbling through the snow would just have been a man casually walking. The brilliance of the movie is the mistrust that the discovery of the Thing causes. It's a perfect plot device right up to the end of the movie. They've achieved a great victory they cannot possibly celebrate. There was a long standing theory that suggested Childs was the Thing at the end. The evidence for this was the coat he's wearing at the end. There are slow moving camera shots in the movie of rooms and in one of these shots is a blue coat hanging on a hook. After the blood test scene, Childs is wearing this blue coat. The next time we see Childs he's wearing a grey/white coat. You have to remember, this was made in 1982, the setting/environment of the film is this dark encampment with very little light. Recently, the blu-ray version of this movie released and the video quality was remastered. In that version, you can clearly see the blue of the coat in parts where the snow/ice is not covering it. It's the same coat.

I love her movie reactions. Lol. And the husband is hilarious with the stoicness.

One of my all time favorite. Top 3 easily! I wanted to be like Kurt Russell when i was a kid. What a role model!

An amazing classic. I'll share my dad's observation which I love: This movie is only possible because all the residents of the research station are men. If women lived together for months in a close environment like this, they'd know all about one another, but the men are still largely strangers and that's why they can't tell whether someone else is an imposter.

I miss practical effects in movies. Many 80's movies had fantastic practical effects. It pushed creativity to high levels.