Watching *THE THING* for the First Time and Getting Scared 

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only woman in the history of the world to watch The Thing while dressed as Minnie Mouse.

You caught on quicker than most reactors that maybe there was something wrong with the dog. Most are saying, "don't hurt the cute puppy." Best. Leo.

Millennials before watching The Thing, every time: "Oh, an 80th Horror. How cute." Millennials during watching The Thing, every time: "Oh F***, oh f***, oh hell no!"

Blair isnt crazy, he is destroying things to stop the thing from leaving.. if you listen you can hear blair saying this.

That dog is a seriously incredible actor. It can't just be someone off to the side offering treats and giving commands. It's movements tell you right away something is a bit off with him. The way it moves very slowly but with a clear purpose. It's an incredible dog/actor.

"HOW!? did they do that, in 1982?" The answer to that is, you find a brilliant visual effects artist, get them interested in the project, then have a meeting, show them the storybaords, and ask "Ever seen anything like that before?" "No" "See a way it could be done?" "No" "Ok. Have it ready by Friday."

E.T. visits Earth E.T. - "Ellio-" Vane - "Just shoot it. That is not human." Credits.

Seeing this lady jamming to Stevie Wonder's "Superstitiion" does my heart a world of good.

First reactor to figure out the dog was the thing IMMEDIATELY...a movie savant

The best part of this video is you reverting to Spanish every time you freak out and swear.

People often get confused when I say: "That dog is no dog. That dog is a banana!!!" But once it starts to peel like one, they get it. ^__^

You have great detective skills. This is the first video I have seen where the person watching has figured out the dog was an alien before he changed in the kennel. In fact, you pretty much had the whole movie figured out.

The special practical effects for the Norris Thing is insane and it just keeps on going

this is the fifth person today that i see react to this movie and the first that realises there might be someting wrong with the dog.

Another take on this: They should have tried to communicate with it, because it must have been scared out of its mind, trying to survive. It saw what they did to it whenever it revealed itself, and it was just trying to survive. When it crashed who do you think shot first out of the first team that found the space-ship? Now it was just trying to make the space-ship work again so it could get away from these killers. When it was in the dog, it didn't hurt any of them because they saved it, but it needed sustenance so it was devouring the other dogs. Then they came in and burned it, so it felt it needed to protect itself at any cost to repair the space ship so it could leave. On another take, this was a parasite that had inhabited the occupants of the space-ship which caused them to crash, and it is nothing but a mindless parasite.

Finally this film is getting the respect it deserves

this girl is adorable! nice reaction

12:13 They cast a double-amputee actor for that scene

Your reactions are outrageously funny and cute 😄 "Eeeww, is that a child?" Lolol.

You should DEFINITELY keep the horror reactions coming! I think your reaction to Hereditary would be priceless tbh 😂

I recall an interview with the late Charles Hallahan who played Norris (who you correctly suspected of being an imitation). He said he likes to travel a great deal, and no matter where he goes, someone will come up to him and talk about that film.

"What is that thing hanging there?" The best sight gag in the movie. Best. Leo.

The special effects by Rob Bottin and his team were second to none. One of the reasons I love this film. Additionally, Stan Winston worked on the effects for the dog kennel thing. It's a classic film now, with effects that can rival the CGI images of today.

She gets so into it so cute I love her🥰

I always like watching peoples first reactions to this masterpiece of a movie.

The best Sci-fi Horror film ever made, and also one of my favorite John Carpenter films! Yesterday was my 30th birthday!! Whoo hoo!!

I can’t imagine what your reaction to this might be like - but it might be even more fun than the film itself at this point 🙂

3:10 That's an excellent guess about the dog! I'm impressed

macready is the thing. dr. fuchs told macready that "a small particle of the organism is enough to take someone over, and that everyone should prepare their own meals & eat out of cans." at the end, macready is sharing a bottle of booze with childs. macready-thing infected the wine bottle, which is a passive & subtle victory for the thing.

I apologize for feeling like I have to say, you're freaking adorable.

Intuitive saying it's inside the dog - most people don't get it so fast

Rather surprised that she didn't seem nearly as traumatised about this than she did about the Fly.

Great reaction! And you are SO adorable!

3 minutes in and I'm really impressed how smart You are considering Your young age.

Another great reaction, awesome job :D Happy you didn't fall for the dog :) never trust the dog. At the start the with one shotting at the dog was speaking in norwegian, anyone who knew that language was told it was the dog :)

Great reaction, one of the best I’ve watched, good job guapita!

There are two ways fans have thought of how Childs could be a thing at the end. 1: You can’t see his breath in the cold like Macready. This has some fans thinking he’s been assimilated but not fully formed on the inside, including his lungs, so he isn’t breathing. I’ve looked at it closely and swear I can kind of see his breath. I think it was just the lighting and the angle, though that could’ve been intentional to suggest the idea. 2: Some argue Macready wouldn’t have a bottle of alcohol for drinking because they used everything to make molotov cocktails. Him handing the bottle to Childs is to see if he has any reaction to drinking something that shouldn’t be drunk. Macready’s chuckle after seeing no negative reaction has been interpreted as him realizing Childs is a thing. I’d argue that Macready throughout the whole movie has just wanted to get drunk and go to sleep. I think it’s believable he would’ve saved some for himself as a last drink. I’m not saying anyone who thinks Childs is infected is wrong. We really can’t know for sure. It was made to be ambiguous.

The black guy Childs is the 'Thing' at the end. Macready gave him the Molotov cocktail filled with gasoline to drink. If he was human he would if spit it out. The thing does not know what liquor taste like so it pretended. That's why macready laughed.

Did you notice at the end how Childs wasn't afraid to drink from the same bottle as MacReady and that you could clearly see MacReady's breath but not Childs?

This movie was released only 2 weeks after E.T. Imagine that

Did you notice that Palmerthing looks sad just before the test? Makes me feel a little bad for it

your reactions at scarry movies are best :)

You should do more movie reactions because you're better at it than most RU-vid reactors.

Real story - I first watched this film when I was 7; I'm still recovering at 42....

This was another one of your reactions i checked out today. Great job!! This is one of my all time favorite horror movies and you did SO good figuring out things for a first time watch. Awesome job!!! And so much fun as always. 😂

Always love "1st time viewers". They always go "NO, don't shoot the dog." Those of us who have seen the movie always go "Damn, shoot that dog! NOW!" The opening has completely different reactions depending on if you know what is going on or not. lol

Scared the crap out of me years ago plus it was awesome

I'll never understand why some people refer to this movie as having a "nihilistic" tone. If anything, it's the complete opposite. It's about the indomitable human spirit! Not just the will to survive, but the will to triumph! Or should I say - "the will to POWER!" In this context, "power" means "victory for humanity." And yes, I'm using Nietzschean nomenclature because "The Neetch" didn't care too much for nihilism. 7:07 That flower-like appendage is made out of dog tongues and dog teeth. 10:51 Notice how he rewinds and tapes over part of what he said. He did that because he didn't want the rescue team to become demoralized in the same way. It illustrates that he plays "the long game" like a savvy strategist. He also doesn't take too kindly to cheatin'. His contingency plan against that tends to involve the utter destruction of his adversary. 13:00 "It's all in the reflexes." ~Jack Burton 13:43 Nope. Not murder. It was D-FENS of both self and team. D-FENS of self because Clark became an assailant. D-FENS of team because Clark was unstable. 13:45 Thank you! I hate it when people end up getting persecuted for self D-FENS! It's the ultimate antithesis of logic! 14:35 "Eat this!" ~Corporal Dwayne Hicks 15:01 The way he delivers that line is just perfect. The frustration mixed with understanding. The energy is REAL! 16:34 MacReady is filled with Determination! 100 percent! At MAXIMUM POWER!

First off hello from Winston Salem NC. John Carpenter's Halloween is my favorite movie but I believe that The Thing is his best. I love your reactions, they are classic, entertaining, fun and your enthusiasm is infectious! Keep them coming, I'll keep watching. Many blessings to you and yours.

Super cute. What a great contradiction between your adorable costume and one of the grossest horror movies ever. 🤣

Some other classic movies to watch..... Horror: 28 days later Mystery/thriller: Silence of the Lambs, Seven, Fracture, Gone Girl, Contagion, the Accountant, Fatal attraction, Basic Instict, A history of violence, Law abiding citizen

They did make another the "Thing" in 2012 but it was a prequel. It happens at the Norwegian camp where they find the frozen alien body. Maybe react to it.

One of my favorite Scifi/horror films!

First, saw your reaction to this in a compilation video and went from that and watched everybody else's reaction to it, but you had the cutest reactions out of everybody...your reaction when the dog jumps out of the pen made me laugh so fucking hard lol so that deserved a subscribe lol I'll be going through the rest of your videos to watch them and see those. Thanks for giving this old gorehound (somebody who LOVES blood and guts in the movies like this lol) a good laugh. Btw I can't believe you figured out it was the dog so quickly! 😮

The infection timeline is basically Norris, Palmer, Bennings and then Blair/Childs. Nauls and Copper *could* have been assimilated and become Things as well. We never truly see everything that happened to them in the end.

This girl is the cute Latina cousin we all wanted when we were growing up.

This movie is one of so many that prove never listen to the critics. In time...it will gain it's loyal fan base

14:40 ... Lol! Great reaction again. You are such a fun person. :)

The is an answer in the last few moments of the film to who was the thing in the end. MacReady gives Childs the bottle of whiskey, Childs takes a drink and MacReady then laughs to himself. MacReady just tested Childs, he just drank gasoline from a Molotov Cocktail. The thing pretends to be human, but doesn’t know the difference in taste between gas and booze. Remember they were destroying the entire station with Molotov Cocktails, MacReady did have whiskey with him. He laughed because he now knows Childs is the thing and they are going to freeze to death. The thing gets to freeze and survive in the end!

Now that I have watched this again with my favourite reactor, I will call it: Childs is the Thing!

The ending leaves more questions than answers which exactly what Carpenter wanted this movie to be

Macready and Childs both die in the end from freezing in the ice. They died to save humanity.

In the same way, you can see "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", the 1956 version.

GREAT Reaction Video! GREAT Movie! It is actually My own Number 1 Favorite Movie. I have watched it so many times over the years that I now actually know the whole entire Movie line for line.

I watched this movie when it first came out. Scared the beans out of me.

Lol loved your reaction 🤣

Everything was manually built and incrementally photographed over a long period of time to make the weird stuff look real ..TOO REAL

You called it right from the beginning, nice!

My favorite horror movie of all time!. Thanks!

I enjoy your reactions to these horror classics. I look forward to seeing more.

Fun fact: in 2:49 He actually pretty much explains what it is about. ”Get the hell outta there. That’s not a dog, it’s some sort of thing! It’s imitating a dog, it isn’t real! Get away you idiots!" Too bad the survivor of the norwegian camp isn't one who knew how to speak english.

Ohhhh,here We go.I don't even started the video but it's gonna be a guaranteed fun ride XD

Really fun reaction!

It's an open ending and it leaves it up to your imagination of all the possibilities of who's the thing I watch this movie when I was 13 years old on TV I had nightmares for a couple days after a couple days I was fine I watched it 6 times I've always watched it on Halloween ever since then

idk if anyone said this yet but the last two guys, they were sure one of them was the monster, they just werent sure who. when it gets cold, it should die but they were both tired to fight. one of them was the thing and they both had to die to kill it

Rob Bottin was the guy in charge of the special effects on The Thing. He was only 23 when he did this. Quite impressive!

12:39 they initially didn't see the see because it was under the desk and the room was full of smoke

Loved your reaction video of The Thing. It's one of my favourite movies and probably my favourite John Carpenter movie. You seemed to get really involved with the film...who's a Thing, who's not? The practical fx are probably the pinnacle of their era, can't think of any better to be honest. A classic Sci-Fi/Horror that stands the test of time. Great reaction video, really enjoyed it. Liked and subscribed for more fun 👍

You know what this means, the poltergeist is next!!! 👻

greatest horror film of all time alone with The Shinning and Evil Dead II

This film is brilliant but you must react to the film aliens with Michael biehn as hicks. That's my favourite

All John Carpenter movies must be watched! He is also the master of minimalist creepy theme music! U must watch assault on precinct 13 (the original), escape from New York, escape from LA, Starman, Big Trouble in little CHINA, to start. The dog trainer should have won an Oscar. The makeup and special effects were done by a 21 year old college student and he should have won an Oscar! Pro tip, Kurt Russell bin many of his movies, I hope he kept the hat From this one and carpenter is still thinking of a sequel!😮😮

better effects then in most movies today - amazing :) amazing movie :)

My dog Sadie reacted to that whole dog transformation scene. Sadly, she passed away two years ago.

Best horror Surreal. Watching mini mouse laughing and screaming at this film. 5 stars baby X

You can figure out who's a Thing :) the trick is, according to Carpenter, they added eyeshine post shooting to humans ... Things dont have it :)

2:49: Norwegian dialogue means: "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 have the whole plot spoiled for us almost at the beginning ...

My favorite line of the whole movie. "Fuck you too!".

awesome reaction video I love it :)

Hehehehe awesome reactions!

Great reaction!

Another one bites the dust. You have died, you failed the Thing challenge, never trust the dog. Oh oh oh, maybe there is hope for you yet! Hooray for you! I agree and have always said it was Self defense. Clark tried to stab him in the back with a scalpel for crying out loud!

I recommend you to see Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - an amazing sci-fi/horror film. I put it on the same level with The Thing and Alien

Great reaction. I'm not too interested in some of the TV series you've chosen, but I'd love to see you do more movies.

Really good sci-fi/horror movie. Like it very much.😁😎👻👍

Yes Dear for 1981/82 it wasn’t Shitty Production Values and it Looks a little dated now but that was Real Mechanical Puppetry and SFX so for the Time it was Ahead of its Time and State of the Art!

Seeing your reactions was great. It plays into what audience of today would be thinking

Esa fue una época previa al CGI, que llegó al cine a echar a perder todo lo que se había logrado en materia de efectos especiales durante los 70, 80 y parte de los 90. La gente pensaba que con las computadoras se lograrían hacer mejores FX, pero al final se equivocaron. Hoy en día, aún con todo el avance digital no se logra el suficiente realismo como para superar la calidad de los efectos de esta película. La parte de la araña, si bien se nota que es un muñeco, de todas maneras se siente más real que si se hicieran dibujado en CGI.

Love your comments and reactions!