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An Old Friend
R | 109 min | Horror, Sci-Fi | 25 June 1982 (USA)
The Thing (1982) - IMDb
An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog explodes, eventually leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realizes that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over.
Director:
John Carpenter
Writers:
Bill Lancaster (screenplay), John W. Campbell Jr. (story)
Stars:
Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David
I consider this movie as one of my all-time favorite scifi movies. Scifi you say? Scifi - Alien encounter!
There is not much I can say about this film that hasn't already been said. If you haven't seen it yet...Why not? Yes its gory and gross. Yes it is mysterious and frightening. Yes, it is in my opinion a master-piece in many ways and beats the pants off anything recently made.
Outpost 31 is isolated on Antarctica. The scientist team are all men. The movie makes you feel that isolation. It makes you feel the trepidation. It most certainly makes you feel the horror of the situation.
Most of the effects are real models not some CGI green screen. The now iconic spider-head still creeps me out and I have seen this movie more than 100 times.
Playing this movie after the 2011 version gives it even more realism. Someone should release a spliced version of the two as one long movie! I would pay to go see that.
For fans of The Thing (1982) I give you...
Outpost #31 - The Ultimate THE THING Fan-Site
This site has been around as long as I can remember and I have found trivia, deleted scenes and lots of tidbits that enhance the movie.
- Script
- Screenshots
- FAQ's
- Cast & Crew
- Quotes
- Maps
- Timeline
- Trivia
- Goofs
- Special FX
- Behind-the-Scenes
- Deleted Scenes
- Home Media
- Technical Specs
- Storyboards
- Promotional Material
- Dale Kuipers' The Thing
- In Memoriam
- Video Game
- Role-Playing Games
- Board Games
In addition there is a FanFic page for stories to read
Outpost #31
Thing Trivia said:- 12 members (all male)
- George Bennings: Attacked and killed by the hitherto dormant Split-Face Thing off-screen. The assimilation process, though almost complete, is interrupted by Windows. The Bennings-Thing is incinerated by MacReady along with Split-Face, the remains of the Norwegian Dog-Thing and all partly-assimilated dogs.
- Palmer: Killed and taken over by the Thing off-screen. Co-producer Stuart Cohen writes in his blog that Palmer was the first to be assimilated at Outpost #31, by the Norwegian Dog-Thing that enters a room where he is seated alone.
- Norris: Killed and taken over by the Thing off-screen.
- Blair: Killed and taken over by the Thing off-screen.
- Fuchs: Burned and killed off-screen by one of the Things or committed suicide by burning himself before the Thing could take him over.
- Dr. Copper: Arms amputated by the Norris-Thing, succumbs to shock and blood loss.
- Clark: Shot in the forehead and killed instantly by MacReady.
- Windows: Attacked by the Palmer-Thing. Windows's assimilation was interrupted by MacReady's flamethower,
- Commander Garry: Blair-Thing shoves hand into his mouth, stretching his face and killing him. Possible takeover started with body mass forming part of the final 'Blair-Monster'.
- Nauls: Presumed attacked by the Blair-Thing off-screen. Possible takeover started with body mass forming part of the final Blair-Monster.
- Childs: Last seen sharing a bottle of J&B with MacReady while Outpost #31 burned down. Survival undetermined, presumed dead from exposure to the elements…
- MacReady: Last seen sharing a bottle of J&B with Childs while Outpost #31 burned down. Survival undetermined, presumed dead from exposure to the elements…
- U.S. Dogs: All are killed, some by MacReady and possibly Garry’s gunshots and/or Childs’s flamethrower. The remaining dogs are later axed to death by Blair off-screen.
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Putlocker has it to stream as MP4
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I am updating my version to the bluray.