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The Thing: John Carpenter's 1982 masterpiece

The Definitive Guide to the Film

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This video is the most definitive guide on You Tube covering John Carpenters 1982 film The Thing.

The video begins with the genesis of the story, the 1951 adaptation of Who Goes There as well as the British Horror film Horror Express. From there we cover John Carpenter's involvement to casting, filming, effects, post production, marketing and eventual release noting the competition this film had and box office numbers.

When all that is covered it's time to look at the film. We explore all of the theories in the movie and all sides while covering details, the exact timeline of the movie, cast stories, deleted scenes and alternate scripts that give insights into the film. For the theories we give you all the information so YOU can come to your own conclusion.

Chapters:

0:00 Gestation of The Thing 1928 - 1949

7:03 The Thing from another world 1950 - 1958

11:04 The evolution of The Thing 1958 - 1975

14:22 Birthing pains of The Thing 1976 - 1978

29:31 The Thing takes shape 1978 - 1980

35:46 The Thing comes alive! Early 1981 - Spring 1981

39:18 Casting The Thing - Spring to early Summer 1981

51:32 The Thing meets Wilford Brimley - Summer 1981

54:08 The Thing at Universal Studios - Summer 1981 - Oct 1981

1:01:30 Re-evaluating The Thing - Oct to Dec 1981

1:03:14 An alternate version of The Thing

1:22:56 The Thing heads to Alaska - December 1981

1:28:12 The Thing post production - January to May 1982

1:31:03 Ravaging The Thing - March to June 1982

1:38:31 The Thing merchandise - June 1982

1:39:40 The Thing is released - June 1982

1:42:57 Bashing The Thing - June 1982

1:48:05 Debunking some theories in The Thing

1:53:31 Day 1 and germs of The Thing

2:12:20 Continuing day 1 of The Thing

2:17:10 Day 2 of The Thing

2:28:45 Day 3 and 4 of The Thing

2:31:23 Day 5 of The Thing

2:39:05 Day 6 of The Thing

2:49:10 Are there clues at the end?

2:54:19 Follow ups