#john carpenter’s the thing

[avillanappears]

funniest thing about the thing (1982) is that the titular thing is both a master manipulator who can perfectly replicate anyone but also a big bundle of nerves who flips out and starts screaming and turning into 5000 meat parts at once the INSTANT it’s found out

[fanofspooky]

Scream King - Keith David

[sporenss]

I redrew the poster for the thing :)

[ungoliantschilde]

some Storyboard and Conceptual design artwork for John Carpenter’s “the Thing”, by Mike Ploog.

[pealeii]

i know 🙋‍♂️ you gentlemen 👨 have been through 💉 a lot🩸but when you find 🧭 the time ⏰ i’d rather not spend 💰 the rest 🗓️ of this winter 🥶❄️⛄️ 🤬 TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH 🤬

[stupideo12]

The thing 1982 as these chart things

Hi the really small the thing fandom (I’m kinda late)

[crazypossumman]

Heh heh I finished it

(i might make stickers for my etsy shop but I haven’t quite decided yet…)

Art Tag ↓ | Pinned | Writing Masterlist | Etsy | InPrnt

[silveragelovechild]

"Guess Who Goes There?" by Kat Hudson

[chloethehorrorbabe]

My Top 10 favorite 80s Horror Movies

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street(1984)

2. Near Dark(1987)

3. The Lost Boys(1987)

4. Killer Klowns from Outter Space(1988)

5. Child’s Play(1988)

6. The Slumber Party Massacre(1982)

7. Children of the Corn(1984)

8. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors(1986)

9. Fright Night(1985)

10. The Thing(1982)

[asdeadasasquirrel]

It would be funny if Audrey II could in fact defeat The Thing if the thing could only consume and assimilate mammalian type flesh, therefore the plant would be immune

[fanofspooky]

John Carpenter’s horror movies

[ungoliantschilde]

some Pencils by Bernie Wrightson.

[pealeii]

kurt russell in the thing is hair goals

[stupideo12]

Some dessert au ideas

Mf’s on silly hat day

[narnianwizard]

Halloween Film Frightstival Day 3: John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)

Initial thoughts:

1. Holy 80’s computer animation Batman

2. The pupper already has my heart and soul, is just a happy little snow dog running in the snow, can do no wrong (for the record I maintain that Cujo did nothing wrong as well)

3. Oops I forgot that I think Kurt Russell in the 80s was kinda hot

4. The chef guy on the roller skates is gonna die (maybe first), calling it now

5. I know it’s supposed to be scary, but the concept of bloodcicles is strangely amusing to me

I know the costume department can’t cover the lead actors faces but these men are seriously underdressed for Antarctica, where’s that meme of that Irish kid talking about frostbit when you need it?

80’s movie? Flamethrower. Always with the flamethrower.

This is on par with The Fly for proof that 80s practical effects are a million times grosser than modern CGI stuff

Old white doctor man with a nose ring is a vibe and a half

Oh my god the defibrillator going straight through the guy’s chest and the ribs just munching the doctor’s hands off was probably supposed to be scary a la the chest scene in Alien, but I was legitimately cackling

The guy sticking his fingers through the other guy’s face was actually a really cool effect, it reminded me of Cassandra Nova fingering everybody’s brains in Deadpool and Wolverine, except with special effects makeup instead of CGI

Okay I totally didn’t get bored and zone out in the middle part of the movie (except I did because it was just a lot of dudes grumbling at and blaming each other, there were no stakes, I could hardly keep the characters straight and didn’t care about any of them)

I also lowkey zoned out during the very end because I didn’t realize it was the end, I hate when movies just end abruptly like that. So I don’t actually know if my prediction about roller skate guy dying was right oh well

The action was very actiony, over the top and at times overacted. The effects are really good, but the gore was way too cheesy to actually be scary. I mean come on there were like 30 seconds straight of a very obvious mannequin being eaten head first by a creature while flailing about and fake blood spraying everywhere, that’s so silly. I think the creature stuff could’ve been really scary if I couldn’t visually see the texture of whatever clay material they crafted them out of, it was really impressive as art, not so much as something designed to give me the heebie-jeebies.

It wasn’t bad per se but it wasn’t good either. The special effects and prop stuff were really good, but the plot, writing, characters, acting, etc were extremely mid. It’s gonna be a meh from me dawg 🫤