Every Deleted Scene From The Thing (1982) - Explained - A Cult Classic That Every Critic Hated

The fact it's all practical effects is still astonishing

The thing and alien are the two movies i definitely watched over a thousand times ..

The thing is a masterpiece

In my opinion 1982 is one of the best years for cinema. And John Carpenter's The Thing without a doubt is one of the best if not thee best sci-fi horror movies of all time.

I don't know what's up with YouTube Channels suddenly flooding the internet with The Thing videos but keep that shit coming. I need more!

I'm so glad that the scene with the blow up doll was chopped out. That would have been terrible. There was an alternate ending shot. It was done just in case it didn't go well with test audiences with the ending we do have. It was "just to be safe" ending. So the alternate ending was showing McReady in a hospital getting a blood test, which he passes, so he's human. So he does in fact survive and isn't infected

I saw that deleted ending once. Back in the hey-day of late night cable movies, one night a network station, either USA Network or The Sci-Fi Channel, showed this movie and several things stuck out. Two of them was that Blair-Thing talked when he was assimilating Garry, saying "I told you. No one's getting off of this base." And then the dog running away from the remains of the base and a narrator saying in a menacing voice "Its not over". I really wish I recorded that version of the movie since all these years later, no one has really seen that version or remember seeing it. It would spark so much talk just putting that version online

Another often missed or unmentioned fact: the props department superb job with on screen firearms. The doctors little J frame S&W snubnosed 38. The bosses Colt Mk III .357 magnum revolver. The Norwegian weilding a .223 caliber HK 33 rifle and of course Kurt's Ithaca M-37 riotgun in 12 gauge. And not surprisingly Kurt carries it, like he's very familiar with it. Like combat comfortable. And the glass cabinet carrying at least one other similar Ithaca shotgun. Realistic armaments for this post Vietnam era.

I saw this movie as a young child in the theater, the original unedited and uncut version, and it was a waking nightmare for me. I could see those images in mind for decades afterwards. Thanks John Carpenter.

I went to the 1st industry screening of The Thing. The majority of the audience couldn’t handle the practical effects & freaked out. Re: Alternate endings: Tobe Hooper’s The Funhouse had a doozy. The monster (Gunther) was NOT supposed to die. After his encounter with the giant cogwheel, he was supposed to resurrect, setting up the sequel. I know, because I wrote the script. Just subbed to your channel. Keep up the great work! All the best. Larry Block

This movie was such an outstanding fim! I watch it at least twice a year! Thanks for another amazing video!!!🙂👍🏻👍🏻

I think Carpenter made the right decisions deleting these scenes. The axe deaths really don't make much sense plot wise (who's killing these people and why? It just confuses the story) and the blowup doll would just make McCready a creepy weirdo instead of a badass hero.

Still one of my favorite movies ever.

One of the all-time best films. Stellar ensemble cast. Brilliant performances.

With regards to Fuch's death....I remember seeing a 2 or 3 second longer scene once he's out in the snow and ice where he turns, see's someone and says 'oh, it's you...' or words to that effect. Does anyone else have a similar recollection?

The ending is perfect. IMO, the best thing about The Thing.

There was one deleted scene that showed the crew examining the longjohns that Nauls discovered in the kitchen trash can, saying that it was a size large which would have likely confirmed that Norris was "Patient Zero" since Palmer has a lankier physique compared to him, and probably since Blair was still human by the time he was quarantined.

As I always tell everyone, unmatched remakes. THE THING/THE FLY/THE BLOB. Got a new copy of Thing recently too 👌🏼🤟🏼👀

One day I came across an interesting theory in the comments, which says that Childs and MacReady are humans and none of them are infected. The fact is that each cell of the Thing is a separate autonomous organism that has two goals: assimilation and survival. Also, the Thing has increased self-preservation. And as the blood test showed, it reacts very instinctively to any threat that can kill it at the cellular level, be it fire or acid, and alcohol belongs to the group of poisons. Ethanol has toxic and deadly effects on the organism that can kill cells. At this moment, after Childs drank the bottle, he did not turn into a monster, and the smile on MacReady's face could mean that Childs had passed the "test" and he was not infected.

The blow-up doll was actually in the theatrical release, I saw it, but McReady was just toting it around, he didn't blow it up on screen (that I remember). It was just there, in the rec room, and he left with it one time is what I really remember. I didn't think it was his personally, but he did leave the rec room with it in one scene. They were all joking around, before the horror began.