The Thing Trivia (1982)

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The Thing Trivia

• Although this film was a critical and commercial failure during its original release, Gene Siskel (one of the most respected critics in 1982) actually gave it positive review, even praising it somewhat.
• The cast of The Thing consists entirely of men. The only female prescence is the voice of the computer MacReady plays chess with.
• During the scene where MacReady roasts the newly awakened Dog-Thing, you can clearly see one of the monster's eyes suddenly looking downward leaving just the whiteness of the Sclera exposed. This was a puppeteering error that got left in the final print.
• To give the illusion of icy Antarctic conditions, interior sets on the Los Angeles sound stages were refrigerated down to 40 F while it was well over 100 F outside.
• John Carpenter has called this the first part of his "Apocalypse Trilogy", followed by Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness.
• The Thing is a remake of the 1951 film "The Thing from Another World," based on the novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell Jr.