The Thing

In John Carpenter's 'The Thing' (1982), a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter trying to shoot a dog. The helicopter explodes, 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 among them is real anymore.

• The flamethrowers used were real and functional.
• No female characters appear in the entire film.
• The dog-Thing was half-wolf, half-malamute.
• All the Norwegian spoken in the film is untranslated.
• Director John Carpenter considers it his favorite of his own movies.

• You gotta be fuckin' kidding.
• Trust's a tough thing to come by these days.
• I know I'm human. And if you were all these Things, then you'd just attack me right now, so some of you are still human.
• We're gonna draw a little bit of everybody's blood... 'cause we're gonna find out who's The Thing.
• Man is the warmest place to hide.