Lloyd's fate, is much like that of Childs and MacReady, is left mostly ambiguous, though it is possible that she survived with enough fuel in Halvorson's snowcat to make it to the Soviet base where she would have been taken back to civilization.

What happened to Kate at the end of The Thing?

Kate escapes and the Juliette-Thing kills Karl. Lars kills the Juliette-Thing with a flamethrower and the team resolve to quarantine themselves until the threat is eliminated. That night, Carter and Jameson stagger back from the helicopter crash. Suspected to be an alien, they are imprisoned in isolation.

Who survives at the end of The Thing?

John Carpenter's The Thing — the film that could have starred Rick Dalton — has one of the great open endings. There are only two survivors of the shape-shifting alien beastie: Kurt Russell's MacReady and Keith David's Childs.

What happens at the end of Thing?

Blair-Thing transforms into an enormous creature and breaks the detonator, but MacReady triggers the explosives with a stick of dynamite, destroying the station and the monster. In the final scene, Childs returns as MacReady sits by the burning remnants, saying he became lost in the storm while pursuing Blair.

Was Lars an alien at the end of The Thing?

Lars was one of the three human characters left alive at the end of The Thing (2011).

The Reason Why MacReady Never Saw Kate

Who killed Lars in The Thing?

Lars Dies In The Thing 1982

Firing his rifle at the creature, Lars tries to warn the crew of the American research station about its intent but is eventually shot by the station commander in self-defense.

Was The Thing killed in The Thing?

With most of the team dead, or presumed dead, including Blair, who ended up being a falsely accused man of wisdom, MacReady uses TNT charges to not only destroy the creature, but the majority of the camp along with it. Triumphant, yet badly injured, he ends up in an outside shack where he finds Childs waiting there.

Was Childs infected at the end of The Thing?

Cundey suggested that throughout the film a specific light gleam can be seen in the eyes of whichever body is currently inhabiting the alien. A light gleam can be seen in Childs' eyes in the final scene, which would mean he's infected with the Thing under Cundey's theory.

Did Kurt Russell survive The Thing?

Russell stars in the film as MacReady, one member of a doomed Antarctic research team, who faces off against a shape-shifting alien being. The final scene of the movie famously sees MacReady and Keith David's Childs as the only survivors, though it's not revealed which one is actually the alien.

Is there going to be a sequel to The Thing?

Who drained the blood in The Thing?

It's unclear when Palmer and Norris assimilated, but it's possible that one of them picked up the keys after Windows dropped them, destroyed the blood supply, and returned the keys somehow. With this in mind, most fans have pointed their fingers at Palmer, accusing him of the sabotage.

What is the true form of The Thing?

The most terrifying aspect of the iconic horror creature The Thing is that nobody knows what it looks like or has seen its true form. The extraterrestrial's entire existence is based on assimilating and replicating the appearance of other organisms, so it's difficult to determine exactly what its original form is.

What happens to MacReady after The Thing?

MacReady returns in the 2002 video game sequel to The Thing to assist the U.S. Rescue Team investigating Outpost 31 in destroying The Thing. MacReady's survival is never explained, though the game is set 3 months after the events at Outpost 31. MacReady has also gotten access to a new working helicopter.

Will there be a sequel to The Thing 2011?

Why did The Thing 2011 flop?

When the movie was finally released, it received mixed reviews and was a box office flop, with some blaming the poor computer effects, and others simply for the story and characters being inferior to the original.

Was Carter infected in The Thing 2011?

Hearing strange scuttling noises and raising his flamethrower, it is strongly implied that Carter is assimilated by the Sander-Thing off-screen. After awaking from the fall, Kate wanders the ship until she is suddenly attacked by the Sander-Thing.

Does anyone survive The Thing 1982?

The most debated aspect of The Thing concerns its two survivors, MacReady and Childs. The events of the film see every other person in Antarctic Outpost 31 killed, and the horror movie's final survivors are left in the impossible — but practically inevitable — situation where neither man knows if the other is infected.

Who is the alien at the end of The Thing?

The theory posits that there's a particular kind of light present in a character's eyes when they are human, which ultimately reveals that Childs, not MacReady, is the alien. While Carpenter doesn't reveal the truth about the ending, he does share some honest thoughts about Cundey's theory: "He has no clue.

Did The Thing win in the end?

The novella concludes with the humans clearly victorious, but concerned that birds they see flying toward the mainland may have been infected by the Thing. Carpenter opted to end the film with the survivors slowly freezing to death to save humanity from infection, believing this to be the ultimate heroic act.

What were the Norwegians saying in The Thing?

Norwegian Passenger with Rifle : [in untranslated Norwegian] Get the hell away! That's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! GET AWAY, YOU IDIOTS!

What is the whiskey bottle theory in The Thing?

MacReady then hands Childs the bottle of whiskey. He drinks from it and MacReady smiles to himself. Now the popular theory is that Macready had filled the bottle with gasoline. As Childs drinks from it and there is no reaction this is why the pilot is smiling.

Who was the first human infected in The Thing?

Norris Is Assumed to Be The Thing's First Victim

His character is one of the least seen in the movie but is conveniently one of the first to appear every time some major event happens. He's also hesitant when taking blood samples early on for the test and stays neutral for most arguments.

Who did the dog infect in The Thing?

For example, in the blood test scene, the Palmer-Thing is tied up arm-to-arm alongside Garry. Yet the blood test proves Garry is still human and he is later assimilated for his troubles. Instead it's far more plausible that Norris was the one first assimilated during the dog encounter.

How did the dog get infected in The Thing?

One possibility as to how this came about was when two dogs escaped the kennel once Clark opened the gate. It is likely they would have been infected once the Thing had emerged.

Did they survive in The Thing?

After some destruction, both Gary and Nauls are killed by The Thing, but MacReady seemingly manages to take out the threat with a series of massive explosions. After finding any kind of cover from the explosions and cold, MacReady finds himself toe-to-toe with Childs, who'd gone missing a bit earlier.