The Thing (1982) Under the cover of darkness, its head splits into a three-jawed maw and spits against nearest dog with a jet of fluid, then mutates into a grotesque spider-like form and begins to violently assimilate the sled dogs.

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.

What happened to the dog in the thing?

Due to their ignorance of the Thing's life cycle, the dog's remains were left alone by the crew and its whereabouts were largely unknown throughout the Thule crisis. It is only at the end of the film that the dog, now assimilated, is seen by Lars leaping out of a window and running away from the destroyed station.

Were dogs harmed in the thing?

The scenes where dogs were attacked and killed were faked with puppets. There are no animals in this movie other than the dogs.

Who did the thing infect first?

While there are convincing arguments that Palmer was the original, most fans subscribe to the idea that Norris was the first to die. 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.

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Was child infected in 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.

What did The Thing do to the dogs?

The Thing (1982)

Under the cover of darkness, its head splits into a three-jawed maw and spits against nearest dog with a jet of fluid, then mutates into a grotesque spider-like form and begins to violently assimilate the sled dogs.

Can The Thing assimilate multiple people?

The Thing has the ability to assimilate other life forms in order to survive and spread. The original physical characteristics of The Thing and its motivations are unknown as it could have assimilated hundreds if not thousands of other species before it crashed on Earth.

What breed was the dog in The Thing?

Jed was a Pacific Northwestern American animal actor, known for his roles in the movies White Fang (1991), White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994), The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), and The Thing (1982). He was born in 1977 and died in June 1995. He was a Vancouver Island wolf-Alaskan Malamute hybrid.

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.

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.

Who was chasing the dog in The Thing?

Lars first appears in the opening scenes of The Thing (1982), as he and the pilot attempt to hunt and kill the Kennel-Thing. The pair follow it to a U.S. Antarctic research center, U.S. Outpost 31, and failing to shoot or grenade it from the air, land outside the perimeter of the facility.

How did dog become a Thing?

Genetic studies suggest a domestication process commencing over 25,000 YBP, in one or several wolf populations in either Europe, the high Arctic, or eastern Asia. There is clear evidence that dogs were derived from grey wolves during the initial phases of domestication.

Was Blair the Thing all along?

Some people believe Blair was a Thing when he damaged the radio equipment. This is one of the things fans have been discussing since the 1980s. Some are of the opinion that he was infected when handling the dead dog-Thing or the Thing carcasses brought over from the Norwegian camp, and only gradually taken over.

Who messed with the blood in the Thing?

The blood supply would have had to be destroyed shortly before Blair was taken to the tool shed so it had to be when Blair was destroying the radio. Therefore Palmer was most likely The Thing that sabotaged the blood supply.

Was child infected The Thing?

With no other choice, Childs sacrifices himself to destroy the creature by blowing himself up while MacReady escaped the sub in a capsule. However, it would be later revealed that Childs was assimilated by the creature, who would later reveal itself to MacReady in Argentina.

How did The Thing become The Thing?

Fictional character biography

In Who Goes There?, the Thing is discovered by a team of Antarctic scientists frozen in its space ship, which had crashed onto Earth twenty million years before. After it thaws, it kills and takes the form of the team's physicist, Connant, unbeknownst to the others.

Was Clark infected in The Thing?

Upon realizing that Clark was not infected, Childs denounces MacReady as a murderer.

Who infected Palmer?

The dog thing basically infected Norris first and then it went on to infected Palmer shortly afterwards. Bennings: no I am not gonna bother telling you how he got infected, because we already see that. Blair: now I can only think of 2 possibilities of how Blair was infected, and I know when he ended up infected.

What planet did The Thing come from?

There is little in the original novella that points to how The Thing originated or what planet it came from. All that is really known is that it arrived on Earth thousands of years ago and survived by hibernating in the ice.

What happened to Norris in The Thing?

During the encounter, Norris appears to suffer a heart attack. As Copper attempts to defibrillate Norris, his chest transforms into a large mouth and bites off Copper's arms, killing him. MacReady incinerates the Norris-Thing, but its head detaches and attempts to escape before also being burnt.

What happened to Nauls at the end of the thing?

We also learn what happened to Nauls and Fuchs, whose mysteries were never satisfyingly resolved by Carpenter's final cut. Nauls' death in particular is quite grim, as it turns out—he slashes his own throat with a jagged piece of wood in order to avoid being turned by an advancing Thing.

Why did Fuches burn himself?

It is possible that the foundation that MacReady could be assimilated led to his suicide. One theory suggests that the alleged bio-mass that separated itself from the Kennel-Thing found Fuchs in the snow and was about to assimilate him. He burned himself before this could happen.

Who framed MacReady in The Thing?

MacReady was a level-headed leader who kept everyone in check, hence why he is one of the best characters in The Thing. So the Thing was smart to frame him as an imposter, leading to disarray in the crew.