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.

Who slashed 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.

Who opened the blood in The Thing?

Since the film's release, fans have speculated this to be either Palmer or Norris (inconclusively, due to the ambiguous nature of the scene). According to producer Stuart Cohen, the individual was intended to be Palmer.

Who destroyed the blood sample in The Thing?

Later, when the crew find their blood supplies have been destroyed, suspicion falls on Garry as the only one other than Copper with access to the keys. Yet evidently the sabotage took place at some point when the keys were unaccounted for and likely involved Palmer-Thing.

How did Norris get infected in The Thing?

There are two possible explanations to his exposure to being a Thing; he was either fully assimilated by Palmer off-screen or he was gradually taken over due to being exposed to a one-cell infection, and did in fact feel strange and had a heart attack because he was being infected.

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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.

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.

Who killed Garry in the Thing?

MacReady, Garry, and Nauls agree that the Thing cannot be allowed to escape and set explosives to destroy the station, but the Blair-Thing kills Garry, and Nauls disappears.

Was Blair the Thing the whole time?

Blair was eventually assimilated by the Thing and secretly constructs a small UFO underneath the shed where it plans to sleep through the winter until the rescue team arrives.

Who did the dog infect in the Thing?

With the aforementioned evidence, there is no question that Norris was the first to be assimilated in the camp via infection, most likely from the Dog Thing licking his face, or Norris putting his fingers in his mouth or rubbing his eyes after petting the dog and/or the Dog Thing licking his fingers.

Who created the monster in The Thing?

After designs for the creature were completed, the film's crew estimated that they would need around $750,000 for the effects, which Universal agreed to. The effects were designed by Rob Bottin, except for the Thing's dog form, which was designed by Stan Winston.

Who is human at the end of The Thing?

The Eye Light Theory And Carpenter's Claim

The eye light theory states that humans were marked with a light in their eyes by the film's director of photography, Dean Cundey. At the end of the film, Childs does not have the eye light, and MacReady does.

Why did The Thing flop?

The film was about the end of the world. Its bleakness was the reason it wasn't a success at the time, but I think also why it has endured. In fact the film was an enormous failure. I got fired because of it and was out of work for a while, but slowly its reputation changed.

Who is the villain in The Thing?

Type of Villain

Blair, also known as Doctor Blair, is the secondary antagonist of John W. Campbell's 1938 horror novel Who Goes There? and John Carpenter's 1982 horror film The Thing. He serves as the senior biologist in a research facility in remote Antarctica that is overtaken by The Thing.

Is 1982 The Thing scary?

The Thing is a horror masterpiece made by the amazing John Carpenter. The film contains a bloodbath when it comes to violence, as characters are shot, eaten, dismembered, etc. The film also contains unfortunate animal deaths with dogs, as none of them survive.

Who was human in The Thing?

The revelation came as Carpenter was asked about comments made by Dean Cundey, who served as cinematographer on The Thing. Cundey said that there was a specific lighting in the eyes of human characters. Using this logic, it would appear that MacReady is still human but Childs isn't.

Who is infected at the end of The Thing?

As The Thing follows MacReady's perspective, it's not likely that he was secretly assimilated. Of the two, Childs is far more likely to have been infected, but the nature of the Thing makes it impossible for either man to trust the other. However, the most likely eventuality is that neither man is infected.

How did The Thing infect the dog?

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 Juliette become The Thing?

Trivia. It is likely that Juliette was attacked and assimilated by Griggs in the bathroom and that the fillings and the blood in the shower belong to her. This is the first and so far only female Thing in both films.

Did The Thing survive at the end?

So they set explosives to destroy the station, but the Blair-Thing kills Garry, and Nauls disappears. 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.

Does anyone 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.

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.

What did The Thing originally look like?

The Thing's Appearance Changes In Each Adaptation

In Howard Hawks' original 1951 film The Thing From Another World it appears as a plant-based life form, while in the 1938 science fiction novella Who Goes There? that first introduced the story, it appears as a blue-haired creature with three eyes.

How did The Thing become The Thing?

Upon emerging from the wreckage, the crew was subject to incredible changes from the radiation, and the pilot himself lucklessly transformed into a hulking, boulder-skinned monstrosity quickly dubbed the Thing.

How intelligent is The Thing?

On the other hand, a full-sized Thing is extremely intelligent. It is theorized that it has the combined intelligences of all the organisms it has ever assimilated.