The Thing

Movie • 1982 • Horror  Report
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Mycomni
First off, the dog the HuskyThing had assimilated is dead but had died before the start of the movie. There were (more or less) nine dogs in the kennels when the HuskyThing arrived. Since only two dogs ran out after Clark opened the kennel, that means seven dogs were assimilated into the HuskyThing. While one dog wasn't assimilated, the poor thing *was* partially dissolved in acid (and thus, I'm assuming it died due to the extent of its injuries). One of the characters, Blair, kills the remaining dogs in the kennel after seeing the BenningsThing. Either way, lots of dogs die, this is not the movie for you if you're sensitive to dog deaths, especially to Husky deaths and brutal dog deaths.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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crabby
There are no animals in this movie other than the dogs.
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Mycomni
One of the dogs hadn't been fully assimilated by the Thing, as the thing was torched before it could assimilate that one too, and despite being conscious and 'alive' the poor doggo was heavily dissolved by acid due to the attempted assimilation.
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zdy1994
Not by the definition here, but dogs do fight the thing, just no one is forcing them too.
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VelBloo
Several dead dogs
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Mycomni
There are no cats in 'The Thing (1982)'
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cherry
multiple dogs die, and while the emotional impact is not lingered upon long a man is viaibly distressed by this
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Allandrel
An alien at one point does assume a very disturbing spider-like form.
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invadermac
The thing has snake/tentacle appendages at times
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invadermac
The thing has bug like appendages at times
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crabby
There are no children in this movie.
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NotAgainAllison
I guess someone could argue that the thing is gaslighting the rest of the group into thinking it’s human but I really don’t timing there’s anything beyond that.
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Anonymous
Palmer is seen smoking marijuana
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Anonymous
Macready drinks from a bottle but only once
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Day
A character is seen drinking several times, it's unclear if he's addicted to alcohol.
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VelBloo
Several men are tied to chairs to conduct the famous blood test. One of them is the monster
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deniallol
Lots of gruesome violence and body horror, but nothing of a sexual nature.
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hexbabey
several people are given morphine via injections, but they are aware that it’s happening.
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SpaceCoyote
None of the violence in this movie is of a sexual nature. In fact, there is no sex related action in the film.
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Anonymous
There is a scene where a noose is visible but not used
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WisdomPen
Near the end the alien plugs up a mans mouth with it’s hand and you can hear the man struggle to breathe
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Eyes swell with blood then explode.
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That's this movie's whole thing yeah
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Anonymous
A man is seen frozen with blood coming out of his wrists
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hexbabey
a man is slammed against a shelf and we see him lose consciousness. another man says he’s stopped breathing
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aggiesoup
Someone gets their arms chewed off and we see the broken and fragmented bones.
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invadermac
And the doctor’s arms are bitten off while preforming cpr
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DjMuel
there is a cadaver of an attempted assimilation cut short where the teeth of the people are extremely deformed from said attempt - the camera focuses on it for some time before cutting away
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invadermac
It is the only way to “kill” a thing, plus several people infected by it are burned
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Mycomni
A seizure is not the same as a heart attack.
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SkylarSnow
When attempting to resuscitate someone, a man gets his arms bitten off.
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invadermac
Squashed in the thing’s mouth.
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1
Quite a lot. Every single scene where the Thing reveals itself includes major body horror.
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deniallol
There are no children in this film.
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crabby
There are no children in this movie. Only several grown men.
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hexbabey
several dogs and aliens die and/or are burned alive
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steppy
Again, no sign of children in this movie
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crabby
We're not made aware of any of these men's families, so we don't know if any of them are parents.
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WisdomPen
A few people do get ganged up on and tied up or locked up against their will
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Quiet_Wyatt
Except the chess computer, who is in MacReady's words a "cheating b***h"
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Anonymous
During a blood test Palmer’s blood reacts violently and a silhouette comes out of nowhere
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Are there razors?
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crabby
Not by an evil spirit, but they do get taken over by the Thing. Sometimes it's able to completely take over someone and mimic them so that everyone thinks they're still human.
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deniallol
The monster makes various gruesome sounds as it transforms itself.
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It doesn’t really look like vomit. More like a small high pressure hose stream of a weird liquid. I’m pretty sensitive to vomit scenes and it didn’t bother me.
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Quiet_Wyatt
Much alien drool, mucus & ooze
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VelBloo
There are no police in Antarctica
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DjMuel
What could possibly be triggering for previous patients of MI's is that a man who becomes delusional and psychotic with knowledge of the Thing's abilities is forcibly restrained, sedated and locked in a cabin away from the other researchers.
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invadermac
The blood is not gathered by syringe, but by cutting their thumbs with a knife. A syringe is shown when tranquillising a dog.
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zdy1994
Well, there's a few autopsy scenes. That might make people uncomfortable. This movie has a lot of gore and body horror, it's pretty gross.
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Heyo
Yes, there are very much anxiety attacks. The whole film is about mistrust and suspicion, so many characters end up panicking at several moments in the film.
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1
Screaming, wet squelching sounds from The Thing
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Anonymous
Man is seen frozen with wrists slit
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invadermac
This is a tough one, but no, the thing assuming other people’s form by consuming them and changing shape is not body dysmorphia.
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Anonymous
Man is seen with slit wrists
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hyperandrogenism
There are scenes in a small shack and in a basement.
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One of the characters that has been locked in a shack has tied a noose, but this is never acknowledged.
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DjMuel
No idea why people are voting no for this. This movie is littered with scenes of people becoming paranoid, delusional and attacking each other as a result. It's essentially the theme of the film.
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Yes
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deniallol
F-bombs, religious exclamations, etc.
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Does a baby cry?
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zdy1994
There are no women in this movie.
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fulltimesnake
there are no explicitly queer people in the movie
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Mycomni
The black guys weren't the first to die, and it's made pretty clear no one is safe from the thing, thus not making it a race thing. In fact, Childs (one of the aforementioned black guys) survives *until the end of the movie*, after which his death is only confirmed in the 2002 'The Thing' video game (because apparently Carpenter said the 2002 game was canon so).
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Anonymous
Not much but there are some references
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invadermac
NOT a happy ending
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Snow tractor crash
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hyperandrogenism
A helicopter crashes on screen and a spaceship (flying saucer) crashes before the movie.
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Travis Clark
To just say there is blood & gore is a vast understatement
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notgoingtoaddcomments
No, but there is a large explosion with a mushroom cloud.
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hyperandrogenism
In the beginning a man is shot and they try to shoot the Thing.
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