Exclusive John Carpenter Intro to The Thing (Excerpt)

Ahead of the Fantastic Films Weekend at the National Media Museum in Bradford we asked the legendary horror director John Carpenter to record a seven minute introduction to his seminal movie The Thing (1982). This is a brief excerpt from that introduction.

The 7th Fantastic Films Weekend runs from Friday 13 - Sunday 15 June 2008 at the National Media Museum, Bradford, West Yorkshire - it's the North's premier horror, sci-fi and fantasy film event, and tickets are on sale now!
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/fantastic

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[Relda999]

Bad Ass Movie!!! seen it a 100 times!

[blephegor]

This movie has yet to be surpassed in my opinion. Everything works in such a disturbing manner from the atmosphere to the effects. Truly a classic.

[DoowopJohnnyBoy]

Why do people think that the 2011 Thing is no good when it plainly feeds into Carpenters The Thing from 82 successfully I bet John Carpenter thinks that the new one is ok.. If u ask me I think that they remembered to put a load of details from the old one into the new one that made them marry up a treat.

[tellshiar]

Re-Makes are not usually good but Carpentar's version outdid the first! The new 2011 Thing sucks.

[seafireliv]

This was my first real horror film I`ve seen in the `80s. I guess due to that I`ll never forget it and always deep down in there will be wary of monsters hiding in dogs!

I couldn`t get over the effects- the dog was one, but also the way that man`s head fell off and looked like it was real.

[Hammersmith80]

I've nothing but admiration for John Carpenter, a well grounded cynical realist. There are very few people I would want to sit down and have a few beers with but he is one of them. Hearing him wax lyrical gives me such a buzz, a completely brilliant and unassuming man whom the majors looks upon with utter disdain, at least that's the impression I get. The Thing bombed simply because people were too busy phoning home. It remains the greatest sci fi horror film of ALL time!

[snake2006]

I don't see how the original 1951 thing is scary. It looks like a carrot and I was not scared at all. I saw it when I was young and then I saw the 82 Thing and the 82 Thing is scary. The 82 thing makes you think, while the 51 thing is just straight forward..

[THINGVISION]

TRUE TO THE 1982 CLASSIC.....

ENTIRE WORLD POPULATION INFECTED ....27000.....HOURS FROM FIRST CONTACT .....IS > 3 < YEARS .....YEAR TO DATE......... {THING-FEST 2008}........

{THING-FEST 2011}........

ASSIMILATION COMPLETED

[KHWADI]

@Johnlindsey289 true it did not do well when it was released in 1982,,because of ET..but later on VHS it turn to be a huge hit..people cried and said WTF this is a great film..

[biteitoff]

@Johnlindsey289 oh? your sure when you don't even know if the movie is any damn good? or how much it cost to make?

one of the reasons Thing 82 was a "flop" was because it was released up against Speilberg's version of an alien story, that just happened to have the same distributor, one Universal Pictures. Maybe somebody upset somebody cause Thing 82 got no marketing priority - I'm almost surprised they released it at all.

I dont think there's certainty in anything until we see the product.

[Johnlindsey289]

@biteitoff

I'm sure the prequel will make money opening day since the original was a flop at the box-office