The Thing (1982) - Episode 113

“I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS F*CKING COUCH!” Our chilling choice for October is a listener request – John Carpenter’s peerless 1982 sci-fi horror The Thing.

The staff of a remote Antarctic research station are disturbed by the sound of a sled dog being inexplicably hunted with a high-powered rifle from a helicopter by a ranting Norwegian man. As he opens fire on the group, he’s shot dead, and the dog is led into the station. But there’s something curious about the way it moves…and, I guess how it subsequently transforms into a terrifying, gigantic, pulsating fleshy nightmare that devours its new kennel mates. Our frazzled troupe are left to reason that this…thing can imitate other lifeforms. Leading to the question, who can they trust as they cling precipitously to the edge of the world?

Join Gali, Devlin, Patrick and Matt (unless they’ve been assimilated) as they revisit this seminal feature, discussing John Carpenter’s brilliant but frustratingly stalled career, his collaborations with star Kurt Russell, cinematographer Dean Cundey, and effects artist Rob Bottin, and our collective and personal histories with this gooey, paranoid classic. Get yourself a t-shirt featuring this episode’s cover image over at devlindoesdrawing.teemill.com!

You can find an exclusive poster design created by Devlin for this feature as a gallery-grade giclee print at his Etsy store, and a standard poster and t-shirts featuring the same design at our Teemill - along with another poster of this episode’s cover sketch.

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