The Story Behind THE THING's Disastrous Test Screening

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  @CinemaTyler · 1 year ago · pinned

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• SP

  @splitradix · 1 year ago

  &quot;Why did Carpenter take the risk of ending his movie on such a bleak and mysterious note when test audiences rejected it?&quot; Because he&apos;s a true artist.

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  @UserUser-zc6fx · 1 year ago

  &quot;The Thing was arrested and it currently serving a life sentence..&quot;<br>LOL, bruh, you killing me over here 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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  @traumgeist · 1 year ago

  The Thing was popular internationally. &nbsp;There’s an interview of Guillermo Del Toro where he describes going to a packed theater in Mexico to watch the movie. &nbsp;Carpenter is an infamously anti-Hollywood director who does a lot of things that are intended to go over everyone’s head including the producers and often the whole audience.

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• VI

  @Vile_Entity_3545 · 1 year ago

  I advise anybody who has not seen this movie to watch it. It is unbelievable and a time when movies were something else.

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  @Goit_Goit · 6 months ago

  I&apos;ve forgotten what it&apos;s like to have multiple incredible films released over a few months.<br><br>It feels like we have to wait for just one every 12 months now.

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• MO

  @MotorBro78 · 1 year ago

  John Carpenter is brilliant, down-to-earth and most of all, honest. The Thing is my favorite movie of all time.

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• TO

  @tomhanson4008 · 1 year ago

  I mean, the ending kind of had to ambiguous. The whole reason The Thing is scary is because it could be anyone

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  @goodladfilms · 1 year ago (edited)

  The ending is spot on. As an audience, we&apos;re invited to do something we&apos;re rarely given: to have an opinion. In this case, what it means to have &quot;a good judgement of character.&quot;

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• CA

  @CasperLeChat · 1 year ago (edited)

  It’s always amusing when people complain the monster was disgusting, the movie was disturbing, etc. &nbsp;That’s the whole point of horror. &nbsp;I hope filmmakers ignore those people; such movies are just not for them.

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  @Doc_Tar · 1 year ago (edited)

  Most of the film is the struggle these characters have figuring out who&apos;s infected and who&apos;s still normal. There&apos;s only one ending that works, leaving the audience to wonder for themselves and speculate what if they&apos;re wrong. <br><br>The special effects and horrific transformations are ultimately a distraction from the fundamental question of who is real and who&apos;s a fake and if they all really know themselves or not.

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• FI

  @FisherKing9633 · 1 year ago

  Personally, I’ve always thought that both Childs and MacReady were both still human, and killed each other trying to prove that they were.

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