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THE THING Ultimate Breakdown | Every Hidden Detail In 1982 and 2011

2024-10-22 Entertainment
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THE THING (1982 & 2011) Breakdown | Ending Explained, New Hidden Details And Things You Missed. We explain John Carpenters classic Sci-Fi Horror The Thing. Here we point out the hidden details and also give our theories about why Childs was the Alien. This is the 40th Anniversary of the movie and for Halloween I thought we'd discuss one of my favourites of all time. #TheThing #Horror #Halloween #Movies #EndingExplained #EasterEggs #ThingsYouMissed #HiddenDetails #Theories #Review #moviereview If you enjoyed this video then please subscribe to the channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq3hT5JPPKy87JGbDls_5BQ?sub_confirmation=1 Join our membership program and get early access to our videos here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq3hT5JPPKy87JGbDls_5BQ/join Get 10% Off Arrow Films by using our discount link here - https://prf.hn/l/Qx891yN Check out our #shorts channel here HEAVY SPOILERS CLIPS - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe48Fl2G6dB6HHYA982fkRA?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our website at https://heavyspoilers.com/ Get some awesome Heavy Spoilers merch at - https://heavyspoilers.shop/ *Check out our BEST new videos below* *Penguin Episode 2* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LesfL9g7My4 *Agatha All Along Episode 4* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Az3gmsETHM *Sonic 3 Trailer* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRV2itx5_ww *LORD OF THE RINGS The War of the Rohirrim* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZJUlMGVwjA *Alien Romulus* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqeXZWM_-fo *Umbrella Academy* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFuPD4KxCog *Check out our Latest CLASSIC MOVIE BREAKDOWNS* *Joker*- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA6J3tmnnOc *Batman 89* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aPCXorYjns *The Batman* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVyxiwz81CM *Fellowship Of The Ring* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAzlEaSXM6I *The Incredibles* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfgGvJ2KSM4 *Silence Of The Lambs* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cueo8cwh8io Listen to our Videos on the go with our podcast versions below. Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1WE0ZXRWxMzhVeMPhfTxQv Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-spoilers/id1746676345 Amazon Podcasts - you'll have to search it for now mate, URL is still processing /* ----- SOCIAL MEDIA ----- */ Follow Us On Social Media At: Website - https://heavyspoilers.com/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@heavyspoilers TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@heavyspoilers?lang=en Twitter - https://twitter.com/heavyspoilers Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/heavyspoilers/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DeffinitionMC/ Follow our team at - Host & Editor Paul - https://twitter.com/heavyspoilers Host & Editor MT - https://twitter.com/MasterTainment Editor Steesh - https://twitter.com/SteeshHaggie Editor Matt - https://twitter.com/SuperHeroNexus Editor Jonathan - https://x.com/jonvart /* ----- VIDEO INFORMATION ----- */ Ok, so John Carpenter's The Thing is one of my favourite films ever made. The movie stands as the gold standard for practical effects, and on top of this, the film has an extremely well-crafted story that still stands the test of time. Laced with paranoia the movie is meant to leave us constantly second guessing which characters are the thing and this extends to the ending itself. The movie closes out with Childs and MacReady warming themselves by the blazes of their base before cold creeps in and kills them. The Thing Breakdown For decades, people have questioned whether Childs is a thing or not, and for the first part of the video, I want to discuss why I think that he is. Now, this is something I've gone back and forth on throughout the decades, and initially I believed that Childs was one of the good guys. However, there are two very important things that come at the end that I think spell out that Childs is indeed an alien. Now the first of these comes when we catch him watching over the base from the sidelines. Childs is instructed to keep an eye out, and he stands in one of the rooms that lead to the outside. Later on, we see that he's abandoned this post, and we get a look at the room, which now has the door wide open. Now, you might not notice this, but the coats are on completely different hangers than what they were originally when we first saw Childs in the room. Placing these shots beside each other, we can see that they're all laid out in a completely different way. In the movie, we discover that The Thing rips through your clothes in order to kill you, and my theory is that the creature ambushed Childs at this point and there was then a struggle. Music By - PSiMiTAR ► Youtube Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/user/IamSteesh?sub_confirmation=1 ► Instrumentals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUFhME-rGtc&list=PLheoTHb8ecX76eFcGiH2mEPIZLK0ETeMb ► Twitter - https://twitter.com/steeshhaggie ► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/steeshhaggie/

Top Comments (10)

@Preirin 2024-10-23

The fact it was trashed by critics when it was first released, found its first home with the cult fan base and rose to greatness as being appreciates ad one of the best films of all time, on par with Kubrick’s The Shining show just how great a movie it is. Hell, the fact we’re still talking about it and trying to dissect it over 40 years later says everything.

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@VaderPopsVicodin10 2024-10-22

Definitely one of Carpenter's best, if not the very best. Ennio Morricone's subtle and spooky Score is also one of my favorite parts about it. Everyone in the cast was in their prime and their performances really sell the terror and paranoia throughout the film. An all-time classic.

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@mikeworkman3593 2024-10-29

Norris did not fake a heart attack. The thing copied Norris so well that it also copied his damaged heart.

131 9 replies
@MrPiestro 2024-11-02

Fun fact ….the unknown silhouette actor was actually Dick Warlock, a stunt coordinator (also a stunt double for Kurt Russell in many films) that was Michael Myers in Halloween II and an android in Halloween III. It’s also funny cause they have characters named “Mac” and “Windows” lol

126 4 replies
@sasakalak4681 2024-10-23

"was the coat left or right? Who cares, put it where ever you wanna, nobody cares." - someone 40 years later " they wanted to tell us something with the coats"

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@heavyspoilers 2024-10-22

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@MessianicJewJitsu 2024-10-23

Subconsciously it begins and ends with Mac feeding his enemy a drink

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@IsYourRoomClean 2025-03-06

This movie traumatized me as a child. My dad made me watch it when I was maybe 8-9 and then sleep in a sleeping bag in the living room with no curtains. It took me as an adult to watch it again.

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@Neverre 2025-08-13

John Carpenter's "The Thing" deserved tons of Oscars

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@brianwalley2131 2025-08-28

I always found it intriguing that Windows sighed with relief when his blood test cleared him. Maybe he wasn't sure himself if he was the Thing but didn't know it.

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