The Thing (1982) [S4E14]

“Nobody... nobody trusts anybody now, and we're all very tired.” In this episode, we discuss John Carpenter’s horror classic: The Thing! as well as briefly reviewing the films we logged on our Letterboxd dairies in the past week. — TIME CODES: 00:00 - INTRO 01:34 - BASIC FACTS 03:33 - THE MEAT 37:03 - WHAT WE WATCHED — The Thing (1982) MAN IS THE WARMEST PLACE TO HIDE. “In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot and the camp doctor lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.” Directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites. Scored by Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter, and Alan Howarth, shot by Dean Cundey, and produced by David Foster, Wilbur Stark, and Lawrence Turman. Find where to stream it here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/thing-the — OUR LINKS: Recently Logged Main Webpage: https://anchor.fm/recentlylogged Micah’s Stuff YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCqan1ouaFGl1XMt_6VrIzFg Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/AkCn Twitter: https://twitter.com/micah_grawey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m_grawey_films/ Robbie’s Stuff Website: https://robbiegrawey.com — EPISODE CREDITS: Recently Logged Podcast creators - Micah and Robert Grawey Hosts - Micah and Robert Grawey Songs used in episode - Foreign Land (Sting) by Jingle Punks Editor - Robert Grawey Episode art designer - Micah Grawey Episode description - Robert Grawey