This week on this bonus episode of “The Cinemaniacs”, Jack sits down with fellow IU student Carter Burkhart to talk about John Carpenter’s 1982 claustrophobic, paranoid horror film “The Thing”! Join Jack and Carter as they discuss the ground-breaking visual effects from Rob Bottin, John Carpenter’s careful storytelling construction, as well as break down the film’s ambiguous ending and give some of their theories on who they believe is human and who is the thing…
Stay tuned for a future episode breaking down the Spring 2022 schedule. Thanks for listening!
“The Thing” (1982) stars Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, Donald Moffat, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Thomas G. Waites, David Clennon, T.K. Carter, Richard Masur, Joel Polis, and Peter Maloney; directed by John Carpenter.
