Those awesome folks at Shout! Factory have done it again. Among their many recent achievements, they’ve been painstakingly preserving the John Carpenter filmography, and now they’ve hit the mother-load: his 1982 horror opus, The Thing.
Upon its release, Carpenter's movie was perceived as a disaster, having the misfortune of opening just two weeks after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Giddy in love with Steven Spielberg's Reese’s Pieces-gobbling cutie, audiences reacted like they'd been offered a bowl of upchuck, and stayed away in droves. Universal even fired Carpenter from the movie he was about to direct, Stephen King's Firestarter. But then home video came into being and the movie found a rabid following. Now it's considered one of the greatest horror films of modern times.
Shout! Factory has pulled out all the stops. Just unhinge your jaw and check out this list of bonus features:
- NEW 2K Scan Of The Interpositive Supervised And Approved By Director Of Photography Dean Cundey
- NEW 4.1 Audio Mix Created From The Original 70MM Six Track Dolby Stereo Soundtrack
- NEW Audio Commentary With Director Of Photography Dean Cundey
- Audio Commentary By Director John Carpenter And Actor Kurt Russell
- NEW The Men Of Outpost 31 – Interviews With Keith David, Thomas Waites, Peter Maloney And More…
- NEW Assembling And Assimilation – An Interview With Editor Todd Ramsay
- NEW Behind The Chameleon – Interviews With Visual Effects Artists Peter Kuran And Susan Turner, Special Make-up Effects Artist Rob Burman And Brian Wade And More…
- NEW Sounds From The Cold – Interviews With Supervising Sound Editor David Lewis Yewdall And Special Sound Effects Designer Alan Howarth
- NEW Between The Lines – An Interview With Novelization Author Alan Dean Foster
- John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape – A Documentary On The Making Of THE THING Featuring Interviews With John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Special Effects Make-up Designer Rob Bottin, Matte Artist Albert Whitlock And More! (80 minutes – SD)
- Outtakes (5 minutes – SD)
- Vintage Featurettes From The Electronic Press Kit Featuring Interviews With John Carpenter, Kurt Russell And Rob Bottin (12 minutes – SD)
- Vintage Featurettes – The Making Of A Chilling Tale And The Making Of THE THING (1982 – 14 minutes – SD)
- Vintage Product Reel – Contains A Promotional Condensed Version Of The Film With Additional Footage Not In The Film (19 minutes – SD)
- Vintage Behind-The-Scenes Footage (2 minutes – SD)
- Annotated Production Archive – Production Art And Storyboards, Location Scouting, Special Make-up Effects, Post Production (48 minutes – SD)
- Network TV Broadcast Version Of THE THING (92 minutes – SD)
- Teaser Trailer
- Theatrical Trailers (U.S. And German)
- TV Spots
- Radio Spots
- Still Gallery (Behind-The-Scenes Photos, Posters And Lobby Cards)
- And Still More To Be Added!
In addition to this gem, we’ll also enjoy the chance to snag a new series of action figures from The Thing, too – details TBD.
Exciting times!
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