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John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) with Scott and Drew

John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) with Scott and Drew

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Episode 002: We're dissecting John Carpenter's paranoid masterpiece "The Thing" (1982) to explore how Kurt Russell's iconic performance and Rob Bottin's legendary practical effects transformed a simple alien invasion script into the ultimate exercise in claustrophobic terror and body horror. Join us as we analyze how Carpenter's genius direction turns an Antarctic research station into horror cinema's most unforgettable pressure cooker, where trust dies and nightmares are born!

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