• The Thing (1982)

  • Apr 9 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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The Thing (1982)

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  • This month, Katy and Erika discuss John Carpenter's cult classic The Thing. They dive deep into Cold War paranoia, the evolution of story, and what happens when you bring too much Jock Energy to a survival scenario.

    • “What ‘The Thing’ Loses By Adding Women,” Noah Berlatsky: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/10/what-the-thing-loses-by-adding-women/246648/
    • “Fecund Horror,” Noah Berlatsky: https://gayutopia.blogspot.com/2007/12/noah-berlatsky-fecund-horror_12.html
    • “After 35 Years 'The Thing' Is Still Our Most Suffocating Horror Film,” Patrick Marlborough: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gypzvb/after-35-years-the-thing-is-still-our-most-suffocating-horror-film
    • “Horrality—The Textuality of the Contemporary Horror Film,” Phillip Brophy: https://web.archive.org/web/20180910033121/http://www.philipbrophy.com/projects/rstff/Horrality_C.html
    • “Underneath the Skin: John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ and You,” Matthew Pridham: https://weirdfictionreview.com/2012/03/underneath-the-skin-john-carpenters-the-thing-and-you/
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