Space Invaders: The Thing (1982)
Nightmare on Film Street - A Horror Movie Podcast
Kimberley Elizabeth & Jonathan Dehaan
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode of Nightmare on Film Street, we're closing out our Space Invaders double feature with the ultimate in alien horror! John Carpenter's The Thing may have been met with a cold reception back in 1982 but there is no denying that it is one of the strongest and strangest movies the horror world has ever seen. Join your horror hosts Jon & Kim as they chew on new theories, argue over who is (and who isn't) The Thing, and rank Kurt Russel's facial hair through the decades. Join ussss…
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Nightmare on Film Street. |
| 0:20.5 | The current time is 666, traffic is clear ahead from here to the afterlife, but it's |
| 0:28.2 | hell outside for the next hour, you're on Nightmare time. |
| 0:35.0 | So let's give a grave welcome to our hosts, John and Kim. |
| 0:44.2 | Hello again, Fiends and welcome to Nightmare on Film Street, horror for the casually |
| 0:48.4 | obsessed. |
| 0:49.4 | I'm Kim. |
| 0:50.4 | I'm John. |
| 0:51.4 | And this week, we are continuing our Space Invaders conversation, part 2. |
| 0:57.6 | We are talking about the thing. |
| 1:00.8 | That's right. |
| 1:01.8 | John Carpenter's the thing. |
| 1:03.2 | From 1982, the movie, they couldn't handle back when it came out. |
| 1:08.0 | They weren't ready for it. |
| 1:09.1 | They weren't ready for the truth. |
| 1:11.5 | Are we ready for the truth? |
| 1:13.6 | The truth is this movie is very good. |
| 1:15.7 | Okay, we're ready for that truth. |
| 1:17.7 | The truth isn't that the aliens are out there or anything, which in both episodes have |
| 1:22.0 | not talked about once. |
| 1:23.0 | Kim, real quick, can I get a yes or no from you? |
| 1:25.8 | Have aliens visit it earth. |
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