The Thing

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2020

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Amy & Paul burst out of 1982's Antarctic John Carpenter sci-fi feature The Thing! They learn how the incredible special effects were literally dreamt up, praise Wilford Brimley's everyman appeal, and ask what relevance this story of paranoia and mistrust has in modern-day life. Plus: An excerpt from The Thing: The Musical. This is the final episode of our “Unghouled” horror miniseries; next week we kick off a series on "effed up families" with Raising Arizona! Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also apply to be a guest on our upcoming game show Screen Test at [email protected]! Photo credit: Kim Troxall

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0:00.0	The year is 1982 and who let the dogs out?
0:04.0	It's the thing, thing, thing, thing.
0:24.0	Hi everybody and welcome to unspoiled!
0:28.0	I'm Amy Nicholson.
0:59.0	It might land on the things planet.
1:02.0	I mean, would the thing like the thing or movies?
1:06.0	Yeah, would the thing be contaminated by the magic and beauty of the Wizard of Oz
1:12.0	and say, I want to live in a more colorful world?
1:14.0	Could we out thing the thing with our great films?
1:16.0	Or would it just turn into a DVD and then when you go to put it in,
1:20.0	it would infect you and then rip your body in half?
1:22.0	Either way, so many things to think about.
1:26.0	And Amy, just while we're talking about ending our horror series,
1:29.0	that means that we're going to be starting a brand new series,
1:32.0	which will reveal at the end of this episode what that genre is.
1:36.0	And if you want to watch us announce it live Friday on Twitch,
1:39.0	you can join Amy and I as we hear all of your feedback about the horror films
1:43.0	and reveal what we'll be talking about up until Christmas.
1:46.0	So follow me or Amy or anybody on social or social channels to find out
1:50.0	when we're going live.
1:51.0	If you missed a live performance, you can catch it on replay.
1:55.0	It's right there.
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