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The first movie based on [[John W Campbell]]'s novella ''[[~~Who Goes There (Literature)|~~Who Goes There]]''<ref>the second being ''[[The Thing (~~Film~~)|The Thing]]''</ref>, directed in 1951 by Christan Nyby (and produced by Howard Hawks).

The first movie based on [[John W. Campbell]]'s novella ''[[Who Goes There]]''<ref>the second being ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]''</ref>, directed in 1951 by Christan Nyby (and produced by Howard Hawks).

The setting is one that will become familiar to viewers of horror films; A small group of people are cut off from the rest of humanity - in this case because they are at the North Pole and the weather is horrible, even interfering with radio communications.

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* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: Dr. Carrington again. He knowingly puts colleagues in harm's way and tries to grow little Things. Nikki kindly suggests he is not himself due to sleep deprivation.

* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]: Dr. Carrington}}

* [[Kill It ~~With~~ Fire]]: Hendry: "What do you do with a vegetable?" Nikki: "Cook it." Which leads to -

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Hendry: "What do you do with a vegetable?" Nikki: "Cook it." Which leads to -

** [[Infernal Retaliation]]: They set a whole room on fire but the Thing gets away. The crew eventually decides to Kill It With Electricity instead.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Carrington becomes one.

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*** He starts ''off'' as a [[Mad Scientist]]. He wants to defrost the presumed-dead Thing ''right away.'' It's rather clear that they've not got the proper equipment for a necropsy, no less to preserve samples. Cold, meanwhile, preserves rather well.

* [[Man On Fire]]: The first time this particular effect was attempted in a movie.

* [[Man in A Rubber Suit]]: Probably the only disappointment about this movie for those who got introduced to the story in ''[[The Thing (~~Film~~)|The Thing]]''.

* [[Man in A Rubber Suit]]: Probably the only disappointment about this movie for those who got introduced to the story in ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]''.

* [[Mysterious Antarctica]]: Except of course this is the Arctic.

* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: We rarely get to see The Thing, either hidden behind doors {{spoiler|until it's time for a [[Jump Scare]]}}, waiting in the shadows, or running about in the snow with the blizzard covering the view. Making it scarier was that the only way you could tell The Thing was approaching was with [[Sensor Suspense|Geiger counters]] (it was giving off a low radioactive buzz) that [[Oh Crap|start clicking faster and faster]]...

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* [[Plant Aliens]]

* [[Plucky Girl]]: Nikki keeps her head throughout the crisis.

* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: The original novella used a [[Starfish Alien|shape-shifting creature]] that ''ate its victims'' and created copies that could then consume and alter others. The effects of the era made it impossible to film, so the producers changed the Thing into a blood-sucking shambling monster. The [[The Thing (~~Film~~)|remake by Carpenter]] - when SFX was able to make effective-looking monsters - was more faithful to the novella.

* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: The original novella used a [[Starfish Alien|shape-shifting creature]] that ''ate its victims'' and created copies that could then consume and alter others. The effects of the era made it impossible to film, so the producers changed the Thing into a blood-sucking shambling monster. The [[The Thing (film)|remake by Carpenter]] - when SFX was able to make effective-looking monsters - was more faithful to the novella.

* [[The Reveal]]: The [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|scene where the rescue party fans out]] to get an idea of the shape of the crashed airplane... which they quickly recognize is in the shape of a [[Flying Saucer]]!

** The brief moment {{spoiler|when we get a clear view of The Thing... when Hendry opens a door with it [[Jump Scare|standing RIGHT THERE]].}}

* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]: Or rather, [[Human Popsicle|Inhuman Popsicle]] evil.

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Or rather, [[Human Popsicle|Inhuman Popsicle]] evil.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Asked if he knows how to use a gun, McPherson responds, "I saw Gary Cooper in ''Sergeant York''." (Producer Hawks had directed that earlier film.)

* [[The Squad]]: Hendry's gallant flight crew. It is however admittedly difficult to tell one from the other.