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For this third week of our John Carpenter horror month, we decided to take inspiration from our episode number and go to Area 51 for an alien adventure with The Thing, Carpenter's 1982 alien invasion movie starring Kurt Russell in a Yosemite Sam hat. We talk isolation and paranoia in the frozen underbelly of the world, Rob Bottin's genius (and gruesome) creature creations (with an assist from Stan Winston), nontraditional westerns, the Oscar-worthy performance of Jed the wolfdog, and saving the world from an apocalypse when you've probably had too much whiskey. Make sure your flamethrower is fueled and join us!
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