The Making of 'The Thing' Page #2

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- Childs,

happens all the time, man.

They're fallin'

out of the skies like flies.

Government knows all about it.

Right, Mac ?

- Do you believe any of this

voodoo bullshit, Blair ?

- Childs ?

Childs, Chariots Of The Gods, man.

They practically

own South America.

l mean, they taught the lncas

everything they know.

So, come on now, MacReady.

The Norwegians

get ahold of this...

- and they dig it up out of the ice.

- Yes, Garry, they dig it up,

they cart it back,

it gets thawed out,

wakes up, probably not

in the best of moods.

- l don't know--

- Which one of you disrespectful men...

been tossin'his dirty drawers

in the kitchen trash can, huh ?

From now on, l want my kitchen clean,

all right ? Germ free !

Now, how's this motherf***er wake up

after thousands of years in the ice ?

- And how can it look like a dog ?

- l don't know how.

'Cause it's different

than us, see.

'Cause it's from outer space.

What do you want from me ? Ask him.

You buy any of this, Blair ?

Mac, we're movin'those things

out of the lab into the storeroom.

Can you come

get your stuff?

Be there in a minute, Doc.

Through the door.

Right over there.

Right over there.

Sorry, Mac. You have

to move your stuff--

Doc says we gotta stash 'em

in here and lock 'em up.

- l have to talk to you.

- l'm tired of talking, Fuchs.

l just want to get up

to my shack and get drunk.

- Mac, it's important.

- What is it ?

- Outside.

- lt's 40 below outside.

ln the Thiokol.

Please, Mac.

We ought to just burn these things.

Can't burn the find

of the century.

That's gonna win somebody

the Nobel Prize.

You got the keys ?

Get 'em from Garry.

l want to get some stuff out of here.

There's something wrong

with Blair.

He's locked in his room

and won't answer the door.

''lt could have imitated a million

life-forms on a million planets.

lt could change into any one

of them at any time.

- Now it wants life-forms on Earth--''

- lt's gettin'cold,

- and l haven't slept in two days.

- Wait a minute, Mac.

''lt needs to be alone

and in close proximity with

the life-form to be absorbed.

- The chameleon strikes in the dark. ''

- ls Blair cracking up ?

Damn it, MacReady.

''There's still cellular activity

in these burned remains.

They're not dead yet. ''

Let's go, Bennings.

l gotta get some sleep.

Holy sh*t.

Go get the doc.

- l'll get Garry.

We'll meet in Blair's room.

- All right.

lt's Bennings !

Bennings was right there,

Mac ! l swear it had ahold of him !

- Windows, get back !

Keep away from him !

- Don't touch him !

Get back !

Stay back !

lt isn't Bennings !

- My God! What was happening to him ?

- lf it had time to finish,

it would have looked and sounded

and acted just like Bennings !

- l don't know what you're saying.

- That was one of those things,

trying to imitate him, Garry.

- Come on.

- MacReady, l've known Bennings

for ten years.

He's my friend.

We gotta burn

the rest of them.

All right, step back.

You sure that's

all of 'em ?

We cleaned out

the storehouse, the lab.

There is nothing left.

Where's Blair ?

l can't find Blair.

Where's everybody else ?

Windows is in the radio room

still trying to get through.

Everyone else is

in the rec room.

You go on.

l'll be in in a minute.

Blair ?

Blair ?

Don't come in here !

l got a gun ! l got an ax!

Don't, you son of a b*tch !

Don't come in here ! You understand me ?

- He's got a gun, Mac !

- Anybody interferes, l'll kill 'im !

Jesus !

He smashed up some

of the chopper pretty good.

Childs, go see

if he got to the tractor.

Nobody gets in

and out of here ! Nobody!

You guys think l'm crazy!

Well, that's fine !

Most of ya don't know

what's going on around here !

But l'm damn well sure

some of you do !

Christ!

Garry, wait a minute !

Wait a minute !

All right, Childs,

go around to the map room door,

- talk to him.

- Okay.

Go on.

Norris, get a table from the lab.

Do you think that thing

wanted to be an animal?

No dogs make it a thousand

miles through the cold.

No, you don't understand!

That thing wanted to be us !

A cell gets out, it could imitate

everything on the face of the earth !

- And nothing could stop it!

- Okay, Blair.

Come on now, you don't want

to hurt anybody.

l'll kill you !

Good shot, MacReady.

Excuse me.

- All right, bring him up. Lift him up.

- Yeah.

Okay. Okay.

Come on, Blair.

We'll lock him

in the toolshed.

Why am l in here ?

For your own protection,

Blair... and ours.

How you doin' old boy ?

l don't know who to trust.

l know what you mean, Blair.

Trust is a tough thing

to come by these days.

Tell you what ? Why don't you just

trust in the Lord ?

Watch Clark.

What ?

l said, ''Watch Clark. ''

And watch him close,

do you hear me ?

Now the radio's gone.

- So are the choppers.

- We're completely cut off.

All we can do now is hole up 'til

spring and wait for the rescue team.

No, we don't wait. Somebody in

this camp ain't what he appears.

Right now that may be one or two of us.

By spring it could be all of us.

So how do we know

who's human ?

lf l was an imitation--

a perfect imitation--

how would you know

if it was really me ?

ls there some kind

of test, Doc ?

Well, yeah... possibly.

- l've been thinking

about a blood serum test.

- What's that ?

We could take a sample

of each person's blood.

We could mix it

with uncontaminated blood.

l suppose if there's a reaction,

we'd know who isn't human.

We've got whole blood

in storage.

Here, start working on it.

Keep an eye on Clark.

He was close to that dog.

Yeah. Yeah.

Mac, we need Blair's help.

He's the only one...

- who knows what this

organism is capable of.

- He's too far gone, Fuchs.

But get the rest of his notebooks

and start going through them.

Garry! Hey, you guys, come here !

What ?

- Somebody got to the blood!

- What ?

- Where's Clark ?

- Right here.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Was this broken into ?

No, the lock is undamaged.

- Somebody opened it,

closed it, then locked it.

- Great.

Who's got access to it ?

l guess l'm the only one.

And l got the only key.

Would that test

have worked, Doc ?

- Oh, l think so, yes.

- Somebody else sure as hell thought so.

Well, who else could

have used that key ?

Nobody! l just give it

to Copper whenever he needs it!

- Could anybody have gotten

it from you, Doc ?

- l don't see how.

As soon as l'm finished,

l return it right away.

Great.

- When was the last time you used it ?

- A day or so ago.

l suppose somebody could

have lifted it off me--

Oh, come on ! That key ring

is always hooked to your belt.

Accusing everybody--

Stop it now! lt ain't worth it!

- Copper's the only one

who's got any business with it.

- Wait a minute !

- You've been in here

on several occasions !

- Doc thought of the test.

- That clears him ? Bullshit!

- Why would he take--

- Shut up, man !

- Windows !

- Windows !

Put that down.

- No.

- l'll put this right through your head.

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