The Thing. John Carpenter, 1982.
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Edition screened: Universal DVD, released 2001. English language. Runtime approximately 119 minutes.
Summary: Horrific alien takeover of dogs’ bodies.
Details:
1) Beginning at 3:55 is a 5-minute sequence of a German Shepherd being pursued and shot at by men in a helicopter, then on foot. The seemingly harmless dog escapes – for now – and this scene is over at 8:50.
2) The creature, the Thing itself, erupts from the body of the German Shepherd in the previous scene with a graphic and horrible ripping of the dog’s head and body. The creature/dog sprays the other dogs and attacks them with its tentacles, 28:15-29:00.
3) Another sequence of the creature and its horrible attack on the other dogs, 30:50-32:20.
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