“The Thing eventually found an audience on cable, where I know I wasn’t alone in watching it late at night when I was far too young to be doing so. The sheer nastiness of it all had an imprinting effect on a generation of budding cinema buffs. It’s one of the first films I can recall seeing that felt like it was trying to hurt you. The movie’s really, really mean.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 01/09/2020