Unlike the shapeshifter in the original 1938 novella Who Goes There? , the 1951 creature is a highly intelligent, blood-drinking . One character famously describes it as a "super carrot". Due to a limited budget, plans for a shapeshifter were scrapped in favor of this humanoid vegetable played by a massive, 6'7" James Arness (later the star of Gunsmoke ). 🎬 Who Really Directed It?
What makes "The Thing" (1951) better than most 1950s sci-fi movies? The Thing from Another World
Most interior scenes were filmed inside a Los Angeles ice storage facility to ensure the actors’ breath was visible on camera. Unlike the shapeshifter in the original 1938 novella