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Producer/Writer Josh Hyams on The Thing
"Nobody... nobody trusts anybody now, and we're all very tired.”
Producer/writer Josh Hyams joins hosts Andy Nelson and Pete Wright to discuss The Thing, directed by John Carpenter. When it opened in June 1982, audiences weren't ready for it—it bombed against E.T. and was widely dismissed, even as its atmosphere of paranoia played out on screen. Decades later it's considered a landmark of practical effects filmmaking and one of the great ensemble horror films ever made. Hyams—whose BAFTA-nominated Mr. Burton is now in US release—has loved this film since seeing it at an outdoor cinema in Greece as a child. He brings a filmmaker's eye to Rob Bottin's creature work, Morricone's bare and atmospheric score, and a film that, as he puts it, "draws you in, it doesn't patronize you—it is a grown-up, cerebral, well-told horror film that takes its time." Forty years on, it's earned every word of that.🎬 Watch & Discover
Producer/writer Josh Hyams joins hosts Andy Nelson and Pete Wright to discuss The Thing, directed by John Carpenter. When it opened in June 1982, audiences weren't ready for it—it bombed against E.T. and was widely dismissed, even as its atmosphere of paranoia played out on screen. Decades later it's considered a landmark of practical effects filmmaking and one of the great ensemble horror films ever made. Hyams—whose BAFTA-nominated Mr. Burton is now in US release—has loved this film since seeing it at an outdoor cinema in Greece as a child. He brings a filmmaker's eye to Rob Bottin's creature work, Morricone's bare and atmospheric score, and a film that, as he puts it, "draws you in, it doesn't patronize you—it is a grown-up, cerebral, well-told horror film that takes its time." Forty years on, it's earned every word of that.🎬 Watch & Discover
- 👤 Meet Josh Hyams: IMDb
- 🍿 Watch The Thing: Apple TV | Amazon | Letterboxd
- 🍿 Watch Mr. Burton: Apple TV | Amazon | Letterboxd
- 📽️ The Thing — Original Theatrical Trailer
- 📽️ Mr. Burton — Official Trailer
- 📚 Adapted from Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
- ▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube
- The Next Reel on The Thing
- Cinema Scope — 1950s Science Fiction (incl. The Thing from Another World)
- The Next Reel on The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- Cinema Scope — British New Wave (incl. Look Back in Anger)
- Become a member for just $5/month or $55/year
- Join our Discord community of movie lovers
- Cinema Scope: Bridging Genres, Subgenres, and Movements
- The Film Board
- Movies We Like
- The Next Reel
- Sitting in the Dark
- Main Site: Web
- Movie Platforms: Letterboxd | Flickchart
- Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | YouTube | Pinterest
- Your Hosts: Andy | Pete
- Merch Store: Apparel, stickers, mugs & more
- Watch Page: Buy/rent films we've discussed
- Originals: Source material from our episodes
- Special offers: Audible
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"Nobody... nobody trusts anybody now, and we're all very tired.”
Producer/writer Josh Hyams joins hosts Andy Nelson and Pete Wright to discuss The Thing, directed by John Carpenter. When it opened in June 1982, audiences weren't ready for it—it bombed against E.T. and was widely dismissed, even as its atmosphere of paranoia played out on screen. Decades later it's considered a landmark of practical effects filmmaking and one of the great ensemble horror films ever made. Hyams—whose BAFTA-nominated Mr. Burton is now in US release—has loved this film since seeing it at an outdoor cinema in Greece as a child. He brings a filmmaker's eye to Rob Bottin's creature work, Morricone's bare and atmospheric score, and a film that, as he puts it, "draws you in, it doesn't patronize you—it is a grown-up, cerebral, well-told horror film that takes its time." Forty years on, it's earned every word of that.🎬 Watch & Discover
Producer/writer Josh Hyams joins hosts Andy Nelson and Pete Wright to discuss The Thing, directed by John Carpenter. When it opened in June 1982, audiences weren't ready for it—it bombed against E.T. and was widely dismissed, even as its atmosphere of paranoia played out on screen. Decades later it's considered a landmark of practical effects filmmaking and one of the great ensemble horror films ever made. Hyams—whose BAFTA-nominated Mr. Burton is now in US release—has loved this film since seeing it at an outdoor cinema in Greece as a child. He brings a filmmaker's eye to Rob Bottin's creature work, Morricone's bare and atmospheric score, and a film that, as he puts it, "draws you in, it doesn't patronize you—it is a grown-up, cerebral, well-told horror film that takes its time." Forty years on, it's earned every word of that.🎬 Watch & Discover
- 👤 Meet Josh Hyams: IMDb
- 🍿 Watch The Thing: Apple TV | Amazon | Letterboxd
- 🍿 Watch Mr. Burton: Apple TV | Amazon | Letterboxd
- 📽️ The Thing — Original Theatrical Trailer
- 📽️ Mr. Burton — Official Trailer
- 📚 Adapted from Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
- ▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube
- The Next Reel on The Thing
- Cinema Scope — 1950s Science Fiction (incl. The Thing from Another World)
- The Next Reel on The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- Cinema Scope — British New Wave (incl. Look Back in Anger)
- Become a member for just $5/month or $55/year
- Join our Discord community of movie lovers
- Cinema Scope: Bridging Genres, Subgenres, and Movements
- The Film Board
- Movies We Like
- The Next Reel
- Sitting in the Dark
- Main Site: Web
- Movie Platforms: Letterboxd | Flickchart
- Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Threads | Bluesky | YouTube | Pinterest
- Your Hosts: Andy | Pete
- Merch Store: Apparel, stickers, mugs & more
- Watch Page: Buy/rent films we've discussed
- Originals: Source material from our episodes
- Special offers: Audible