Goofs
Continuity: The
chess moves spoken by the computer don't match the ones
on the screen; also screens are shown from different
games.
Continuity: There
is more ice in the glass when MacCready pours his drink
into the computer than in previous scenes.
Continuity:
Norwegian pulls the same grenade out of the box twice.
Crew or equipment
visible: When the helicopter is chasing the dog, you
can see two shadows that are not from the dog.
Continuity: When
Blair is being put into the tool shed, the window is seen
boarded up when viewed from the outside, but not boarded
up when viewed from the inside.
Continuity: When
MacReady, Nauls, and Windows go to ask Blair if he has
seen Fuchs you can see the lights in MacReady's shack are
off. Minutes later when they find Fuchs they are on.
There is a scene where the
pilots barricade a door so James Arness (the Thing) can't
get in. But when James shows up, he pulls the door open -
they barricaded the wrong side.
When the thing is on the
lab table, and the severed head starts walking away, Mack
torches it with a flamethrower. At one angle, you can
clearly see that fire is not coming out of the hose. It
is just a fire going off in the dorway.
After MacReady says
"the generator room" toward the end of the film
he, Garry and Nauls walk down a flight of stairs. Then
Garry and Nauls walk down a set of three steps whilst Mac
is holding a flare. As they walk the shadow of a guy
holding a boom mike is clearly visible on the floor.
