Director John Carpenter addresses the popular “Eye Gleam” theory as it relates to the famously ambiguous ending of his 1982 horror movie, The Thing.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Thing director John Carpenter addresses a popular theory regarding the ending of his 1982 classic. After making a name for himself with movies like Halloween, The Fog, and Escape from New York, Carpenter made The Thing, a movie about a research team in Antarctica facing off against a shape-shifting alien.
Now, in a recent interview with ComicBook.com, Carpenter addresses The Thing's ending and whether there's any truth in the "Eye Gleam" theory popularized by Dean Cundey, the movie's cinematographer. The theory posits that there's a particular kind of light present in a character's eyes when they are human, which ultimately reveals that Childs, not MacReady, is the alien.
The Thing's Ending Is Best Left Ambiguous Sometimes, a movie leaving audiences wanting answers is part of why it stands the test of time. The Thing, of course, remains a classic for many reasons. The film features groundbreaking practical effects that still hold up to this day and an isolated Antarctic setting that enhances the simple and yet terrifying story being told.
Paranoia is one of the major reasons why The Thing works so effectively as a horror, with viewers, much like MacReady, unable to tell friend from foe. By not definitively revealing whether MacReady or Childs is the Thing, viewers are left with a sense of unease as the credits start to roll. In fact, it's entirely possible that neither one of them is the alien and both men freeze to death due to an inability to trust the other and a determination to not let the alien leave the base.
Not knowing the answer, then, just makes The Thing more chilling, and this is evidently the effect that Carpenter was going for. As it stands, all interpretations of the movie's ending are valid , and the lingering questions make the movie fun to discuss and think about even four decades after its release.
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