The Thing (film)/Nightmare Fuel


 * To provide due warning to anyone now thinking about seeing this movie, it has Body Horror and Paranoia Fuel out of, and providing, your worst nightmares.
 * The part where
 * The blood test is one of the greatest jumps of all time.  The blood
 * The FX men made a little inflatable monster head and neck, which jumps up out of a petri dish held by a false arm the actor wore for that shot. Freeze-frame it. The editing and performance-matching quality here is frankly amazing.
 * The scene
 * The
 * Hell, even before the kennel scene, that dog was terrifying. It's no spoiler to point it out; you know something's just not right about that dog from the first time you see it. It stands perfectly still, and stares, and never wags its tail. You can just see it planning. And that music...
 * According to the commentary track featuring John Carpenter, the dog was not prompted for any of the behavior that's so damn creepy (pausing as if to listen for anyone who might discover it, the slow and deliberate walk, and as mentioned above, the intent look on its face). They only trained it to hit its marks on set -- the creepiness is all-natural. That's because the dog is actually half-wolf. That standing still and staring is it getting spooked by something, while well trained the actors were genuinely scared of it.
 * Although the body horror elements are still incredibly creepy, as well as the paranoia, the sound effects are also pretty nightmare-inducing.
 * Take for example the scene right before the kennel, when MacReady grabs a beer in the fridge... in the background you hear weird rumbling monster sounds, and then you hear that awful high-pitched dog yelping/barking/squealing. MacReady slams on the fire alarm (which puts you into panic mode).
 * THEN the scene switches to Clark waiting nervously in the hall, and you hear one of THE MOST god-awfully nightmarish sounds ever, a strangely distorted male voice screaming in agony... it makes you wonder what the hell kind of transformation is taking place in the kennel, especially since none of the humans are inside of it.
 * During the rest of the scene, you continue hearing these weird hybrid sounds of humans wailing/screaming, dogs barking/yelping, and weird growling and hissing sounds. One could simply LISTEN to this scene and get completely unsettled.
 * After  we notice something that might hit you subconsciously.
 * The jump scare when Fuch's light goes out. He takes a flare and walks to his door and trips something and all of a sudden we see a shadow shoot by with one of the most horrific sounds ever put on screen. This jump scare mixed psychological horror and paranoia as we don't know who it is and the sound that it makes is so alien and inhuman that it will ALWAYS crawl under your skin.
 * The same sound is heard when  by MORPHING HIS HAND INTO HIS MOUTH, the scene afterwards we're shown his body being dragged by the hand melded mouth.
 * The scene.Absolutely everything about this scene is horrific in every sense. The first slow pan from a bloodied chair, to the way  slowly turns his head to the source of the noise of  just ends with him softly whispering "shit".
 * The way that -Thing looks up when they catch up to it, with seemingly huge eyes. And then it opens its mouth... Followed by the realisation by the team: ''
 * From the 2011 film, the Head-Merge scene. It is incredibly disturbing, and the fear of the victim is very horrifying to see.
 * The Helicopter scene.  Also a Crowning Moment of Awesome and a Visual Effects of Awesome moment.
 * If it weren't for the fact that Trailers Always Spoil, the scene where Kate realises that
 * The frozen Norwegian corpse who slit his wrists and throat.