And we're all very tired.
[Tape Rewinding]
Nobody trusts anybody now.
There's nothing else I can do.
Just wait.
R.J. MacReady, helicopter
pilot, U.S. Outpost, number 31.
[Stops Tape Player]
You come up with anything yet?
One or two ideas.
[Sighs] But, MacReady, I've been thinking.
If a small particle of this Thing is
enough to take over an entire organism,
then everyone should prepare their own meals.
And I suggest we only eat out of cans.
All right.
[Kicks Object]
[Whooshing] Who's that?
Anybody see Fuchs?
Somebody blew out a fuse in the lab.
Lights were out for an hour.
Anyone of us could've gotten to him.
All right, we gotta find him. Nauls, why
don't you come with me and we'll look outside.
Palmer, you and Windows check the inside.
I ain't goin' with Windows.
I ain't goin' with him. I'll go with Childs.
Hey, fuck you, Palmer!
I ain't goin' with you!
[Childs] Who says I want you
goin' with me? Cut the bullshit!
Windows, you come with
us. Norris, you stay here.
Any of them move, you fry 'em. You
hear anything, cut loose on the sirens.
We all meet back here
in 20 minutes regardless.
And everybody watch whoever
you're with... real close.
[Unhooks Latch]
Hey, Blair.
Blair, have you seen Fuchs?
I don't wanna stay out here
anymore. I wanna come back inside.
I hear funny things out here.
Have you come across Fuchs? It ain't Fuchs.
It ain't Fuchs.
I'm not gonna harm anybody.
There's nothing wrong with me.
And if there was, I'm all better
now. I'd like to come back inside.
Now you've got my promise.
We'll see.
Wait a minute, man.
I wanna come back inside,
don't you understand?
I'm all right. I'm much better...
and I won't harm anybody.
You gotta let me come back inside.
Hold it!
Is it Fuchs?
Yeah.
Why would it burn him?
Flare. Maybe he tried to burn it.
Maybe he burned himself
before it could get to him.
Great! Now what are we gonna do?
You go inside. Tell the
others we found Fuchs.
We'll be in as soon as we
can. Where are we going?
Up to my shack. What the hell for?
'Cause when I left yesterday,
I turned the lights off.
How long have they been out there?
Forty, 45 minutes.
We better start closing
off the outside doors.
[Hammering Continues]
Hey! All of you, come here!
[Groaning]
[Banging]
[Nauls] Open up! Open up
this door! Open up! Open up!
Close that door.
[Panting] Where's MacReady?
I cut him loose of the line up by his shack.
[Childs] Cut him loose? Yeah.
We were up checkin' around
his place, I found this.
Look. It was stashed in his oil furnace.
Wind must've dislodged it, but
I don't think he saw me find it.
I made sure I got ahead of him on the
towline on the way back. I cut him loose.
MacReady? He's one of'em.
- When do you think it got to him?
- I don't know.
It could've been anytime, anywhere.
[Childs] If it did get to him.
Look, Childs, come on. When the lights
went out. That would've been perfect.
Right. You said guys were
missing. Windows, where were you?
I told you to shut your mouth! [All Shouting]
[Norris] This is just what it
wants! To pit us against each other.
[Squeaking]
Let's open it. Hell no!
You think he's changed into one
of those Things? He's had time.
Nothing human could've made it back here
in this weather without a guide line.
Let's open it now. Why are you
so anxious to let him in here?
Because it's so close. May be our best
chance to blow it away. Let him freeze.
Childs, what if we're wrong about him?
Well then, we're wrong! [Glass Breaking]
The supply window!
All right, all right, we got no choice now!
Damn it! He's got the keys!
[MacReady] What's going
on? The towline snapped.
Bullshit, Childs. He's got
to know damn well I cut it!
You're a dead man, MacReady!
Or a dead whatever the hell you are!
Anyone messes with me
and the whole camp goes.
Come on, Childs, burn me.
Put