on.
One other thing, I think
it rips through your clothes...
when it takes you over.
Windows found
some shredded long johns,
but the name tag was missing.
They could be anybody's.
Nobody...
Nobody trusts anybody now.
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 2o 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,