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I never wanted to remake The Thing From Another World
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In Search of Darkness

I never wanted to remake The Thing From AnotherWorld

I never wanted to remake The Thing From Another
World

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I never wanted to remake The Thing From Another World.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:05:37
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
documentary, horror
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Movie Summary

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
I just never wanted to touch it and along it came and it would be my first studio film. - In Search of Darkness 00:08
I just never wanted to touch it and along it came and it wou...
And then decided well, one of the things is I can go against the cliché and actually bring - In Search of Darkness 00:10
And then decided well, one of the things is I can go against...
I can do the imitation part of this story which was not done in the first movie. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
I can do the imitation part of this story which was not done...
To have Roger Mosley to thank because I believe he was the first consideration for the Thing - In Search of Darkness 00:12
To have Roger Mosley to thank because I believe he was the f...
Rob Bottin's work in The Thing was amazing but it came at a huge cost to us. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
Rob Bottin's work in The Thing was amazing but it came ...
Rob Bottin did an extraordinary job creating the Thing that was morphing into this and - In Search of Darkness 00:10
Rob Bottin did an extraordinary job creating the Thing that ...
So, when they started designing the effect sequences, they thought about it in terms - In Search of Darkness 00:08
So, when they started designing the effect sequences, they t...
The DNA contains stuff that looks like tentacles and crab legs and spider legs. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
The DNA contains stuff that looks like tentacles and crab le...
That was just miles beyond its time and just throwing all the rules out. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
That was just miles beyond its time and just throwing all th...
The most fun was Norris's head hitting the floor and out come these little legs and eyeballs. - In Search of Darkness 00:09
The most fun was Norris's head hitting the floor and ou...
It's everyone's fucking reaction as they just go... - In Search of Darkness 00:05
It's everyone's fucking reaction as they just go.....
And then they light it up but it's that moment of like a real human reaction that sells that - In Search of Darkness 00:08
And then they light it up but it's that moment of like ...
The first time I saw the movie I went whoa... - In Search of Darkness 00:04
The first time I saw the movie I went whoa...
The special effects and them being so out front and explicit were the reasons that I - In Search of Darkness 00:08
The special effects and them being so out front and explicit...
The story is totally implausible and the movie just basically is an excuse for this very - In Search of Darkness 00:09
The story is totally implausible and the movie just basicall...
They wanted me to be more like the original or classier. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
They wanted me to be more like the original or classier.
The strength of one person or one group's paranoia can spread. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
The strength of one person or one group's paranoia can ...
It makes everybody look at everyone else differently. - In Search of Darkness 00:04
It makes everybody look at everyone else differently.
The first time that we heard, "Gentlemen, I know you've been through quite an ordeal. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
The first time that we heard, "Gentlemen, I know you�...
But when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter tied to this fucking couch!" - In Search of Darkness 00:15
But when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the re...