10 Horror Movie Scenes Everyone Always Gets Wrong

10. Childs' Breath IS Visible In The Final Scene - The Thing

What Everyone Thinks

John Carpenter's The Thing ends on a deliciously ambiguous note as remaining survivors MacReady (Kurt Russell) and Childs (Keith David) are left to freeze to death, neither sure if the other is in fact the Thing or not.

Many fans have pointed out an apparent "clue" as to the imposter's true identity in the scene, that while MacReady's vaporous breath is extremely noticeable in the air, Childs' isn't.

The implication for many is that Childs' apparent lack of actual breathing identifies him as the Thing.

Why It's Wrong

This is extremely easy to refute if you've got a Blu-ray copy of the movie handy, because the theory evidently emerged from lower-resolution VHS and DVD releases of The Thing.

On the higher-resolution Blu-ray and streaming releases, Childs' breath is faintly noticeable just before he sits down with MacReady, and the lack of much visible vapour in the film's final moments is likely just a technical oversight.