John Carpenters The Thing may very well be his most well-executed film. The Arctic setting, the paranoia among the characters, as well as Rob Bottins frightening creature effects all mesh well to create a truly unique and frightening film experience. The truly mind-bending moment happens midway through the film when the character Norris suffers from what appears to be a heart-attack. The men prop him on the operating table and use a defibrillator on him. But as the doctor tries the defibrillator for the last time, Norris stomach morphs into a set of teeth that bites the arms of the doctor off. The doctor screams in pain, as Norris body starts to transform to protect itself. Soon, Norris head detaches itself from its human body and starts to slide along the floor. It then sprouts spider-legs and tries to walk out of the room. Luckily MacCready (Kurt Russell) shoots it with a flamethrower before it can get away. Its mind-bending because of how well done and gross the effects are, as well as the characters stunned reactions. Palmers line Youve got to be f*cking kidding! is a nice comic-relief moment, but I bet wed all say the same thing.