10 Awesome Horror Movie Deleted Scenes You Won't Believe Were Cut
1. The Thing: Inflected Dog Escapes
John Carpenter's science fiction-horror classic The Thing brought the credits down with a healthy degree of ambiguity.
As the complex goes up in flames, the viewer assumes the titular alien was burnt to a crisp while MacReady and Childs shared the last bottle of scotch they'll ever drink.
But an alternate ending left things more open, depicting the infected dog escaping from the burning wreckage and fleeing, no doubt off to inflict The Thing on other hapless lifeforms.
It's rare to see a more closed-off ending make the cut over a conclusion that leaves the door wide open for sequels. Had Thing Thing been released today, you can bet your life that dog would have escaped, and probably cropped up in a post-credits scene to boot.