10 Horror Movie Mistakes Directors Refused To Fix Because The Acting Was Too Good
7. A Shocking Oversight - The Thing
One of the many great jump scares in John Carpenter's The Thing comes when camp doctor Copper attempts to restart the heart of geologist Norris.
You sure picked a great time to have a heart attack, didn't you Norris.
As the physician goes to defibrillate his co-worker, he gets quite the shock when his chest opens up to form a giant, gaping mouth. This shock only gets bigger when said mouth rips his arms off, killing him instantly.
Talk about an accident in the workplace.
It turns out that Norris was infected by the titular Thing, leading to Kurt Russell's MacReady incinerating the monster before it can harm anyone else. Spoiler - it harms a lot more people.
The residents of the research station were lucky not to have been in a real emergency, as Dr. Copper was actually a complete fool. When he tries to defib Norris, he go to shock his stomach, rather than his chest.
This is clearly because the prosthetics for the creature had to be fitted into Norris' stomach, but thankfully nobody really cares about this medical infraction as this scene is just so damn iconic.