10 Killer Last Lines In Horror Movie History

Now a nailed-on favourite of many sci-fi and horror fans, John Carpenter's The Thing was a flop on release, and its bleak ending is one of the reasons why.

Anyone expecting Kurt Russell's helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady to defeat the alien invader wreaking gnarly havoc in Antarctica and make a heroic escape was left sorely disappointed.

MacReady and Childs - the only other survivor of the chaos that has engulfed their research station - sit amidst the burning wreckage created by their attempts to destroy the Thing that has killed every other member of their team.

The two men observe each other cautiously, both suspicious that the other could simply be a host for the parasitic lifeform.

When MacReady says, "Why don't we just wait here for a little while, see what happens?", what he's really saying is, "Let's wait and see what kills us first." If the Thing doesn't get them, the cold will.