25 Greatest Easter Eggs From The Last 20 Years Of Horror
8. The Thing (2011)
The biggest gripe fans of John Carpenters monster mystery The Thing still argue about today is its ending. Who was the Thing; Macready or Childs?
The filmmakers of the 2011 prequel slipped in an answer that few fans caught. Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) puts two and two together when she discovers a way of detecting whether or not someone is human or the Thing. Accessories. The alien cannot replicate anything beyond a persons basic biology - meaning it cant assimilate inorganic matter such as surgical implants, dental fillings or piercings. Kate spots Carter without his earring, or the hole in his ear, bringing to light a new method for weeding out the alien.
Looking to the ending of the 1982 version, with Macready and Childs shivering in the cold over a bottle of whiskey - you can make out Childs earring.
He aint no Thing.