Gallery: Barking Seals, Death-Metal Singer Give The Thing a Horrifying Voice

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    Photo Credit: Universal Pictures
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    *Antarctic crew members ponder an alien autopsy in* The Thing, *a prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 horror movie of the same name.*
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    *Concept art for the transformation of Griggs, a character portrayed in* The Thing *by Paul Braunstein.*
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    *Concept art depicts Juliette (Kim Bubbs).*
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    *Concept art for Sander (Ulrich Thomsen).*
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    *Final maquette of the Sander "Thing," scanned for digital animation.*
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    *Technician Tim Leach seams the silicone casting of a two-person mutation.*
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    *Tom Woodruff Jr., co-designer of Thing effects, tests the ice-block alien suit.*
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    *Tom Woodruff Jr., co-designer of Thing effects, tests the ice-block alien suit.*
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    *Alec Gillis, co-designer of Thing effects, discusses creature elements with director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.*
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    Photo Credit: Universal Pictures
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    *Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Sander (Ulrich Thomsen) dissect* The Thing*'s monstrous alien.*
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    *Mary Elizabeth Winstead's steely performance as fast-thinking paleontologist Kate Lloyd lends gravitas to* The Thing.
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