On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, comedian Jamie Allerton turns into a tentacle monster to discuss John Carpenter’s shape-shifting classic The Thing…
On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, stand-up comedian Jamie Allerton discusses his love for The Thing, in which Kurt Russell wears a silly hat and tries to decide which of his mates is actually a shape-shifting alien beastie. Just a normal day at the office. We chat about the ground-breaking practical effects, the lure of illicit horror viewing and the finer points of flamethrower safety.
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Tom Beasley is a freelance film journalist and wrestling fan. Follow him on Twitter via @TomJBeasley for movie opinions, wrestling stuff and puns.
