Cool Horror Videos: Behind-the-scenes of The Thing prequel

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

The coolness that might have been with THE THING prequel is already well documented, at least as far as the practical creatures/make-up is concerned. But why not toss another reminder your way? Here's footage of the creature team working on the "Juliette thing"; prefacing the footage is a statement from the crew:

Transforming the female character Juliette was an exciting and unique challenge for THE THING prequel. The plan was to "thing out" Juliette from a human to a threatening, terrifying creature. Our approach was to design and build the final creature as an animatronic prosthetic that a performer would wear on set. See Juliette's evolution from illustration to maquette to final sculpture.