John Carpenter's The Thing Analysis

I recently watched John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing based on the John W. Campbell Jr. short story 'Who Goes There?'  When watching it, I began to think about my own project for this class, and how I would like to make an animation in the sci-fi or horror sci-fi genres.  So I began to look at what techniques Carpenter applies in his film to make it so great.  First I noticed that the reaction shots, which there are a lot of in this film, are always shown with the reactor seen first, exemplifying the tension and making the viewer more on edge.  I also thought that the music also helped the mood of the movie, while minimal, it is probably one of the best scores for any movie I've seen, and I've seen a lot of movies.  But, by far, the best part of the film is, of course, Kurt Russel!  He is the man.  He makes any alright movie, and makes it awesome.  This movies starts AND ends with him drinking, but not out of some dumb cup. No, he drinks it out of the bottle, no ice, no nothing!  What could make this movie better?  Oh, I don't know, how about... Wilford Brimley!!!!! Just because he's Wilford Brimley.  Anyway, I really like this movie and I want to make things like this, either in my animations or in the CVTV specials with Evan and Zach.

Also, I storyboarded my animation to make it better: