Last week Scream Factory announced that they were taking the gruesome John Carpenter classic and giving it the true Blu-ray release it deserves with one of their supreme collectors editions! Today Scream Factory has dropped a plethora of details about the new collectors edition release, the features included, and their limited deluxe edition offer! Hold onto your heads and check the details of those special features announced so far!

NEW 2K Scan Of The Interpositive Supervised And Approved By Director Of Photography Dean Cundey



NEW 4.1 Audio Mix Created From The Original 70MM Six Track Dolby Stereo Soundtrack



NEW Audio Commentary With Director Of Photography Dean Cundey



Audio Commentary By Director John Carpenter And Actor Kurt Russell



NEW The Men Of Outpost 31 – Interviews With Keith David, Thomas Waites, Peter Maloney And More…



NEW Assembling And Assimilation – An Interview With Editor Todd Ramsay



NEW Behind The Chameleon – Interviews With Visual Effects Artists Peter Kuran And Susan Turner, Special Make-up Effects Artist Rob Burman And Brian Wade And More…



NEW Sounds From The Cold – Interviews With Supervising Sound Editor David Lewis Yewdall And Special Sound Effects Designer Alan Howarth



NEW Between The Lines – An Interview With Novelization Author Alan Dean Foster



John Carpenter’s The Thing: Terror Takes Shape – A Documentary On The Making Of THE THING Featuring Interviews With John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Special Effects Make-up Designer Rob Bottin, Matte Artist Albert Whitlock And More! (80 minutes – SD)



Outtakes (5 minutes – SD)



Vintage Featurettes From The Electronic Press Kit Featuring Interviews With John Carpenter, Kurt Russell And Rob Bottin (12 minutes – SD)



Vintage Featurettes – The Making Of A Chilling Tale And The Making Of THE THING (1982 – 14 minutes – SD)



Vintage Product Reel – Contains A Promotional Condensed Version Of The Film With Additional Footage Not In The Film (19 minutes – SD)



Vintage Behind-The-Scenes Footage (2 minutes – SD)



Annotated Production Archive – Production Art And Storyboards, Location Scouting, Special Make-up Effects, Post Production (48 minutes – SD)



Network TV Broadcast Version Of THE THING (92 minutes – SD)



Teaser Trailer



Theatrical Trailers (U.S. And German)



TV Spots



Radio Spots



Still Gallery (Behind-The-Scenes Photos, Posters And Lobby Cards)

The collector’s edition Blu-Ray with slipcover

A limited edition 18″ x 24″ poster of the newly-designed art from artist Paul Shipper

A second slipcover — made exclusively for this promotion — featuring newly-designed art from artist Nat Marsh

A limited edition 18″ x 24″ poster of the newly-designed art from artist Nat Marsh

Early shipping to arrive three weeks before the national street date

For those exceptionally devoted fans of The Thing, Scream Factory has also detailed a limited deluxe edition:

Get your wallets out people this looks like one for the shelves. You can go ahead and preorder the Standard Edition or Deluxe Edition from Shout Factory right now!