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John Carpenter's
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Timeline of Events
The following
timeline is based on actual times spotted in the film, mostly from the
clock on the rec room wall. Other times can be reasonably inferred,
and these are surrounded by parentheses. One of the times (the
timing of the kennel attack) is taken directly from the script.
Still other events are impossible to place except that they occur on a
certain day, in which case they are listed without times.
Day 1
8:25 AM
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Men
relaxing, playing in the rec room; Mac playing chess in his shack
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(8:30) AM
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Norwegian Chopper does flyby;
dog-Thing arrives at Outpost 31
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9:36 AM
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Norwegian body lying on
ping-pong table; discussion about what to do
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9:55 AM
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Mac and Copper leave for
Norwegian camp
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(11:00) AM
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Mac and Copper arrive at
Norwegian base and begin their inspection
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12:30 PM
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Dog-Thing takes first victim at
Outpost 31
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(2:00) PM
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Mac and Copper return to
Outpost 31
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Unwrapping and initial
inspection of burned Norwegian-Thing
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Autopsies of Norwegian and
Norwegian-Thing
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7:00 PM
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Men relaxing/playing in the rec
room
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(7:05) PM
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Clark cages the Dog-Thing
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Day 2
4:30 AM
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Dog-Thing attacks the kennel
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AM
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Autopsy of Dog-Thing and dead
dogs in the Lab; discussion amongst the men
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AM
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Review of Norwegian video tapes
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AM
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Mac, Norris, Palmer leave for
crash site
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AM
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Mac, Norris, Palmer arrive and
inspect alien wreckage
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PM
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Mac, Norris, Palmer arrive back
at Outpost #31
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PM
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Discussion/debate in the rec room
about the derelict ship
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5:36 PM
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Blair performs computer
simulation and calculations
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PM
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Transferring Thing carcasses into
the store room
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PM
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Bennings attacked by the Norwegian-Thing and killed; Bennings-Thing
torched
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PM
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Blair goes berserk
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Day 3
AM
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Blair locked into the tool shed
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AM
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Blood discovered to be contaminated
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(9:20) PM
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Blood is burned and destroyed; Mac makes his speech
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9:35 PM
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Doc, Garry, and Clark are drugged and tied down in the
rec room
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Day 4
There are no events seen in the film
during this day.
Day 5
(8:30) PM
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Mac makes his tape
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(9:00) PM
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Fuchs gets killed
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10:05 PM
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Mac organizes search parties to
find Fuchs
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(10:50) PM
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Childs and others begin boarding
up outside doors
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(11:20) PM
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Mac breaks in and takes charge
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(11:30) PM
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Norris-Thing bursts out and gets
killed
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Day 6
(12:26) AM
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Mac directs everyone to tie
themselves down in the rec room
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12:28 AM
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Clark shot and killed by Mac
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12:43 AM
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Palmer-Thing's blood jumps out of
petri dish
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12:49 AM
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Palmer-Thing hit with
flamethrower
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(1:10) AM
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Blair discovered not to be in the
tool shed
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(1:15) AM
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Tool shed and Blair-Thing's
escape vehicle destroyed
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1:30 AM
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Bulldozer crashes through rec
room wall
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(1:40) AM
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Demolition of Outpost #31 begins
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(2:00) AM
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Final confrontation with Blair
Monster
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