The Hateful Eight

2015. Shot in 70mm Ultra Panavision, a format unused since the 1960s — itself a reference. The cabin-bound second half plays as a horror western in the John Carpenter The Thing tradition.

Part of Tarantino

2 moments in this segment.

1. 1982-06-25 — The Thing: John Carpenter's 1982 The Thing — Antarctic researchers locked in with an unknown shapeshifter.. 📹 The Thing (1982) - MacReady Tests the Blood Samples John Carpenter's 1982 The Thing — Antarctic researchers locked in with an unknown shapeshifter. Referenced in The Hateful Eight (2015). Tarantino acknowledges The Thing as the structural template — Ennio Morricone's Hateful Eight score actually reuses unused cues he composed for The Thing in 1982.
2. 2015-12-25 — The Hateful Eight: Strangers trapped together in a snowbound cabin, growing certainty that one of them is hiding something.. 📹 The Hateful Eight - The Four Passengers - Killing Spree Scene (1080p) Strangers trapped together in a snowbound cabin, growing certainty that one of them is hiding something. Tarantino acknowledges The Thing as the structural template — Ennio Morricone's Hateful Eight score actually reuses unused cues he composed for The Thing in 1982.