This is a non-official sequel to the thing 1982.
This is the first time the thing creatures kills without assimilating the humans, director Rui Constantino said in an interview that they won t repeat the same errors from the past, and that the creatures are much smarter now.
Most effects on this movie are practical.
The last thing creature of this movie is an homage to the thing that appears in the final conflict at the end of the thing 1982.
The movie took 5 months to shoot.