Holy horror hotness! Check the deets on the collector's Blu-ray of The Thing

Last week I enthusiastically banged out a blog about a horror-video distributor announcing plans to release a collector's edition Blu-ray of my fave horror flick of 1982, The Thing.

Well, today Scream Factory released the details of the Blu-ray's special features, and there's a whole whack of 'em. Check it out:

• NEW 2K scan of the Inter-positive supervised and approved by director of photography Dean Cundey
• NEW 4.1 created from the original 70MM Six Track Dolby Stereo soundtrack
• NEW Audio Commentary with director of photography Dean Cundey
• 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
• Audio Commentary by director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell
• 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, legendary matte artist Albert Whitlock plus members of the cast and crew (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 Trailer)
• TV spots
• Radio Spots
• Still Gallery (behind-the-scenes photos, posters and lobby cards)

And as if that weren't enough, there's also a deluxe limited-edition Blu-ray that includes:

• 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

Hells yeah! Thank you Scream Factory! You've got my mailing address, right?