Palmer or Norris?
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clint-b — 9 years ago(November 02, 2016 11:18 PM)
Although going by the filmmakers it was Palmer's shadow. Just looked more like Norris's outline to me.
After the Dog-Thing is taken into Outpost 31 by Clark, it would appear that its first victim is the man whose shadow we see on the wall of the room into which the Dog-Thing walks. This shadow wasn't actually from any of the cast members, because Carpenter wanted to leave the audience guessing who the shadow belonged to (the shadow was actually that of stuntman Dick Warlock). However, the producer, Stuart Cohen, explicitly states that it is supposed to be the shadow of Palmer.
THE SHADOW ON THE WALL was intended to be Palmer. At the time of filming David Clennon's silhouette was considered too distinct, a dead giveaway. Cinematographer Dean Cundey tried to soften the edges to diffuse the image, but in the end John used stunt coordinator Dick Warlock to throw everyone off the scent- Cohen's blog, "The Original Fan".
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The Kraken — 2 years ago(April 17, 2023 03:28 AM)
It has to have been Norris! His hair matches the shadow of the person whose room the dog went alone.
Palmer and Childs shared a room so if Palmer was going to infect Childs, he had plenty of time to do it. But he doesn't. Why? -
AnthonyRocks — 2 years ago(April 17, 2023 11:47 AM)
Palmer
It was his shadow we saw when the Dog-Thing went into that room just before the screen faded to black (you could tell it was Palmer just based on the hair style as the shadow turned around as the Dog-Thing entered the room).
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