The movie "The Thing"??? Confused... SPOILER?

Question

So at the end when the two men are standing there, does that basically indicate/foreshadow they are going to die even though they did escape "The Thing"? Cause if that's the case, what a sad way to end the movie-no hope... Great film though!

Answer 1

Yep - they are both going to die - but it's actually a great ending.  Earlier in the movie MacReady (Russell) makes a comment that if the humans were outnumbered or matched by the aliens then he would guess the aliens would just show themselves. As there's only two left  it seems unlikely that either are infected.  However by dieing in the cold they no longer provide a host for the aliens and wouldn't pose a threat to a rescue party that may find them, as the dog they saved at the start of the movie had done to them.  So, they actually die heroes