The Thing (1982) rare teaser trailer, ‘ice block’

John Carpenter’s 1982 classic was advertised well in advance of its summer release with this elusive teaser trailer. Long rumored to exist, this teaser is hidden on the 2008 French DVD release (where I got it from), and isn’t available on any other DVD, Blu-Ray, or even laserdisc release of the film! For some reason, the beginning of the trailer runs at 12 frames per second. I went through frame by frame and determined this must be the way its supposed to run, as there’s different bits of film damage each frame, as opposed to each frame being the same.