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The Thing
The Thing

The Thing

1982 109 min ★ 8.1 Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

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Cast

Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

MacReady

Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley

Blair

T.K. Carter

T.K. Carter

Nauls

David Clennon

David Clennon

Palmer

Keith David

Keith David

Childs

Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

Dr. Copper

Charles Hallahan

Charles Hallahan

Norris

Peter Maloney

Peter Maloney

Bennings

Richard Masur

Richard Masur

Clark

Donald Moffat

Donald Moffat

Garry

Details

Director

John Carpenter

Screenplay

Bill Lancaster

Tagline

"Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$19,629,760

Production

Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company

Reviews

J

John Chard

October 31, 2015

★ 10/10

Flips the scenario round from the original to great effect. John Carpenter shows how much he loves the 1951 original by giving it the utmost respect that he possibly could, the only difference here is that Carpenter chooses to stick to the paranoiac core of John W Campbell Jr's short story. The secret to this version's success is the unbearable tension that builds up as the group of men beco...

F

fenicka

July 2, 2018

★ 6/10

It was a good and original movie but some parts were still too boring, am i the only one who thinks like this?

W

Wuchak

August 2, 2018

★ 7/10

Stuck on a remote station in Antarctica with… The Thing RELEASED IN 1982 and directed by John Carter, “The Thing” stars Kurt Russell as the helicopter pilot of an eleven-man crew at a research station in Antarctica who encounter a ghastly shape-shifting alien that perfectly replicates the appearance of its victims. This is basically a sequel to the 1956 film and even includes footage from th...

D

DrewBlack

February 11, 2021

★ 10/10

1982 was a good year for alien movies. The people were not really ready for it, but it was. Not only did Spielberg’s friendly and warm-hearted E.T. - The Extraterrestrial debut at Cannes, and went on to become the world’s highest grossing film, but Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan made justice with a really good motion picture to the Star Trek TV series, and Liquid Sky shook up the indie cinema sce...

T

The Movie Mob

August 27, 2022

★ 10/10

**The Thing is a bloody disgusting groundbreaking masterpiece that reinvented cinema and reminded everyone that true fear lies in what can't be seen.** The Thing might be the greatest horror creature film ever made. In an age where aliens were cute and friendly like E.T., John Carpenter's The Thing depicted a disturbing, grotesque creature of nightmare responsible for some of film's most terrif...

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