Film • Jun 25, 1982
The Thing


Members of a research station in Antarctica find the remains of a strange creature and deduce that it is an alien life form. After a while it is apparent that the alien can take over and assimilate into other life forms, including humans, and can spread like a virus. This means that anyone at the base could be inhabited by "the thing", and tensions escalate.
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- Status
- Released
- Release
- June 25, 1982 (43 years ago)
- Alias
- John Carpenter's The Thing
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rating
- R
- Genres
- Sci-Fi Horror, Body Horror
- Themes
- Alien Invasion, Body Horror, Monster Horror, Psychological Horror, Supernatural Horror, Suspense Mystery, Tragedy
- Origin
- Canada, United States
- Companies
- The Turman-Foster Company, Universal Pictures
Cast

Kurt RussellMacReady

Keith DavidChilds

Wilford BrimleyBlair

T.K. CarterNauls

David ClennonPalmer

Richard DysartDr. Copper

Charles HallahanNorris

Peter MaloneyBennings

Richard MasurClark

Donald MoffatGarry

Joel PolisFuchs

Thomas G. WaitesWindows

Norbert WeisserNorwegian

Larry J. FrancoNorwegian Passenger with Rifle
Nate IrwinHelicopter Pilot
William ZemanPilot
Crew
Scores
- Average Score
- 84.4%
FilmAffinity
- 73%
IMDb
- 82%
Letterboxd
- 87%
Metacritic
- 88%
Rotten Tomatoes
- 92%
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- None >
- Violence
- High >
- Profanity
- Moderate >
- Algohol & Drugs
- Low >
- Fright & Intensity
- High >
Reviews
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