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.
- 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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