Story Line
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
“Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone.”
Top Cast
Kurt Russell
MacReady
Wilford Brimley
Blair
T.K. Carter
Nauls
David Clennon
Palmer
Keith David
Childs
Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper
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Rating
8.1/ 10
Release Date
1982-06-25
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
HorrorMysteryScience Fiction
Part of the Series
The Thing Collection
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User Reviews (9)
John Chard
10/10
•10/31/2015Flips 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 paranoi...
fenicka
6/10
•7/2/2018It was a good and original movie but some parts were still too boring, am i the only one who thinks like this?
Wuchak
7/10
•8/2/2018Stuck 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-sh...
DrewBlack
10/10
•2/11/20211982 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 S...