
The Thing
In John Carpenter’s “The Thing,” a group of researchers stationed in Antarctica encounter a shape-shifting alien that can assimilate and imitate any living organism. As paranoia and mistrust spread among the team, they must confront the terrifying reality that any one of them could be the creature in disguise.
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Charles Hallahan, David Clennon, Donald Moffat, Keith David, Kurt Russell, Peter Maloney, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur, T. K. Carter, Wilford Brimley
Country: Canada, United States of America
Company: Bluebush Productions, Province of BC, Ministry of Tourism, Film Promotion Office, Turman-Foster Company, Universal Pictures
Awards: Top rated movie #149 | 5 nominations
Budget: $15,000,000
Worldwide Gross: $20,616,461
Duration:
1h 49minRelease: 1982
Release Date: 1982-06-25
IMDb: 8.2
TMDB: 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
Metacritic: 57
FilmAffinity: 7.3