Flips the scenario round from the original to great effect.
John Carpenter shows how much ...
The Thing
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
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The Thing
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Status
Released
Release Date
Jun 25, 1982
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
User Score
81%
Original Title
The Thing
Production Companies
Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company
Director
John Carpenter
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$19,629,760
Description
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Cast
Crew
Trailer
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Reviews
It was a good and original movie but some parts were still too boring, am i the only one who thin...
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The Thing is a bloody disgusting groundbreaking masterpiece that reinvented cinema and re...
As remakes go, this is one of the better ones that I have seen - though I still prefer the degree...
Told by way of a cycle of interconnected stories, this works well as a portmanteau of crimes and ...
The Thing is a claustrophobic, paranoia-driven horror film that follows a crew of American scient...
I've seen this movie so many times. I own it twice on DVD, I own it on 4K, Blu-Ray and I even...