Movie
The Thing
1982R1h 49m8.1 / 10
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A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Synopsis
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
More about The Thing
Cast
Kurt RussellMacReady
Wilford BrimleyBlair
T.K. CarterNauls
David ClennonPalmer
Keith DavidChilds
Richard DysartDr. Copper
Charles HallahanNorris
Peter MaloneyBenningsCredits
- Directed by
- John Carpenter
- Written by
- Bill Lancaster, John W. Campbell Jr.
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- The Thing Collection
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $19.6M
Production
Universal PicturesUnited States- The Turman-Foster CompanyUnited States
Themes
alienalien infectionalien life-formalien monsteralien parasitesambiguityantarcticabased on novel or book
