The Thing
The Thing
Man is the warmest place to hide. A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
John Carpenter
Director, Original Music Composer
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Bill Lancaster
Screenplay
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
8.07
Rating7570
Votes6.84
Popularity3850
Recommend15M
Budget19.6M
Revenue131%
ReturnTop Billed Cast
View full cast
Kurt Russell
MacReady
Keith David
Childs
Wilford Brimley
Blair
T.K. Carter
Nauls
David Clennon
Palmer
Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan
Norris
Peter Maloney
Bennings
Richard Masur
Clark
Trailers
More videosThe Thing Collection 1982 - 2011
‘The Thing’ is an American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter. It is a remake of the 1951 movie ‘The Thing from Another World’, in turn based on the 1938 John W. Campbell novella ‘Who Goes There?’ A "remake with a twist" to the 1982 film with the same name was released in 2011.
View The Thing Collection
2
Movies7.2
Rating5320
Votes4.69
Popularity50M
Budget51.1M
RevenueRecommendations
More:
IMDB
TMDB
Letterboxd
Keywords:
spacecraft
helicopter
space marine
based on novel or book
isolation
mutation
paranoia
grave
snowstorm
research station
alien life-form
alien
remake
survival
creature
helicopter pilot
antarctica
shape shifting alien
alien infection
survival horror
sled dogs
alien monster
calm
alien parasites
wolves
isolated place
uncertainty
blood test
body horror
ambiguity
provocative
critical
disgusted
antarctic
Procution companies:
Universal Pictures
The Turman-Foster Company
id:1091
imdb:tt0084787
a: