The Thing
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HorrorMysteryScience Fiction
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
🎬 DirectorJohn Carpenter
📅 Release1982-06-25
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish, Norwegian
🏢 StudioUniversal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company
🗳 Votes8,237
🔥 Popularity18
💰 Budget$15,000,000
💵 Revenue$19,629,760
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🎭 Cast
Kurt Russell
MacReady
Wilford Brimley
Blair
T.K. Carter
Nauls
David Clennon
Palmer
Keith David
Childs
Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan
Norris
Peter Maloney
Bennings
Richard Masur
Clark
Donald Moffat
Garry
Joel Polis
Fuchs
Thomas G. Waites
Windows
Norbert Weisser
Norwegian
Larry Franco
Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
Nate Irwin
Helicopter Pilot
🎥 Crew
Screenplay
Bill Lancaster
Original Music Composer
Ennio Morricone
Set Decoration
John M. Dwyer
Director of Photography
Dean Cundey
Casting
Anita Dann
Director
John Carpenter
Art Direction
Henry Larrecq
Producer
David Foster
Executive Producer
Wilbur Stark
Production Design
John J. Lloyd
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🏷 Keywords
spacecrafthelicopterspace marinecoldbased on novel or bookisolationmutationparanoiasnowstormresearch stationalien life-formalien
💬 Reviews
Flips 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 paranoiac core of John W Campbell Jr's short story. The secret to this version's success is the unbearable tension that builds up as the group of men beco…
It was a good and original movie but some parts were still too boring, am i the only one who thinks like this?…
Stuck 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-shifting alien that perfectly replicates the appearance of its victims. This is basically a sequel to the 1956 film and even includes footage f…
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