The Thing
1982 · 109 MIN · HORROR / MYSTERY / SCIENCE FICTION
STAFF RATING:★★★★★5.0 / 5
TMDB:8.1 (7,932 votes)
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
DIRECTED BY:John Carpenter
WRITTEN BY:Bill Lancaster, John W. Campbell Jr.
STARRING:Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David
STUDIO:The Turman-Foster Company, Universal Pictures
shelf notes: alien · alien infection · alien life-form · alien monster · alien parasites · ambiguity · antarctica · based on novel or book · blood test · body horror · creature · distressing · helicopter · helicopter pilot