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The Thing

8.1/ 10

TMDB Rating

7,803

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1982

Release Year

109 min

Runtime

Horror
Mystery
Science Fiction

Overview

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Keywords

spacecraft
helicopter
space marine
based on novel or book
isolation
mutation
paranoia
grave
snowstorm
research station
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remake
survival
creature
helicopter pilot
antarctica
shape shifting alien
alien infection
survival horror
sled dogs
alien monster
alien parasites
isolated place
uncertainty
blood test
body horror
ambiguity
lovecraftian
critical
distressing
doubtful
ominous
antarctic
nevasca
monstro
alienígena

Trailer

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Reviews(5)

8.6avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

October 31, 2015

10
10/10

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. Th

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fenicka

July 2, 2018

6
6/10

It was a good and original movie but some parts were still too boring, am i the only one who thinks like this?

Wuchak

Wuchak

August 2, 2018

7
7/10

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 appeara

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DrewBlack

DrewBlack

February 11, 2021

10
10/10

1982 was a good year for alien movies. The people were not really ready for it, but it was. Not only did Spielberg’s friendly and warm-hearted E.T. - The Extraterrestrial debut at Cannes, and went on to become the world’s highest grossing film, but Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan made justice with a

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The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

@mooney240

August 27, 2022

10
10/10

**The Thing is a bloody disgusting groundbreaking masterpiece that reinvented cinema and reminded everyone that true fear lies in what can't be seen.** The Thing might be the greatest horror creature film ever made. In an age where aliens were cute and friendly like E.T., John Carpenter's The Thi

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