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The Thing(1982)8.1
The Thing1982-06-25
•Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
•109 minutes
Man is the warmest place to hide.
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Top Billed 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
Reviews9
A review by John Chard
10.0
Written by John Chard on 7 / Oct / 2015
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...
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Status
Released
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$19,629,760
Original Language
English
Production Companies
- The Turman-Foster Company - US
Production Countries
- United States of America
Keywords
spacecraft
helicopter
space marine
based on novel or book
isolation
mutation
paranoia
snowstorm
research station
alien life-form
alien
remake
survival
creature
helicopter pilot
antarctica
shape shifting alien
alien infection
survival horror
sled dogs
alien monster
alien parasites
wolves
isolated place
uncertainty
blood test
body horror
ambiguity
suspenseful
intense
antarctic