The Thing

The Thing
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Directed by: John Carpenter

Overview

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.

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Reviews (9)

  • John Chard (Rated: 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...

  • fenicka (Rated: 6)

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

  • Wuchak (Rated: 7)

    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...

  • DrewBlack (Rated: 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...

  • The Movie Mob (Rated: 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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