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The Thing( 1982)

TV-MAHorrorMysteryScience Fiction
81%
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Man is the warmest place to hide.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. cast image

      Kurt Russell

      MacReady

    2. cast image

      Keith David

      Childs

    3. cast image

      Wilford Brimley

      Blair

    4. cast image

      T.K. Carter

      Nauls

    5. cast image

      David Clennon

      Palmer

    6. cast image

      Richard Dysart

      Dr. Copper

    7. cast image

      Charles Hallahan

      Norris

    8. cast image

      Peter Maloney

      Bennings

    9. cast image

      Richard Masur

      Clark

    10. cast image

      Donald Moffat

      Garry

    11. cast image

      Joel Polis

      Fuchs

    12. cast image

      Thomas G. Waites

      Windows

    13. cast image

      Norbert Weisser

      Norwegian

    14. cast image

      Larry Franco

      Norwegian Passenger with Rifle

    15. cast image

      Nate Irwin

      Helicopter Pilot

    16. cast image

      William Zeman

      Pilot

    17. cast image

      Adrienne Barbeau

      Computer (voice) (uncredited)

    18. cast image

      John Carpenter

      Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 9Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    10
    Written by John Chard on Sat Oct 31 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 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 become suspicious of each other, the strain of literally waiting to be taken over takes a fearful hold. Carpenter then manages to deliver the shocks as well as the mystery that's needed to keep the film he...

    Media

    Videos 13Backdrops 122Posters 220

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    15000000.00

    Revenue

    19629760.00

    Keywords

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