The Thing

The Thing (1982)

Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction1 hour and 49 minutes
81%
User score

Man is the warmest place to hide.

Description

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.

John Carpenter
Director
Bill Lancaster
Screenplay
John W. Campbell Jr.
Novel

Actors

Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
MacReady
Keith David
Keith David
Childs
Wilford Brimley
Wilford Brimley
Blair
T.K. Carter
T.K. Carter
Nauls
David Clennon
David Clennon
Palmer
Richard Dysart
Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan
Charles Hallahan
Norris
Peter Maloney
Peter Maloney
Bennings
Richard Masur
Richard Masur
Clark
Donald Moffat
Donald Moffat
Garry
Joel Polis
Joel Polis
Fuchs
Thomas G. Waites
Thomas G. Waites
Windows
Norbert Weisser
Norbert Weisser
Norwegian
Larry Franco
Larry Franco
Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
Nate Irwin
Nate Irwin
Helicopter Pilot
William Zeman
William Zeman
Pilot
Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Barbeau
Computer (voice) (uncredited)
John Carpenter
John Carpenter
Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$19,629,760

Keywords
spacecraftspace marinebased on novel or bookisolationmutationparanoiasnowstormresearch stationalien life-formalienremakecreaturehelicopter pilotantarcticashape shifting alienalien infectionsled dogsalien monsteralien parasitesisolated placeuncertaintybody horrorambiguity