The Thing

1982

Man is the warmest place to hide.

8.1 из 10

7.3k votes

Popularity

8.3

Duration

109 min / 1 hour 49 min

Budget

$15 000 000

Fees in the world

$19 629 760

In collections

888

Release date

1982.06.25

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.

Trailers

Cast

Norwegian Passenger with Rifle

Computer (voice) (uncredited)

John Carpenter

Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)

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Posters

The Thing Collection

‘The Thing’ is an American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter. It is a remake of the 1951 movie ‘The Thing from Another World’, in turn based on the 1938 John W. Campbell novella ‘Who Goes There?’ A "remake with a twist" to the 1982 film with the same name was released in 2011.