The Thing (1982)

Name: The Thing (1982)
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 4.866666666666666

1hr 49m

(15)
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1hr 49m
(15)
57

A research facility in Antarctica comes across an alien force that can become anything it touches with 100% accuracy. The members must now find out who's human… More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

John Carpenter

Producer:

David Foster, Lawrence Turman

Writer:

Bill Lancaster, John W. Campbell Jr.

Release Date:

Jun 25, 1982

Runtime:

1hr 49m

Synopsis

A research facility in Antarctica comes across an alien force that can become anything it touches with 100% accuracy. The members must now find out who's human and who's not before it's too late.

Cast

Kurt Russell
Wilford Brimley
T.K. Carter
David Clennon
Keith David
Richard Dysart
Charles Hallahan
Peter Maloney
Richard Masur
Donald Moffat

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4.9 out of 5

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My friend fell asleep, but I loved it

Wilfred R

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Based on 13 Critics

8.5

USER SCORE (322)

Universal acclaim based on 322 Reviews

Carpenter's direction is slow, dark, and stately; he seems to be aiming for an enveloping, novelistic kind of effect, but all he gets is heaviness.

Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Carpenter creates an atmosphere in Thing; it's a weird one, an odd landscape and clearly alien territory, but it's entertaining nonetheless. And for those who have not been to a creep show in the last couple of years, The Thing has some very nasty surprises. [25 June 1982, p.D1]

Bill Cosford

Miami Herald

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