The Thing (1982)
06/25/1982 (US) • 1h 49m
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
MacReady
Childs
Blair
Nauls
Palmer
Dr. Copper
Norris
Bennings
Clark
Part of the The Thing Collection
Includes The Thing, The Thing
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$15,000,000.00
Revenue
$19,629,760.00
Keywords
spacecraft
helicopter
space marine
based on novel or book
isolation
mutation
paranoia
grave
snowstorm
research station
alien life-form
alien
remake
survival
creature
helicopter pilot
antarctica
shape shifting alien
alien infection
survival horror
sled dogs
alien monster
calm
alien parasites
isolated place
uncertainty
blood test
body horror
ambiguity
provocative
critical
disgusted
antarctic
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