The Thing (1982)

Name: The Thing
Released: 1982
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon

• Movies, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

• 109 min

8.1

Man is the warmest place to hide.

Directed by: John Carpenter
Casting: Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Thomas G. Waites, Norbert Weisser, Larry Franco, Nate Irwin, William Zeman, Adrienne Barbeau, John Carpenter
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1982-06-25
Status: Released

Tags: spacecraft, helicopter, space marine, based on novel or book, isolation, mutation, paranoia, snowstorm, research station, alien life-form, alien, remake, survival, creature, helicopter pilot, antarctica, shape shifting alien, alien infection, survival horror, sled dogs, alien monster, alien parasites, wolves, isolated place, uncertainty, blood test, body horror, ambiguity, suspenseful, intense, antarctic

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.