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The Thing
Directed by
John Carpenter
R
1982
1h 49m
Horror
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Science Fiction
,
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8.2
85%
92%
8.1
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A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Cast of The Thing
Kurt Russell
MacReady
Wilford Brimley
Blair
T.K. Carter
Nauls
David Clennon
Palmer
Keith David
Childs
Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan
Norris
Peter Maloney
Bennings
Richard Masur
Clark
Donald Moffat
Garry
Joel Polis
Fuchs
Thomas G. Waites
Windows
Norbert Weisser
Norwegian
Larry Franco
Norwegian Passenger with Rifle / Associate Producer / First Assistant Director
Nate Irwin
Helicopter Pilot
William Zeman
Pilot
John Carpenter
Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited) / Director / Original Music Composer
Adrienne Barbeau
Computer (voice) (uncredited)
Bill Lancaster
Screenplay
John W. Campbell Jr.
Novel
The Thing Ratings & Reviews
New York Daily News
Ernest Leogrande
There are truly astonishing, stomach-turning creations that have the look of reality -- or unreality -- to them.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
Carpenter is still a master of dread and I don't think anyone will walk out of "The Thing" without having been genuinely frightened at least once.
Horror Movie Talk
Bryce Hanson
The Thing is The Thing. It stands as one of the best practical effects horror films of the 80s, which is saying a lot. The story has tension baked in, and John Carpenter sucks every drop of tension out of it.
The Wolfman Cometh
Patrick Cavanaugh
The B-movie premise is entirely elevated by the captivating cast, gruesome special effects, and overt embrace of paranoia.
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
Buried upon its release by another extra-terrestrial story, the GOAT remake perfectly blends science fiction and horror into a still-arresting symphony of terror. Christopher Lloyd
Loud and Clear Reviews
Thaddeus Buttrey
In my eyes, The Thing is as perfect as a movie can get: it knows exactly what it wants to be and what it's trying to do, and succeeds on every level I can conceive.
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Rachel Wagner
Incredible atmosphere and simple effective thrills
Stream on Demand
Sean Axmaker
... an alien invasion horror masterpiece, a kind of survivalist chamber drama set in a remote research station in the icy Arctic where a small group men without women are confronted by an insidious takeover.
CBR
Howard Waldstein
While the close-quarters direction is stellar, full of tight, terrifying spaces, and the cast is excellent (led by Kurt Russell), the real strength of the film lies in the special effects by Rob Bottin.
CBR
William Jones
The Thing is full of terrifying sequences, but one stands out as one of the most innovative and scary set pieces of John Carpenter's entire career.
RogerEbert.com
Wael Khairy
Every October, I revisit John Carpenter's "The Thing" to celebrate the month of Halloween, and every year I arrive at the same conclusion: it's one of the most effective horror films ever made.
Mark Leeper's Reviews
Mark R. Leeper
THE THING (1982) was not exactly John Carpenter's breakthrough film, but it may well be his best film.
Deep Focus Review
Brian Eggert
The Thing's brilliance rests on the equilibrium between implied and visceral horror, often incompatible ideas that Carpenter stirs together in a stylish, engrossing way.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Scott Cain
Such a pity. John Carpenter is too gifted a moviemaker to let nauseating special effects take over his biggest film, but that's what happened in The Thing.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
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.
Variety
Variety Staff
If it's the most vividly guesome monster ever to stalk the screen that audiences crave, then The Thing is the thing. On all other levels, however, John Carpenter's remake of Howard Hawks' 1951 sci-fi classic comes as a letdown.
Zap2it.com
Daniel Fienberg
The original has been built up to classic scale, but Carpenter's remake is actually far scarier and equally thoughtful.
Slant Magazine
Eric Henderson
The Thing may be a tad too careful and schematic to stand shoulder with Carpenter's very best films.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Because this material has been done before, and better, especially in the original The Thing and Alien, there's no need to see this version.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
Mr. Carpenter has demonstrated that he can make good, comparatively plain, old-fashioned scare movies and effective suspense thrillers, but he seems to lose his own head when he combines two or more genres, as he [does here].
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