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The Thing

1982 Directed by John Carpenter

Man is The Warmest Place to Hide.

In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot and the camp doctor lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.

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 J. Franco Nate Irwin William Zeman Adrienne Barbeau John Carpenter Jed

Alternative Titles

A valami, John Carpenter's The Thing, La chose, Tvor, Object from Planet X, El enigma de otro mundo, A Coisa, 더 씽, Creatura, The Thing – "se" jostakin, L'effroyable Chose, 괴물, Coś, چیز, La cosa (El enigma de otro mundo), La cosa, Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt, Veio do Outro Mundo, Věc, Нечто, A dolog, Vec, 怪形, Şey, Det grusomme udefra, Η Απειλή, היצור, 遊星からの物体X, O Enigma de Outro Mundo, 突變第三型, Щось, Нещото, The Thing - "se" jostakin, Padaras, La cosa del otro mundo, Stvor, Tingen fra en annen verden, ไอ้ตัวเขมือบโลก, Quái Vật Biến Hình, Võõrkeha, موجود

Genres

Mystery Science Fiction Horror

Themes

Horror, the undead and monster classics Monsters, aliens, sci-fi and the apocalypse Intense violence and sexual transgression Sci-fi horror, creatures, and aliens Terrifying, haunted, and supernatural horror Gory, gruesome, and slasher horror Creepy, chilling, and terrifying horror Survival horror and zombie carnage Show All…

Theatrical

25 Jun 1982

Brazil16
Canada
USAR

20 Aug 1982

AustraliaMA 15+

26 Aug 1982

Argentina18
UK18

08 Oct 1982

Spain12

22 Oct 1982

Germany18

29 Oct 1982

Sweden15

03 Nov 1982

France12

11 Nov 1982

Netherlands16
PortugalM/12

26 Nov 1982

ItalyVM18

28 Nov 1982

Ireland18

17 Dec 1982

FinlandK-18

03 Jun 1983

MexicoC

25 Dec 1983

South Korea18

Physical

01 Jul 1996

Sweden15

09 Sep 1998

Czechia15+

02 Dec 1999

Sweden15

25 Jun 2004

MexicoB

15 Oct 2008

Sweden15

30 Oct 2008

Netherlands16

13 Jul 2010

Netherlands16

28 Mar 2019

Germany16

TV

29 Dec 2001

Netherlands16

Argentina

26 Aug 1982

Theatrical18

Australia

20 Aug 1982

TheatricalMA 15+

Brazil

25 Jun 1982

Theatrical16

Canada

25 Jun 1982

Theatrical

Czechia

09 Sep 1998

Physical15+

Finland

17 Dec 1982

TheatricalK-18

France

03 Nov 1982

Theatrical12

Germany

22 Oct 1982

Theatrical18

28 Mar 2019

Physical16

Ireland

28 Nov 1982

Theatrical18

Italy

26 Nov 1982

TheatricalVM18

Mexico

03 Jun 1983

TheatricalC

25 Jun 2004

PhysicalB

Netherlands

11 Nov 1982

Theatrical16

29 Dec 2001

TV16 Net 5

30 Oct 2008

Physical16 Blu ray

13 Jul 2010

Physical16 DVD

Portugal

11 Nov 1982

TheatricalM/12

South Korea

25 Dec 1983

Theatrical18

Spain

08 Oct 1982

Theatrical12

Sweden

29 Oct 1982

Theatrical15

01 Jul 1996

Physical15 VHS release; The release day in July is not known.

02 Dec 1999

Physical15 DVD release

15 Oct 2008

Physical15 Blu-ray release

UK

26 Aug 1982

Theatrical18

USA

25 Jun 1982

TheatricalR

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Popular reviews

Review by Karst ★★★★★ 1

a bit of a downer to watch this before embarking on a trip to Antarctica with my boys tomorrow
Review by feat. dante from the dmc series ★★★★★ 6

my dog: *looks at me*
me: how do i know you're not......... The Thing (1982)
Review by DirkH ★★★★★ 49

100% pure horror.
100% complete paranoia.
100% practical effects.
100% proof that horror doesn't need CGI.
100% inimitable.
100% Carpenter
100% timeless. (it's 38 years old!!)
100% terrifying. Still.
100% visual masterpiece.
100% mold breaking.
1000% One of my favourite horror films ever made.

p.s. Math was never my strong point.
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★★ 22

100
"Nobody trusts anybody now, and we're all very tired."
Review by alex todd 🧟‍♂️ ★★★★★ 18

Among us: The movie
Review by IHE ★★★★½ 31

Fantastic companion to Alien, I appreciate new details every time I rewatch. Horror creature classic.
Review by Karst ★★★★½ 8

This was....a blast. Such a great time.
Watched on unrestored 70mm in a packed and very sweaty theatre. Two minutes in I realized I was thirsty and thought to myself “I’ll find a dull moment to get up and go grab some water” but here’s the twist...
there was no dull part.
Review by James (Schaffrillas) ★★★★★

Is that a man in there or something?
Just gonna go ahead and pretend I saw this in theaters yesterday instead of sitting on my office chair watching it on my laptop
Review by Branson Reese 4

So I actually think none of the guys got turned. I actually think some of those guys were just extremely random.
Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★½ 11

I mean, what new comments could I have to make about The Thing? These creature effects are absolutely unparalleled. One of the best scripted and most tense horror-thrillers ever made. Carpenter is working the fuck out of those split-diopter shots. Funny that two of these characters are named “Windows” and “Mac,” huh? Sorry, not “funny.” What’s the word. “Notable.” No, not that either. It’s something!
Was surprised this was a Morricone score, I think I’d always assumed it was Carpenter, even though I’ve seen it before and it says up top that it’s Morricone. His score is mostly invisible here (I should really watch Cinema Paradiso or The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly) but when it isn’t, it works…
Review by Jamelle Bouie ★★★★½ 3

oh hey look it is the most nightmarish thing i have ever seen
Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★★ 46

R.J. MacReady, a cowboy pilot doing battle with some fuckin Thing in John fuckin Carpenter's atmospheric horror classic. A fast dog. J&B scotch straight from the bottle. Checkmate mutha fucka. The one fuckin time you really needed a Norwegian translator. Mac's hat. Wilford Brimley before diabetes. Nauls is very superstitious. Clark the dog whisperer. A sad-face doggy massacre. The way Childs says mother fucker. Flamethrowers will fuck you up. An Invasion of the Body Snatchers-esque scream. When a man bleeds it's just tissue. A tense-as-fuck blood test. A defibrillation gone to fuck. Window's last view. The accidental head-shot. A spaceship in the middle of an igloo. A final battle with the good doctor. Fuck you too Thing! Making it out of Hell only to freeze your ass off. One last conversation with your friend before calling it a night. My favorite holy-fuck-whose-the-fucker-infected-by-some-fuckin-alien-like-thingy film.

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Man is The Warmest Place to Hide.

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Theatrical

25 Jun 1982

20 Aug 1982

26 Aug 1982

08 Oct 1982

22 Oct 1982

29 Oct 1982

03 Nov 1982

11 Nov 1982

26 Nov 1982

28 Nov 1982

17 Dec 1982

03 Jun 1983

25 Dec 1983

Physical

01 Jul 1996

09 Sep 1998

02 Dec 1999

25 Jun 2004

15 Oct 2008

30 Oct 2008

13 Jul 2010

28 Mar 2019

TV

29 Dec 2001

Argentina

26 Aug 1982

Australia

20 Aug 1982

Brazil

25 Jun 1982

Canada

25 Jun 1982

Czechia

09 Sep 1998

Finland

17 Dec 1982

France

03 Nov 1982

Germany

22 Oct 1982

28 Mar 2019

Ireland

28 Nov 1982

Italy

26 Nov 1982

Mexico

03 Jun 1983

Director

Producers

Writer

Original Writer

Casting

Editor

Cinematography

Assistant Directors

Executive Producer

Lighting

Camera Operators

Production Design

Art Direction

Set Decoration

Special Effects

Visual Effects

Stunts

Composers

Sound

Makeup