About The Thing
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Movie details
- Release date
- 1982-06-25
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
- Rating
- 8.1/10 (7,984 votes)
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Writer
- Bill Lancaster
Cast
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