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The Thing

Summary: A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Release Date: June 25, 1982

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: John Carpenter

Writers: Bill Lancaster

, John W. Campbell Jr.

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: 16+

Production: Universal Pictures, Turman-Foster Company, Province of BC, Ministry of Tourism, Film Promotion Office

Distributor: CBS, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA Videocassette, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), HBO Max

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,629,760

International: $ 4,881

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african american alarm alien alien creature alien invasion alien invasion sci fi alien life form alien lifeform alien organism alien parasite alien spaceship all male cast ambiguous ending american american flag american horror american man ancient astronaut antarctic station antarctica antenna anti hero apocalypse arm cut off assimilation atmosphere autopsy axe bald man wth beard bandana bar barking barrel barren land barricading a door baseball cap based on novella based on short story beard bearded man beating beer beer can binoculars biologist biopunk bittersweet ending black man blizzard blood blood icicle blood sample blood splatter blood test bloodbath board game boarded up window body horror bombardier bomber jacket book boots both arms chopped off breaking glass breaking through a door breaking through a floor breaking through a wall briefcase bullet bullseye bunk burial buried burned alive burned corpse burned human remains burned to death burning burying cage calendar 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sadistic murderer scalpel scandinavian man scarf science scientific expedition scientific group scientific research scientist seeing breath severed arm severed hand severed head shack shapeshifter shapeshifting shapeshifting alien shed shooting shot in the eye shot in the forehead shot in the head shot in the leg shot to death shotgun siberian husky sigh of relief silhouette ski mask skidozer sled dog sleeping smashing through a wall smoking marijuana smouldering ruin snow snow adventure snowstorm soul music south pole spacecraft spaceship speaking norwegian split head staircase stars stereo stick of dynamite stitches stop motion animation store room stuck in the middle of nowhere suicide suicide by fire suicide by slashing one's wrists sunglasses surgical stitches surprise ending survival survival horror survivor suspenders suspense suspicion table tennis tape tape recorder tape recording television tentacle tentacles terror test tube threatened with a gun threatening throat slitting tied to a chair tied up timeframe 1980s title at the end title spoken by character torch torching tractor tragedy trail of blood transformation trapped trust tunnel two word title typewriter unidentified flying object unsubtitled foreign language vcr vhs video footage video nasty videotape villain violence visible breath vodka waiting watching tv weapon storage wearing sunglasses indoors weather whiskey wind wreckage year 1982

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