The Thing from Another World fingerprintHigh energy, emotionally cool.
Tense and thrilling
Fast from start to finish.
Nostalgic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Kept in the background
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and thrilling
Fast from start to finish.
The Thing from Another World is tense, thrilling, and scary.
Nostalgic
Emotionally, it's nostalgic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Thing from Another World is included with a subscription to TCM in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Fawesome, Xumo Play, and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 79/100 (IMDb 7 and Rotten Tomatoes 87%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 27 min
The Thing from Another World runs 1 h 27 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Critics rate The Thing from Another World higher (87) than audiences (72). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $1 million to make and earned $2 million worldwide, 1.5 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+10GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Thing from Another World in 24 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 53 storytelling tropes for The Thing from Another World, including The Captain, Came from the Sky, The Reveal.
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