The Thing

1982·Movie
1h 49min
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81/100
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8.2
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57|8.8
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A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Paranoid HorrorClaustrophobic AtmosphereShape-Shifting MonsterGrisly Special EffectsIsolated Antarctic SettingExistential DreadPractical Effects MasterpieceSuspenseful and Tense

Crew

Directed by:
John Carpenter, Larry Franco, Jeffrey Chernov
Written by:
John W. Campbell Jr., Bill Lancaster
Produced by:
Larry Franco, David Foster, Robert Latham Brown
Composed by:
John Carpenter, Ennio Morricone, Ernesto Mas

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