The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella Who Goes There?, it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", an extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any of them could be the Thing. The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot R. J. MacReady, with A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles.
The Thing (1982)
Directed by John Carpenter
Genres - Horror, Mystery-Suspense, Science Fiction |
Release Date - Jun 25, 1982 |
Run Time - 109 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - R
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Alien, Another World, Antarctica, Blood Test, Body Horror, Carpenter, Creature, Cult, Cult Film, Helicopter, Helicopter Pilot, Ice, Isolation, John Alden Carpenter, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Mutation, Norwegian, Paranoia, Remake, Research Station, Snow Storm, Snowstorm, Space/Aliens, Spacecraft, Supernatural/Monsters, Survival, Survival Horror
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A valami
HU
Coś
PL
Creatura
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El enigma de otro mundo
AR, CO, UY
John Carpenter's The Thing
US
L'effroyable chose
CA
La chose
FR
La cosa
IT, MX, PE, ES
La cosa (El enigma de otro mundo)
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O Enigma de Outro Mundo
BR
Object from Planet X
JP
The Thing – "se" jostakin
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Tvor
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چیز
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怪形
CN, HK
괴물
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더 씽
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