The Thing
Directed by John Carpenter8.285%92%8.1
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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- jackmeatJanuary 16, 2025My quick rating - 8.6/10. To take a flick from 1951 "The Thing from Another Planet" which in its time and still a classic, and actually improve, drastically on it is a tall feat. But John Carpenter did just that with this 1982 piece of gold. The story is simple, an Arctic expedition team happens across an alien ship and inadvertently releases it. Of course you don't really know what the Thing is since it mimics the host. To say this movie is simple though would be an outright lie. This movie transcended an entire generation of movies to follow it. This took the creature creation to an entirely new level, and still stands up today even in the CGI created worlds. The characters were extremely well written and cast to near perfection. This is paramount in a story where the alien could be the person standing right next to you. It is not often you can go back to a movie 38 years later and it is still phenomenal. Heck, I wish I may be like one of you reading this and have never seen it, just so I could be lucky enough to see it again for the first time. It is that good. There have been thousands of write ups for this movie over the years, so I won't go too deep into this (back when I did write for a newspaper, I had to write a certain amount for my column, now, I think quick and to the point is far more effective). Quick ending. SEE THIS
- Ty LeetApril 25, 2025Incredible movie all around, such a shame that it never won any big awards - a Razzie nomination for the score is crazy!
- MischaFebruary 27, 2025Every film maker is trying to pull off magic but this team achived the impossible. Everybit of this film is a lesson for film students.
- Magnus Carlbaum2d agoJohn Carpenter's The Thing is one of the best horror movies of all time. Hyperbole? Nope. It is a masterclass piece of cinema history that I place firmly on the same shelf as The Exorcist, Jaws, Rosemary's Baby and Psycho. From the pulsating score, the cinematography, the paranoia inducing script, the memorable and very human characters, and even the best dog actor ever put on screen (fight me) to Rob Bottins pneumonia induced fever dream that is the practical effects. The Thing is the sum of its parts. If this review actually convinces someone to watch it for the first time - please let me know. That would put a great big smile on my face.
- Robert4d agoJohn Carpenter's masterpiece!
- Steve Duxbury4d agoone of the best horror movies of all time
- scottmolDecember 29, 2025Great movie one of the best i've seen
- niclasnjDecember 27, 2025A really good movie , good horror movie/ Kev and Nick
- AngusMcNutzDecember 26, 2024Roger Ebert said that there is no need to see this movie lol
- JakeysDecember 27, 2025I'm not a big horror guy, but I love sci fi, thrillers, Kurt Russell and John Carpenter. This is Carpenter's best, 10/10.
- tellumAugust 21, 2025Even if you are not a horror fan, this is a Must Watch. Any ‘Greatest Movies’ list has to consider this.
- abvddy5December 26, 2025what a classic
- VilebloodDecember 26, 2025"Perfection" - Magneto
- Sun KingDecember 15, 2025John Carpenter’s Best film.
- andy bOctober 30, 2025classic what can i say 5/5. carpenter more like alchemist the way he be producing fine gold
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The Thing Trivia
The Thing was released on June 25, 1982.
The Thing was directed by John Carpenter.
The Thing has a runtime of 1h 49m.
The Thing was produced by David Foster, Lawrence Turman.
The key characters in The Thing are MacReady (Kurt Russell), Childs (Keith David), Blair (Wilford Brimley).
The Thing is rated R.
The Thing is a Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery film.
The Thing has an audience rating of 9.2 out of 10.