The Thing
Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.6.234%43%6.2
A group of scientists researching an alien spaceship found in the Antarctic come face to face with the ship's, not quite dead, occupant.
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- godzill416April 26, 2025Horrendously overhated. Too unlike the og for it to be a fair comparison. Winstead was fantastic and the ending actually had the balls to show us the mothership.
- RhythmDecember 18, 2025Good prequel, bad cgi
- adam3199July 5, 2025Never released on 4K (and not on Blu Ray as far as I know) I wish it was because it as an excellent remake. Not superior to the original, but certainly worthy and on par.
- sixx84November 26, 2025Not bad. Not as good as the original, but it does explain the opening of the original.
- VandytNovember 15, 2025Underrated’ is almost the perfect way to describe it. You start the tape with low hope and end up enjoying it more than you expected. Anyway... don’t expect Alien or Life either
- Grampa CaligulaNovember 4, 2025Pale imitation of the original. The CGI just makes you sad, and the story is a bit disjointed for being so formulaic. It's still a fun watch, though.
- MrTrivetSeptember 22, 2025It turned out better than I expected. A solid prequel to the 1982 classic, it tries to creatively expand the lore established in the original. From my perspective, those were huge shoes to fill - I love the original - but in many moments, I could still feel the same icy, claustrophobic, and unsettling atmosphere. The acting is strong; the cast brings to life characters that really draw you into the dark world of the Antarctic station. The CGI effects are fine and work, but they lack the brutal, grotesque quality that the practical effects in the original had, which was probably my biggest expectation. I don’t want to sound like I’m whining that things were better before, but those kinds of effects just aren’t made anymore. Overall, the film maintains a consistent, dark mood and delivers several genuinely effective moments of horror. While it doesn’t match the original classic, I consider it worth watching - especially if you want to see how the story of such an iconic horror can be creatively expanded.
- Vincent ReggianniniOctober 9, 2025Where John Carpenter’s movie dripped with tension and the psychology of paranoia this film is glazed with corporate by-the-numbers nonsense. It’s not scary, it’s not stylish and it is just not interesting.
- Hoagie27October 3, 2025The original is far superior. This one is all half decent CGI little to no practical effects. It also feels like they started out doing a reboot and then changed their minds halfway through the script and decided to make it prequel.
- ZokkiieSeptember 30, 2025It isn’t bad at all — it’s got some tense moments, solid atmosphere, and cool practical/CGI mix, even if the CGI hasn’t aged perfectly. It doesn’t hit the same heights as its predecessor, but it works as a creepy little monster flick in its own right. Honestly feels underrated for what it is.
- cat_packAugust 23, 2025Not as good as the original but still holds its own and fills the prequel void of what happened.
- XXBlackMothXXMay 2, 2025A welcome addition to the series. The same tension from the original is here and the cast once again do an amazing job. Does it beat the original? No, but it does a great job all on it's own, brilliant!
- InceptahAugust 16, 2025The 2011 Thing buried ADI’s animatronics under CGI - a studio call that killed the creature magic.
- The Movie HaterApril 12, 2025This is one of the movies of all time. I hated it, as I do with so many others.
- Tomasz StasikFebruary 16, 2025Love this classic
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The Thing Trivia
The Thing was released on October 12, 2011.
The Thing was directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr..
The Thing has a runtime of 1h 43m.
The Thing was produced by Eric Newman, Marc Abraham.
The key characters in The Thing are Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Sam Carter (Joel Edgerton), Dr. Sander Halvorson (Ulrich Thomsen).
The Thing is rated R.
The Thing is a Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery film.
The Thing has an audience rating of 4.3 out of 10.