About The Thing

Directed by John Carpenter, The Thing is a Universal Pictures, David Foster Productions, Turman-Foster Company movie based on a screenplay by Bill Lancaster.

The Thing Release Date

Official release date for The Thing: June 25th, 1982

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The Thing Plot

Members of an American scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly imitating its victims. They soon discover that this task will be harder than they thought, as they don't know which members of the team have already been assimilated and their paranoia threatens to tear them apart.

The Thing Cast

Kurt Russell
Wilford Brimley
T.K. Carter
David Clennon
Keith David
Richard Dysart
Charles Hallahan
Peter Maloney
Richard Masur
Donald Moffat
Joel Polis
Thomas G. Waites
Norbert Weisser
Larry J. Franco
Nate Irwin
William Zeman
Adrienne Barbeau
Jed

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