The Thing

1982 • 109 minutes
4.7
2.01K reviews
85%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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About this movie

John Carpenter delivers the ultimate in alien terror in this chilling story about an Antarctic research team that discovers a form-changing alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years.
Rating
R

Ratings and reviews

4.7
2.01K reviews
Jamie Gibbs
May 10, 2020
The Thing is not a horror movie. The Thing is a remake of a Science-Fiction classic called The Thing from Another World. This remake has outrageous, grotesque and alien Things to show you. Fans will say it is a horror movie but it is a science-fiction movie with sickening special effects. The alien crash landed here in its damaged flying saucer and froze in the ice. Years later, scientists discover it and thaws it out and it imitates the people around it, absorbing them. Top-notch special fx👍
Matt Eland
April 7, 2016
A fantastic story of otherworldly creatures, human isolation, and paranoia. This would absolutely earn a 5 star, but the gore can feel gratuitous if you're just looking for a good thriller. Still, best sci-fi thriller I've ever seen and worth investigation.
A Google user
June 30, 2012
It still holds up as one of the great scary movies of the past 30 years. The special effects are showing their age, but still a solid movie. Want a scary movie? You found one.
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