Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. A much more faithful adaptation of John W. Campbell 's novella Who Goes There? than Howard Hawks ' The Thing from Another World, The Thing is a 1982 Sci-Fi Horror film directed by John Carpenter and written by Bill Lancaster. With a leading cast of Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Richard Masur, and ...

  2. www.bfi.org.uk › film › 0123a4ec-0162-5556-b29dThe Thing (1982) | BFI

    The Thing (1982) Twelve men at an Antarctic research station battle a shape-shifting alien that hides in human form, in John Carpenter’s groundbreaking sci-fi horror. Workers at a remote Antarctic research station discover a parasitic alien that can invade, assimilate and imitate earthly lifeforms, leading to extreme paranoia as the twelve ...

  3. Mar 1, 2024 · The Thing (1982) Film Analysis. There are many people who write and talk about this movie and its ending. In 1982, America and Russia were still involved in the Cold War. This story about people losing trust for one another as a parasite duplicates them in the isolated part of Antarctica fits as an allegory for that.

  4. The Thing (also known as John Carpenter's The Thing) is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter, written by Bill Lancaster, and starring Kurt Russell. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a parasitic extraterrestrial lifeform that assimilates other organisms and in turn imitates them. The Thing infiltrates an Antarctic research station, taking the ...

  5. Film Details. Also Known As. Thing, chose MPAA Rating. Genre. Horror. Thriller. Release Date ... 1982. Re-released in United States on Video June 11, 1996. TCM Emails.

  6. www.metacritic.com › movie › the-thingThe Thing - Metacritic

    Oct 14, 2011 · Paleontologist Kate Lloyd has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up. When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew's ...

  7. Film locations for John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), in British Columbia, Alaska and Los Angeles.

  1. People also search for