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Release Date
25 June 1982
Budget
$15,000,000
US Box Office
$14,000,000
Tagline
Man is The Warmest Place to Hide.
Genre
Country
USA
Filming Locations
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
Language
Sound Mix
Color
Film Type
Film Class
Mood
Themes
Tones
Tags
Alien [not Human],
Alienation,
Confinement,
Creature,
Distrust,
Dog,
Helicopter,
Ice,
Isolation,
Killing Spree,
Monster,
Outpost,
Pilot,
Quarantine,
Scientist,
Seclusion,
Snow,
Snowbound,
Spacecraft
Wikipedia
The Thing (aka John Carpenter's The Thing) is a 1982 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. It infiltrates an Antarctic research station, taking the appearance of the researchers that it kills, and paranoia occurs within the group.
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