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The Thing1982

Name: The Thing
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror, Body Horror, Monster & Creature, Cosmic & Lovecraftian
Released: 1982-06-25
Rating: 8

“Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone.”

Directed by John Carpenter

8.0

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 8.2Rotten Tomatoes 85%Metacritic 57TMDB 8.1

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#1·Top Cosmic & Lovecraftian Films #1·Top Horror Movies of 1982 #3·Top Body Horror Films #3·Top Horror Movies of the 1980s #5·Top Sci-Fi Horror Films #7·Top Monster & Creature Films #18·Top Horror Movies of All Time

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Year

1982

Runtime

109 min

Box Office

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$19,629,760

Domestic

$20,063,820

🏆 1 win & 5 nominations total

The premise

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Horror Vault's take

Deep in the Antarctic winter, a remote research outpost becomes a killing ground when a discovered alien organism reveals a terrifying ability — it can perfectly replicate any living thing it encounters. Director John Carpenter crafts a masterclass in mounting dread as the crew of Kurt Russell and company struggle to determine who among them is still human. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, the film weaponises isolation and paranoia as effectively as any creature on screen. Its practical effects remain some of the most viscerally unsettling ever committed to film.

Content: Graphic Creature Violence, Body Horror, Gore, Animal Harm, Intense Scenes Of Paranoia And Group Conflict