The Thing
An Antarctic research team is hunted by a shape-shifter that can imitate anyone.
What people say
85%
8.2/10
4.3/5kaye 🌀
my dog: *looks at me* me: how do i know you're not......... The Thing (1982)
Ernest Leogrande · New York Daily News
There are truly astonishing, stomach-turning creations that have the look of reality -- or unreality -- to them.
Stibbert
“Today it's still one of the best horror films”
Antarctica, winter 1982. The team on an American research base get surprised by a couple of mad Norwegians who is chasing a dog with a helicopter, trying to kill it.
Eleanor Ringel Cater · Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Carpenter is still a master of dread and I don't think anyone will walk out of "The Thing" without having been genuinely frightened at least once.
Xstal
“Who Goes There?...”
You're stationed at an isolated outpost in Antarctica when a helicopter arrives intent on shooting a dog it had been pursuing across the tundra.
DirkH
100% pure horror. 100% complete paranoia. 100% practical effects. 100% proof that horror doesn't need CGI. 100% inimitable. 100% Carpenter 100% timeless. (it's 38 years old!!) 100% terrifying. Still.