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The Thing
1982
Based on both the short story by John W. Campbell, Jr. and the 1951 film produced by Howard Hawks, THE THING is John Carpenter's stunning masterpiece of horror. A group of weary scientists enduring the winter in an isolated camp deep in Antarctica chance upon an alien spacecraft buried in the ice. Near the strange craft is the .. Read more
| Starring | Kurt Russell, T.K. Carter, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur |
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| Director | John Carpenter |
| Genres | Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
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