The Thing

The Thing

  • Director: John Carpenter
  • Writer: Bill Lancaster,John W. Campbell Jr.
  • Countries of origin: United States, Canada
  • Language: English, Norwegian
  • Release date: June 25, 1982
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: John Carpenter's The Thing
  • "The Thing" (The Thing) is a science fiction thriller film directed by JC and co-starring Kurt Russell and Wilford Brimley .
    The film mainly tells the story of a group of American scientists who came to the Antarctic scientific research station and encountered a terrible unidentified foreign object. They would be killed by this object at any time   . The film was released in the United States on June 25, 1982.

    Details

    • Release date June 25, 1982
    • Filming locations Juneau, Alaska, USA
    • Production companies Universal Pictures, Turman-Foster Company

    Box office

    Budget

    $15,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $19,629,760

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $3,107,897

    Gross worldwide

    $19,632,053

    Movie reviews

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    • By Felipe 2022-03-23 09:01:09

      Seriously fight monsters half of the classic

      I have watched a lot of old movies recently, mainly because the classics I saw by chance have classics, such as the previous "Rosemary's Baby", which was shot in 1968, and it is also high-level now. John Carpenter's name, including this "Strange Shape", has long been heard, from 1982, but compared with the former, it really looks like a B-rated film.

      From the perspective of the movie itself, the special effects, perseverance, and even the shots of the lines are not mentioned. The...

    • By Dandre 2022-03-23 09:01:09

      Kingdom of Norway

      Norway, one of the five Nordic countries, is located in the western part of Scandinavia. The territory of Norway is long and narrow from north to south, the coastline is long and tortuous, and there are many coastal islands. It is called the "country of ten thousand islands". Norway is a highly developed industrialized country. The petroleum industry is an important pillar of the national economy. Norway is also the largest oil producer in Western Europe and the third largest oil exporter in...

    • By Wilburn 2022-03-23 09:01:09

      Sci-fi thriller close to the essence

      There are no vulgar routines, no complicated emotional entanglements, just a story about a group of people and an easily tolerable alien creature in a semi-closed space. As a sci-fi movie, it has already reached its limit. Due to the limitation of the age, the special effects level of this film is not very good, but it still gives people a sense of horror. Perhaps the most primitive monster without any cool special effects can arouse people's fear even more. The extremely imaginative monster...

    • By Alda 2022-03-23 09:01:09

      -Lazy person, Bai Zai, watching the movie late at night

      The story line is compact and the various suspicions of humanity are undoubtedly like living in a space full of suspicion thinking that he is your familiar buddy, but he does not believe that we have experienced such a false affection to this day. It is just the situation in the film. It's fatal. The difference is that we are human face and animal heart. They are ``people''. By the way, the blood test is really simple, but it was accidentally brought out by the various disdainful expressions...

    • By Alyson 2022-03-23 09:01:09

      The male protagonist is definitely an infected person!

      After watching the movie, I went to see the film reviews. I don't know why no one thought the male protagonist was infected.

      I think the male protagonist is the infected person for the following reasons:

      ①First of all, there is no test to prove that the male protagonist is not infected.

      ②At the beginning of the film, the male lead lost in chess, which shows that the male lead's IQ is not very bad. But later, the reasoning ability of the male protagonist has surpassed...

    User comments

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    • By Sigrid 2022-04-24 07:01:02

      Because of the filming age, the monster special effects are a bit rough, but it is still a very good...

    • By Haylie 2022-04-24 07:01:02

      "The Third Mutation" and "Sewer Beauty" are really coquettish....

    • By Jane 2022-04-24 07:01:02

      Standard 80's movie, but also standard 80's horror movie and suspense movie! Very good horror...

    • By Marcelle 2022-04-24 07:01:02

      Fight wits and courage with the enemy, slowly discover the enemy's weaknesses, and take every step. The aliens are well set, the visuals are great, and I thought John Carpenter was the author of the original novel, not a Ridley Scott...

    • By Travon 2022-04-23 07:01:08

      This is the right way to become a cult. The imagination of special effects is crazy, and parasitic beasts must be affected by this. The plot feels like the prototype of a killing game, in short, it's nice. In addition, although the soundtrack is simple, it still feels different, not like golden sour...

    Behind the scenes

    The film was initially banned in Finland. 
    The story of the original 1951 "The Thing From Another World" takes place in the North Pole, and the story of the film takes place in the South Pole.
    Donald Pleason was the first person to play Blair, but he missed the film due to a conflict of appointments.
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    Evaluation action

    "Strange Shape" is like a classic Mucus Alien Story, with various disgusting alien variants coming into the battle one after another. The mode of the film has far-reaching influence. Carpenter rendered the atmosphere of horror to the extreme in the movie: the snow-covered South Pole, relatively closed character clues and event relationships, a "weird shape" possessed by a soul, and the audience does not know where it is. What will it...
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    Movie quotes

    • [Thing roars and screams]

      MacReady: Yeah, fuck you too!

    • Garry: The generator's gone.

      MacReady: Any way we can we fix it?

      Garry: It's "gone", MacReady.

    • MacReady: Hey, Sweden!

      Dr. Copper: They're not Swedish, Mac. They're Norwegian.