The Thing
The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film about a group of American researchers in Antarctica who must battle a shape-shifting extraterrestrial life-form that threatens their survival.
ReleasedJun 25, 1982
Budget$15M
Box Office$20M
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1
Kurt Russell
MacReady
5.5
2
John Carpenter
Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
5.3
3
Keith David
Childs
3.4
4
Adrienne Barbeau
Computer (voice) (uncredited)
2.0
5
Richard Masur
Clark
1.6
6
Wilford Brimley
Blair
1.2
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