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The Thing

Horror Sci-Fi Mystery

1982, Movie, 1h 49min

"The Thing" — horror, sci-fi and mystery movie produced in USA and released in 1982. It has a very high rating on IMDb: 8.2 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 49min. "The Thing" is currently available to stream on MGM+, Shudder, Amazon Prime ⎥ MGM+ and Tubi and for rent and to buy on Apple TV, Amazon Store, YouTube Movies and Fandango at Home. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

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Reviews

Critic Adam Smith

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Back in 1997 Carpenter told Empire that "You'll never, ever, see anything like The Thing again." Like MacReady and Childs we're still waiting.

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Kasper Løvborg

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The scariest film I've ever seen, leaving me sweaty-handed and wide-eyed in disbelieving terror every single time I watch it. Carpenter's film is bathed in tension, perhaps most memorably in the classic scene with MacReady testing the sa...

4 years ago

Mikael Ström

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Epic horror movie and special effects by the one and only Rob bottin.

9 months ago

Jerome

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Den här filmen är så bra och läskig. Förstår inte hur en film från 80-talet är bättre och läskigare än alla skräckfilmer som släppts senaste 30 åren

2 years ago

Jonas Nordlund

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Härlig mysteriefilm som berikar en långt efteråt, lite som en bok gör. Mycket bättre än zombieproduktionerna vi tvingats vänja oss på sistone.

2 years ago

Michael Thomsen

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Kender mange der synes det er verdens bedste gyser... det gør jeg så ikke helt, men hvis man er til genren, skal den helt sikkert ses.

3 years ago

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What is The Thing about? Toggle content

In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror, and becomes one of them. Isolated and paranoid, the team must fight for survival against the shape-shifting alien that can take on any form, including their own. As the creature assimilates and impersonates its victims, who can be trusted? The team's desperate battle for life and humanity unfolds in this chilling horror masterpiece.