Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
- spacecraft
- helicopter
- space marine
- cold
- based on novel or book
- isolation
- mutation
- paranoia
- snowstorm
- research station
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Keith David — Childs
- Richard Dysart — Dr. Copper
- Charles Hallahan — Norris
- Peter Maloney — Bennings
- Richard Masur — Clark
- Donald Moffat — Garry
- Joel Polis — Fuchs
- Thomas G. Waites — Windows
- Norbert Weisser — Norwegian
- Larry Franco — Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
- Nate Irwin — Helicopter Pilot
- Directed
- John Carpenter
- Written
- Bill Lancaster
Production
- Rating
- 8.1 / 10 · 8,143 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1982 · You’re hereThe Thing
Where it starts.
The Thing
2011
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
