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A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
- Body horror
- Bleak ending
- Graphic violence
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Character
Earnest, bleak, intimate and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
Who loves it, who doesn't
56 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Genre Devotees.
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“Is this John Carpenter's best work?”
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“Would The Thing hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1982?”
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Reviews
We read them all: the case for is viktor_v's, funniest is ruthless_ruth's. Marked below.
- ruthless_ruthFunniestThe Provocateur★★★★½
Paranoia as a physical substance. Nobody trusts anybody and the film agrees with them. The blood test scene is a perfect short film.
- viktor_vThe case forThe Provocateur★★★★★
The best practical effects ever put on film, and they are not the point. The point is the room, and who is looking at whom. Carpenter's masterpiece.
Cast
- Kurt RussellMacReady
- Wilford BrimleyBlair
- T.K. CarterNauls
- David ClennonPalmer
- Keith DavidChilds
- Richard DysartDr. Copper
- Charles HallahanNorris
- Peter MaloneyBennings
- Richard MasurClark
- Donald MoffatGarry
Crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- Bill LancasterScreenplay
- John W. Campbell Jr.Novel
- Dean CundeyDirector of Photography
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Alan HowarthOriginal Music Composer
- Todd C. RamsayEditor
- David FosterProducer
- Lawrence TurmanProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 197481% alikeBoth earnest, bleak, intimate.
The Others 200178% alikeBoth earnest, grave, intimate.
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 196477% alikeBoth earnest, bleak, grave.
Secret Beyond the Door 194777% alikeBoth earnest, grave, intimate.
Night of the Living Dead 196877% alikeBoth earnest, bleak, grave.
Absolution 197876% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, bleak.
Island of Lost Souls 193276% alikeBoth bleak, earnest, classical in form.
The Red House 194776% alikeBoth earnest, grave, intimate.
Kamaitachi no Yoru 199477% alikeGame · Both earnest, grave, bleak.
Black Bird 202275% alikeSeries · Both earnest, classical in form, grave.
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