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The Thing

1982
Directed byJohn Carpenter
1h 49m

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

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Kurt RussellMacReadyWilford BrimleyBlairT.K. CarterNaulsDavid Clennon
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HorrorMysteryScience Fiction
STATUSReleased
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Universal PicturesThe Turman-Foster Company
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8.1

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