What is The Thing (1982 movie)?
{{italictitle}} '''''The Thing''''' (also known as '''''John Carpenter's The Thing''''') is a 1982 American [[science fiction]] [[horror movie|horror]] [[monster movie]] directed by [[John Carpenter]]. It stars [[Kurt Russell]], [[Wilford Brimley]], [[Richard Dysart]], [[Richard Masur]] and [[Donald Moffat]]. The movie's title refers to the main [[antagonist]]: a [[Parasitism|parasitic]] [[extraterrestrial life]]form that violently [[Assimilation (biology)|assimilates]] other [[organism]]s and in turn changes into their [[:wikt:shape|shape]]. The Thing enters an [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] research station, taking the [[:wikt:appearance|appearance]] of the [[researcher]]s that it [[absorb]]s, and [[paranoia]] develops within the group. It was released on June 25, 1982. ==Other websites== {{Wikiquote|The Thing}} * {{IMDb title|0084787|The Thing}} * {{mojo title|thing|The Thing}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|1021244|The Thing}} * [http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/pages/themovies/th/th.html ''The Thing'' at theofficialjohncarpenter.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041011130111/http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/pages/themovies/th/th.html |date=2004-10-11 }} * [http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/?p=24553 Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum's Set Visit] {{movie-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thing, The}} [[Category:1982 horror movies]] [[Category:1982 science fiction movies]] [[Category:1980s monster movies]] [[Category:1980s science fiction horror movies]] [[Category:American monster movies]] [[Category:American movie remakes]] [[Category:American science fiction horror movies]] [[Category:Movies about extraterrestrial life]] [[Category:Movies set in Antarctica]] [[Category:1980s English-language movies]] [[Category:Movies directed by John Carpenter]] [[Category:Multilingual movies]] [[Category:Movies composed by Ennio Morricone]] [[Category:Universal Pictures movies]] [[Category:Cult movies]]