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The Thing
The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella Who Goes There?, it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", an extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any of them could be the Thing. The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady, with A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles.
Plot
In Antarctica, a Norwegian helicopter pursues a sled dog to an American research station. The Americans witness the passenger accidentally blow up the helicopter and himself. The pilot fires a rifle and shouts at the Americans, but they cannot understand him and he is shot dead in self-defense by station commander, Garry. The American helicopter pilot, R.J. MacReady, and Dr. Copper leave to investigate the Norwegian base. Among the charred ruins and frozen corpses, they find the burnt corpse of a malformed humanoid, which they transfer to the American station. Their biologist, Blair, autopsies the remains and finds a normal set of human organs.
More details
| author | Bill Lancaster John W. Campbell |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Antarctica |
| director | John Carpenter |
| editor | Todd Ramsay |
| events | alien invasion extraterrestrial life flying saucer |
| genre | animation horror science fiction |
| keywords | blood sample burn bury computer simulation defibrillate forced to kill freezing to death heart attack helicopter pilot isolated kill learn no escape r.j. macready rescue team research station run scotch whisky sled dog sled dogs test |
| musicBy | Ennio Morricone |
| nomination | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score Saturn Award for Best Horror Film Saturn Award for Best Special Effects |
| producer | David Foster Lawrence Turman |
| productionCompany | The Turman-Foster Company |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | British Columbia |
| theme | body horror extraterrestrial life monster movie science fiction horror shapeshifting survival |