The Thing (2011)

Directed by

Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

Genre

horror film, slasher film, science fiction film, monster film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3,269 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of Norwegian scientists in Antarctica discovers an alien creature frozen in the ice. They soon realize the creature is alive and can take the form of any living being.

tenseparanoidcoldsuspensefulbleakeerieclaustrophobic

What happens

The Thing is a 2011 science fiction horror film serving as a direct prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film, which was an adaptation of the 1938 novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell. Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and written by Eric Heisserer, it stars an ensemble cast led by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eric Christian Olsen. It tells the story of the Norwegian team of scientists at a Norwegian Antarctic research station who discover a parasitic alien buried deep in the ice, realizing too late that it is still alive. The Thing premiered on October 10, 2011, and was released on October 14, 2011. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing only $31.5 million worldwide on a budget of $38 million, and received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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