The Thing

8.067

Genre:Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Production:Universal Pictures
Released:1982-06-25
IMDB:tt0084787

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

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Cast

Kurt Russell

Wilford Brimley

T.K. Carter

David Clennon

Keith David

Richard Dysart

Charles Hallahan

Peter Maloney

Richard Masur

Donald Moffat

Joel Polis

Thomas G. Waites

Norbert Weisser

Larry Franco

Nate Irwin

William Zeman

John Carpenter

Adrienne Barbeau

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