# The Thing (1982)

> At an isolated Antarctic station, a shape-shifting alien turns a team of researchers against one another in a masterpiece of paranoid body horror.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/844

## Facts

- Runtime: 109 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
- Director: John Carpenter
- Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney
- TMDB rating: 8.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: foreboding, claustrophobic, paranoid, late night horror marathon, winter viewing

## Synopsis

A chilling tale of paranoia and survival in the icy depths of Antarctica.

## Movies like The Thing

- [Altered States (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/6510)
- [Quatermass 2 (1957)](https://ember.film/movie/15653)
- [Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/6756)
- [The Blob (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/4774)
- [Prince of Darkness (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/4248)
- [The Thaw (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/13879)
- [Galaxy of Terror (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/17737)
- [Alien (1979)](https://ember.film/movie/297)
- [The Thing from Another World (1951)](https://ember.film/movie/5838)
- [Alien: Covenant (2017)](https://ember.film/movie/82173)

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