The Thing Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

June 25, 1982

Distributor

Universal Pictures

Genre

Horror

Rating

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$19,629,760 + $2,293 = $19,632,053

Cast

Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, TK Carter, David Clennon, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Joel Polis

Kurt Russell

as MacReady

Keith David

as Childs

1934-2020

Wilford Brimley

as Dr. Blair

TK Carter

as Nauls

David Clennon

as Palmer

Richard Masur

as Clark

1930-2018

Donald Moffat

as Garry

1929-2015

Richard Dysart

as Dr. Copper

1943-1997

Charles Hallahan

as Vance Norris

Joel Polis

as Fuchs

About The Thing

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

About

John Carpenter-directed sci-fi horror flick in which a research team in Antarctica in hunted by a shape-shifting "Thing" that imitates other organisms.

Trivia

The film was based on the 1938 novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. $1.5 million of the $15 million budget was spent on Rob Bottin's creature effects. The film developed a cult following and spawned haunted houses, board games, a video game of the same name, a 2011 prequel film of the same name and more.