---
title: 'The Thing (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Carpenter'
released: '1982-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-thing-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Thing (1982)

1982 · R · 109 min · Drama, Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · United States, Canada

Part of: Apocalypse Trilogy

## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carpenter)
- **Screenplay:** [John W. Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-w-campbell), [Bill Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-lancaster)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Producer:** [David Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-foster), [Lawrence Turman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-turman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dean Cundey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-cundey)
- **Editor:** [Todd Ramsay](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-ramsay)

## Cast

- [John Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carpenter)
- [Jed](https://cinepixo.com/people/jed)
- [Thomas G. Waites](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-g-waites) as Windows
- [Wilford Brimley](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilford-brimley) as Blair
- [Keith David](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-david) as Childs
- [David Clennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-clennon) as Palmer
- [Norbert Weisser](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-weisser)
- [Richard Dysart](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-dysart) as Dr. Copper
- [Charles Hallahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-hallahan) as Norris
- [Kurt Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-russell) as R.J. MacReady
- [Richard Masur](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-masur) as Clark
- [T. K. Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/t-k-carter) as Nauls
- [Peter Maloney](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-maloney) as George Bennings
- [Donald Moffat](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-moffat) as Garry
- [Joel Polis](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-polis) as Fuchs

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