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Film · Space Exploration & Alien Contact

Where to watch The Thing

1982 · Film · 109 min · Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction

Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone.

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 RussellMacReady
  • Wilford BrimleyBlair
  • T.K. CarterNauls
  • David ClennonPalmer
  • Keith DavidChilds
  • Richard DysartDr. Copper

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