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The Thing

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19821h 49m8.1(7,990 votes)

HorrorMysteryScience Fiction

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

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Director

John Carpenter

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Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

MacReady

Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley

Blair

T.K. Carter

T.K. Carter

Nauls

David Clennon

David Clennon

Palmer

Keith David

Keith David

Childs

Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

Dr. Copper

Charles Hallahan

Charles Hallahan

Norris

Peter Maloney

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