The Thing (1982 film)
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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 st
Director John Carpenter in 2001
Writer Bill Lancaster in 1967
Actor Wilford Brimley in 2012. He was cast for his everyman persona which would allow audiences not to notice his absence from the story until the right time.
Principal photography began in August 1981 in Juneau, Alaska.
The Thing (character)
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The Thing is a fictional shapeshifting and telepathic alien and a science fiction antagonist. It first appeared in the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, which has been adapted into various
The Thing in a publicity photo of the 1982 film
James Arness as the Thing in The Thing from Another World