The thing, a Universal picture. ; a Turman-Foster Company production ; producerd by David Foster, Lawrence Turman ; screenplay by Bill Lancaster ; directed by John Carpenter
Type
Label
The thing, a Universal picture. ; a Turman-Foster Company production ; producerd by David Foster, Lawrence Turman ; screenplay by Bill Lancaster ; directed by John Carpenter
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Main title
The thing
Oclc number
47005157
Responsibility statement
a Universal picture. ; a Turman-Foster Company production ; producerd by David Foster, Lawrence Turman ; screenplay by Bill Lancaster ; directed by John Carpenter
Runtime
109
Summary
Set in the winter of 1982 at a research station in Antarctica, a twelve man research team finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has remained buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Unfrozen and unleashed, the THING creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
John Carpenter's The thing
Contributor
- Maloney, Peter
- Dysart, Richard
- Waites, Thomas G., 1955-
- Carter, T. K., 1956-
- Brimley, Wilford, 1934-2020
- Turman-Foster Company
- David, Keith
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Russell, Kurt
- Carpenter, John, 1948-
- Moffat, Donald, 1930-2018
- Hallahan, Charles
- Lancaster, Bill, 1947-1997
- Clennon, David
- Masur, Richard
- Polis, Joel
- Campbell, John W., Jr., John Wood, 1910-1971
Genre
Subject
- Horror films
- Feature films
- Film remakes
- Science fiction films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Antarctica -- Drama
- Life on other planets -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Monster films
- Horror -- Feature
- Science fiction -- Feature
- Horror -- Feature
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor17
- Maloney, Peter
- Dysart, Richard
- Waites, Thomas G., 1955-
- Carter, T. K., 1956-
- Brimley, Wilford, 1934-2020
- Turman-Foster Company
- David, Keith
- Universal Pictures (Firm)
- Russell, Kurt
- Carpenter, John, 1948-
- Moffat, Donald, 1930-2018
- Hallahan, Charles
- Lancaster, Bill, 1947-1997
- Clennon, David
- Masur, Richard
- Polis, Joel
- Campbell, John W., Jr., John Wood, 1910-1971
- Genre11
- Subject16
- Horror films
- Feature films
- Film remakes
- Science fiction films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Antarctica -- Drama
- Life on other planets -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Monster films
- Horror -- Feature
- Science fiction -- Feature
- Horror -- Feature
- Content1
- Mapped to1