THE THING (1982)
Decades after its release, John Carpenter’s stylish and suspenseful THE THING still boasts some of the most shockingly grotesque and fiendishly inventive monster effects ever put on screen, courtesy of master makeup artist Rob Bottin, putting much of today’s CGI to shame. Frequent Carpenter collaborator Kurt Russell stars as R.J. MacReady, leading a rapidly dwindling and ever-more paranoid group of Antarctic-based scientists in their fight against a shape-shifting alien that can assume any animal form, at times combining different species’ parts into some gruesome improvisations. Carpenter’s lunatic vision, accompanied by Ennio Morricone’s pulsating synth score, demands to be seen on the big screen. DIR John Carpenter; SCR Bill Lancaster, from the novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell Jr.; PROD David Foster, Lawrence Turman. U.S., 1982, color, 109 min. RATED R
Directors: John Carpenter
Run Time: 109 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, July 17, 2026
Genre: Sci-fi horror
