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Film · 0 connectionsThe Thing (1982)
- Horror
- Mystery
- Science Fiction
- 109 min
- 16 age guide
- ★ 8.1/10 from 8,247 ratings
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Directed byJohn Carpenter
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