

The Thing from Another World
Natural or Supernatural?
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $2M
- Language
- English
- flying saucer
- based on novel or book
- pilot
- research station
- base
- arctic polar circle region
- survival
- black and white
- alien invasion
- north pole
- survival horror
- alien plant-life
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)NROhio5 Apr 1951
- Theatrical (limited)NRWashington, D.C.6 Apr 1951
- Theatrical7 Apr 1951
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalRated X2 May 1951
- Physical12DVD12 Nov 1997
- Digital / OTTPG14 Nov 2019
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG5 Apr 1951
AustriaAT
- Theatrical1626 Oct 1951
BrazilBR
- Theatrical16IMDB17 Dec 1951
- Physical16 mj.gov.br - Universal BR20 Jun 2012
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1226 Oct 1951
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT7 Feb 1952
MexicoMX
- TheatricalB5 Apr 1951
NetherlandsNL
- Physical14DVD26 Sept 2012
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The Thing from Another World was released on 5 April 1951.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
John Chard
3/18/2019
There are no enemies in science, only phenomena to be studied. The Thing from Another World is set at The North Pole and finds a bunch of U.S. airmen, scientists and a journalist getting more than they bargained for when they investigate a space craft frozen in the ice. What is most striking about the film is the basic human story of team work, the pulling together of mankind during a crisis, this theme is a…
- W6/10
Wuchak
9/22/2023
**_Stuck at an isolated arctic station with some… Thing_** Scientists at a base in the frozen North discern the crash-landing of an unknown vessel 50 miles away, which they naturally investigate with the corresponding militarists. They bring a mysterious frozen specimen back to the station. Big mistake. “The Thing From Another World” (1951) was the first attempt to film John W. Campbell’s novella Who Goes There…
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