

The Thing
It's not human. Yet.
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $35M
- Box office
- $31.5M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- paranoia
- halloween
- research station
- alien life-form
- prequel
- survival
- antarctica
- survival horror
- blizzard
- duringcreditsstinger
- aggressive
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR14 Oct 2011
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1514 Oct 2011
- Physical15DVD6 Feb 2012
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA15+13 Oct 2011
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1613 Oct 2011
BulgariaBG
- TheatricalD21 Oct 2011
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical8 Dec 2011
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical153 Apr 2012
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical28 Oct 2011
FranceFR
- Theatrical12 Oct 2011
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1617 Nov 2011
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1827 Oct 2011
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1614 Oct 2011
Frequently asked questions
The Thing was released on 12 October 2011.
Audience reviews
2- J7/10
John Chard
10/1/2019
Hvem går det? The Thing is directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and adapted to screenplay by Eric Heisserer. It's based on the novel "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell and is a prequel to "John Carpenter's The Thing" from 1982. It stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Music is by Marco Beltrami and cinematography by Michel Abramowicz.…
- W7/10
Wuchak
9/18/2023
**_More of the same with a female protagonist, but well done_** An American paleontologist (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is recruited by a doctor and his assistant (Ulrich Thomsen and Eric Christian Olsen) to travel to a Norwegian base in Antarctica to examine a colossal craft buried under the ice and a nearby frozen specimen. They bring the latter into the base; big mistake. “The Thing” (2011) is a prequel to the…
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