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Can you stream the Horror, Mystery & Science Fiction movie The Thing, directed by John Carpenter & Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. & starring Donald Moffat, Keith David, Kurt Russell & Wilford Brimley on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime?

Streaming Guide: The Thing

A crew in Antarctica finds a neighboring camp destroyed and its crew dead. Whatever killed them is nowhere to be found, unless it's hidden in plain sight.

TAGLINE: "Man is The Warmest Place to Hide."

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Its release date is Friday June 25, 1982

Production details

Director John Carpenter & Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Cast Donald Moffat, Keith David, Kurt Russell & Wilford Brimley
Genre Horror, Mystery & Science Fiction
Country of origin The United States
Release date 1982-06-25
Theme Alien Life-form, Extraterrestrial Life, Ice, Norwegian, Paranoia, Remake, Research Station, Shapeshifting, Shapeshifting Fiction, Snow Storm & Space Marine
Place setting Antarctica
Time setting 1982
Location Alaska, British Columbia & Toronto
Script Bill Lancaster (screenplay) & John W. Campbell Jr. (story)
Cinematography Dean Cundey & Michel Abramowicz
Music Ennio Morricone & Marco Beltrami
Costs $15,000,000
Box Office Revenue $19,629,760
Runtime 109 min

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