Film1982109 min

The Thing

Name: The Thing
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Released: 1982
Duration: 109 min
Cast: Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon

Taste attributes: horrormysteryscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalanimalsdisasterrobots/ai/spacepsychologicalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarysurrealbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, fresh horror film, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

8.0/10

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Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined

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Synopsis

Members of an American scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly imitating its victims. They soon discover that this task will be harder than they thought, as they don't know which members of the team have already been assimilated and their paranoia threatens to tear them apart.

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Taste Attributes

all consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadsunderdog triumphs