The Thing
1982 · 109 min · Horror / Mystery / Science Fiction · TMDB 8.1
The short version:Paranoid Antarctic creature feature with the best practical effects ever put on film. Extremely gory in a wet, rubbery way. The dog scene is hard for animal lovers.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary4
Not scaryExtreme
Dread4
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares2
NoneConstant
Disturbing3
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim4
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreHeavyeditorial
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- Dogs are attacked and transformed in a kennel; one is shot.
Body & medical
- Body horrorHeavyeditorial
Mental health & grief
- Mental illnessBriefinferred from keywords
- SuicideBriefeditorial
Phobias & sensory
- Claustrophobia & confinementModerateeditorial
- Fire & burningModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- Flamethrowers are used on people and things that used to be people.