KURT RUSSELL   WILFORD BRIMLEY   KEITH DAVID

T. K. CARTER   RICHARD DYSART   JOEL POLIS     

AND   JOHN CARPENTER  

star in

John Carpenters'

THE THING

DVD - Region 2 and 4 - PAL - NEW and SEALED - Never played!! - MA 15+-rated - Colour - 1982-release - 104-minutes - Original DVD release in Australia 

A US research station, Antarctica, early-winter 1982. 

The base is suddenly buzzed by a helicopter from the nearby Norwegian research station. 

They are trying to kill a dog that has escaped from their base. 

After the destruction of the Norwegian chopper the members of the US team fly to the Norwegian base, only to discover them all dead or missing. 

They do find the remains of a strange creature the Norwegians burned. 

The Americans take it to their base and deduce that it is an alien life form. 

After a while it is apparent that the alien can take over and assimilate into other life forms, including humans, and can spread like a virus.

 This means that anyone at the base could be inhabited by The Thing, and tensions escalate.

A group of explorers in the arctic region have encountered a vicious alien organism that can consume a person and make itself a perfect copy. 

This is a classic horror film that is loaded with brilliant special effects and graphic violence that is a perfect way to spend a cold evening. 

Kurt Russel stars as a troubled alcoholic who takes charge and tries to find which person is really the alien creature. 

One of the most brilliant things about the movie is that it plays with the idea of not knowing who you can trust. 

I found it interesting that it had an all male cast, something uncommon for many movies. 

The acting is very natural and very realistic.

 This movie was surprisingly scary and the graphic scenes were surprisingly horrific. 

It's a dark, brutal, and claustrophobic sci-fi horror film that has stood the test of time from the genius of John Carpenter.