The Thing - 4K Ultra-HD (Includes Blu-Ray)

Exclusive Art by Matt Ferguson Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from New York) teams Kurt Russell’s outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing. In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Once unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror and becomes one of them. Bonus Content: • Feature Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Kurt Russell • John Carpenter’s The Thing: Terror Takes Shape • Outtakes • Theatrical Trailer

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In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot (Kurt Russell) and the camp doctor (Richard Dysart) lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.

• Rating: R
• Genre: Horror, Sci-fi
• Original Language: English
• Director: John Carpenter
• Producer: David Foster, Lawrence Turman
• Writer: Bill Lancaster
• Release Date (Theaters): Jun 25, 1982 Original
• Release Date (Streaming): Feb 14, 2006
• Runtime: 1h 48m
• Distributor: Universal Pictures
• Sound Mix: Dolby, Stereo, Surround
• Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Scope (2.35:1)

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Critics Consensus
Grimmer and more terrifying than the 1950s take, John Carpenter's The Thing is a tense sci-fi thriller rife with compelling tension and some remarkable make-up effects. Read critic reviews

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