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The Thing

The Thing

1982 · Movie · 1h 49m · R

The highest scoring of the two films in The Thing series, ahead of The Thing (54). Streaming on Prime.

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Synopsis

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Ratings

SourceRatingWeight
IMDb8.2/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes85%21%
Metacritic57/10021%
TMDB8.1/108,430 votes16%
Balasaur Score77100%

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