The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

1998 • 1h23m • Documentary

Rating

7.4/10

Popularity

An in-depth look at the making of John Carpenter's cult classic sci-fi horror The Thing, telling the story of a group of researchers in Antarctica who encounter a parasitic extra-terrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates other organisms.

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Details

Director

Michael Matessino

Screenplay