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The thing - Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eric Christian Olsen, Joel Edgerton, Matthijs van Heijningen Jr

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Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. The shape shifting creature, accidentally unleashed at this marooned colony, has the ability to turn itself into a perfect replica of any living being. It can look just like you or me, but inside, it remains inhuman. In the thriller The thing, paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers as they're infected, one by one, by a mystery from another planet. The thing serves as a prelude to John Carpenter's classic 1982 film of the same name.

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Film horror science fiction Antarctica alien ice shape-shift infection prequel paranoid thriller

Persons of interest

Mary Elizabeth Winstead .... Kate Lloyd
Eric Christian Olsen .... Adam Goodman
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje .... Derek Jameson
Joel Edgerton .... Sam Carter
Ulrich Thomsen .... Dr Sander Halvorson
Jonathan Walker .... Colin
Kim Bubbs .... Juliette
Stig Henrik Hoff
Trond Espen Seim
Jørgen Langhelle .... Lars
Jan Gunnar Røise
Kristofer Hivju
Henrik Hoff
Jo Adrian Haavind
John W Campbell Jr .... Author
Eric Heisserer .... Screenwriter
Ronald D Moore .... Screenwriter
Matthijs van Heijningen Jr .... Director

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Theatrical report

The horror, science fiction movie The thing is directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr and stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eric Christian Olsen, Joel Edgerton.