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The Thing

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


John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) is back on the big screen in a brand-new 4K restoration, and it’s arguably both a Christmas movie (there’s snow, cabin fever, and plenty of knitwear), AND an environmental film.

Set in an isolated Antarctic research station, it’s a chilling parable about survival, contagion, and what happens when trust - and the ecosystem - break down under pressure. It’s also one of the great cult classics of the 1980s - what better to have you screaming into the festive season?

A masterclass in paranoid horror, The Thing sees a group of Antarctic researchers trapped in their station with the worst kind of party crasher: an alien organism that can perfectly imitate any living creature it consumes. As fear spreads faster than the organism itself, the icy wasteland outside begins to look safer than what’s within.

Starring Kurt Russell as the reluctant leader MacReady, Carpenter’s cult horror classic remains a stunning blend of practical effects, tension, and atmosphere, now sharper and scarier than ever in glorious 4K.

Fright Night with Green Screen

The Thing

  • Runtime: 109 minutes
  • Director: John Carpenter
  • Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David
  • Country: USA
  • Year: 1982
  • Rating: (18)
  • Film

Event Key:

  • SO Sold Out
  • SP Special Event
  • CR Clubs + Regulars
  • SF Seasons + Festivals
  • FA Family
  • AS Accessibile Screening
  • HoH Hard of Hearing
  • CC Closed Caption
  • RS Relaxed Screening
  • QA Q + A
  • IN with Introduction
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