The Thing: Book vs. Movie
John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing adapts John W. Campbell's novella Who Goes There? Kurt Russell plays MacReady, a helicopter pilot facing a shape-shifting intruder at an Antarctic research station.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- John W. Campbell
- Year
- 1938
- Pages
- 158Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 3 hr 51 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Yuri Lowenthal
An Antarctic research expedition brings a frozen alien back to camp, expecting to study a creature that has been dead for ages. Once thawed, it can absorb a living organism and reproduce its appearance, leaving the men unsure whether their companions are still human. McReady and the others search for a reliable test before an imitation can escape the isolated station.
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Writer
- John W. Campbell, Bill Lancaster
- Year
- 1982
- Runtime
- 1 hr 49 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon
- Genre
- action, body horror, Drama, horror, monster, Mystery, science fiction, science fiction horror, splatter, survival, Suspense, Thriller
- IMDb
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A helicopter chasing a dog brings violence to an American research station in Antarctica. The men soon discover that something capable of imitating living creatures has entered their isolated base, leaving no reliable way to recognize an infected colleague. As pilot MacReady tries to organize a defense, suspicion spreads faster than they can establish who is still human.
Other adaptations of this book
Who Goes There?The Thing from Another World · Movie · 1951Details
- Director
- Howard Hawks, Christian Nyby
- Writer
- Howard Hawks, John W. Campbell, Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer
- Year
- 1951
- Runtime
- 1 hr 27 min
- Cast
- Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, Douglas Spencer
Airmen and scientists at a remote Arctic outpost investigate a crashed flying object and recover a frozen body from the ice. When the creature thaws, the station becomes a hunting ground for a visitor that needs blood to survive. Captain Hendry's efforts to protect the group clash with a scientist's determination to preserve and communicate with the discovery.
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