Bibliograph

The thing, Universal Pictures presents ; in association with Morgan Creek Productions ; a Strike Entertainment production ; directed by Matthijs van Heijningen ; written by Eric Heisserer ; produced by Marc Abraham, Eric Newman

Type

Label

The thing, Universal Pictures presents ; in association with Morgan Creek Productions ; a Strike Entertainment production ; directed by Matthijs van Heijningen ; written by Eric Heisserer ; produced by Marc Abraham, Eric Newman

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong creature violence and gore, disturbing images, and language

Main title

The thing

Oclc number

762184637

Responsibility statement

Universal Pictures presents ; in association with Morgan Creek Productions ; a Strike Entertainment production ; directed by Matthijs van Heijningen ; written by Eric Heisserer ; produced by Marc Abraham, Eric Newman

Runtime

103

Summary

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller

Technique

live action

Classification