It serves the bare serviceable minimum for a horror flick, but The Thing is all boo-scares and a slave to the far superior John Carpenter version.
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Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Director
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Dr. Kate Lloyd
Joel Edgerton
Carter
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Jameson
Trond Espen Seim
Edvard Wolner
Ulrich Thomsen
Dr. Sander Halvorson
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Director -
Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. -
Executive Producer -
J. Miles Dale , David Foster , Lawrence Turman , Gabrielle Neimand -
Screenwriter -
Eric Heisserer -
Distributor -
Universal Pictures -
Production Co -
Strike Entertainment -
Rating -
R (Gore|Disturbing Images|Language|Strong Creature Violence) -
Genre -
Horror , Sci-Fi , Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 14, 2011, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Sep 10, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$16.9M -
Sound Mix -
SDDS , Dolby SRD , DTS