Cult 101: The Thing (1982) 4K Restoration
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 109 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1982
Starring: David Clennon, Keith David, Kurt Russell, T. K. Carter, Wilford Brimley
Country: United States, Canada
Language: English, Norwegian
Newly restored 4K version | Screening as part of the December 2024 Cult 101 lineup.
About the film:
Members of an American scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly imitating its victims. They soon discover that this task will be harder than they thought, as they don’t know which members of the team have already been assimilated and their paranoia threatens to tear them apart.
About the filmmaker:
Director, writer, and composer John Carpenter, founding father of the modern slasher film, is the mind behind classics Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), The Thing (1982), Christine (1983), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), and more. Called “a creative genius of raw, fantastic, and spectacular emotions,” Carpenter was awarded the prestigious Golden Coach at Cannes 2019 for his innovative projects. One of his first, the short film The Resurrection of Broncho Billy, won an Academy Award in 1971.
Last presented in February 2023 as part of The Apocalypse Trilogy
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