The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998)
• September 8th, 1998 • 1h 23min
Documentary
Overview
An in-depth look at the making of John Carpenter's cult classic sci-fi horror The Thing, telling the story of a group of researchers in Antarctica who encounter a parasitic extra-terrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates other organisms.
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