The Thing

Antarctica, deep winter. Ice cores cut deep into the silence. A drill strikes flesh. The team pulls up a frozen thing no textbook named. By morning their coffee breath fogs panic. A Carpenter film protective mimicry.

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Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. directed The Thing in 2011. See Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.'s full filmography, where to start with Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., or where to go after you've seen everything by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr..

The Thing was released in 2011 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 103 minutes.