John Carpenter's The Thing is a 1982 sci-fi horror thriller film starring Kurt Russell. The movie is about a group of researchers in Antarctica who encounter an alien life form that can assimilate and imitate any organism it comes into contact with. Directed by John Carpenter, the film has an R rating and falls under the sub-genres of aliens, sci-fi, horror, and thriller. This Laserdisc edition is in widescreen format.