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The Thing (1982)

The Thing (1982)

R 109 minutes EN Horror , Mystery , Science Fiction
Man is the warmest place to hide.
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
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