Yes — The Thing is consistently scary. As a cosmic horror film, it scored 8.5/10 for fear, 10.0/10 for atmosphere, and 9.1/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in The Thing?

The Thing has 7 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like The Thing?

The Thing is tagged as cosmic horror, body horror, survival on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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cosmic-horror

The Thing

1982 · R · 1h 49m

Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone.

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

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Curator Score

9.1

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Built on atmosphere.

Jump scares

The Thing has 7 jump scares. Compare counts

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9.1Overall

Fear8.5

Gore7.4

Atmosphere10.0

Intensity6.0

Genres

science-fictionhorror

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Details

Budget$15M

Box office$19.6M

Directed by

John Carpenter

Written by

Bill Lancaster

Cinematography

Dean Cundey

Music

Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter, Alan Howarth

Starring

Kurt Russell as MacReady · Wilford Brimley as Blair · T.K. Carter as Nauls · David Clennon as Palmer · Keith David as Childs · Richard Dysart as Dr. Copper · Charles Hallahan as Norris · Peter Maloney as Bennings

Production

The Turman-Foster Company, Universal Pictures

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