Moderately so — The Thing mixes scares with other modes. As a cosmic horror film, it scored 6.8/10 for fear, 9.5/10 for atmosphere, and 8.1/10 overall on Darkly's curator scale across 2 ratings.

What are some films like The Thing?

Films similar to The Thing on Darkly include Leviathan (1989), Scream VI (2023), Alien³ (1992) — selected by cosine similarity on the 4-dimensional curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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The Thing

Name: The Thing
Genre: horror
Released: 1982-06-25
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 8.05

1982 · R · 1h 49m

Man is the warmest place to hide.

Trust no one. It could already be inside you.

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

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Based on 2 ratings

8.1

Overall

Fear6.8

Gore8.0

Atmosphere9.5

LanguageEnglish

RatingR

Running time1h 49m

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When a Norwegian helicopter pursues a sled dog to an American Antarctic research station, the team investigates the abandoned Norwegian camp and discovers something horrifying. The alien organism they bring back can perfectly imitate any living creature — and it may already be among them.

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