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The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World

Drama · Horror · Science Fiction · 1951

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

Movie details

The Thing from Another World

“Natural or Supernatural?”

1951 Drama · Horror · Science Fiction 1h 27m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Thing from Another World?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Christian Nyby

Written by

Charles Lederer · Howard Hawks · Ben Hecht

Kenneth Tobey

Kenneth Tobey

Captain Patrick Hendry

Margaret Sheridan

Margaret Sheridan

Nikki

Robert Cornthwaite

Robert Cornthwaite

Dr. Arthur Carrington

Douglas Spencer

Douglas Spencer

Ned 'Scotty' Scott

James Young

James Young

Lt. Eddie Dykes

Dewey Martin

Dewey Martin

Crew Chief Bob

Robert Nichols

Robert Nichols

Lt. Ken 'Mac' Erickson

Court is in session

Put The Thing from Another World on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.