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The Thing (1982): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

The Thing is a 1982 horror, mystery, sci-fi film directed by John Carpenter. It scores 8.2 on IMDb, 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, 57 on Metacritic, 8.1 on TMDB. Audiences and critics disagree: scaled to 100, IMDb users give it 82 while Metacritic critics give it 57, a gap of 25 points in favor of audiences. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 1 of 66 films from 1982 in our catalog and number 4 of 1,143 horror films.

Billed cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart.

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