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The Thing

The Thing (2011) - Where to Watch

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Ready to press play on 'The Thing' on any device? Here’s where you can watch it, including ways to watch including rental, purchase, and subscription options, all in one place. As of now in the US, 'The Thing' is available on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Prime Video to rent, buy, or stream with a subscription.

Here are some helpful extras before you press play about the Universal Pictures, Morgan Creek Entertainment, Strike Entertainment horror flick. The Thing starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min. The release date of the movie is October 14th, 2011. The movie received a user score of 62/100 on TMDb, which was generated using reviews from 3,156 real users.

Wondering what this story is all about? Here's the plot: "When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller."

'The Thing' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on October 14th, 2011
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting January 31st, 2012 - Buy The Thing DVD

The Thing Movies

‘The Thing’ is an American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter. It is a remake of the 1951 movie ‘The Thing from Another World’, in turn based on the 1938 John W. Campbell novella ‘Who Goes There?’ A "remake with a twist" to the 1982 film with the same name was released in 2011.