Set in the winter of 1982 at a research station in Antarctica, a twelve-man research team finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has remained buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Unfrozen and unleashed, the THING creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them.

Disc characteristics: DVD Region 1. Originally released as a motion picture, 1982, by Universal Studios. Digitally recorded; stereo surround; THX digitally mastered. Based on the story "Who goes there?" by John W. Campbell. "A Turman-Foster Company production"--Screen. Includes bonus materials: Feature commentary with director John Carpenter and Kurt Russell -- John Carpenter's The Thing : terror takes shape -- Production background archive -- Cast production photographs -- Production art and storyboards.