The Thing

Dir. John Carpenter. 1982, 109 mins. U.S. 35mm. With Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David. In remaking Howard Hawks’s The Thing from Another World, horror master Carpenter fashioned his own chilling classic, featuring some of the ooziest and most imaginative practical effects ever created for the screen. Carpenter’s terrifying marvel follows a group of scientists, trapped in a remote Antarctic outpost, who are beset by a shape-shifting extraterrestrial force that is able to enter anyone’s body undetected. With its jaw-dropping gallery of creepy-crawlies and gorgeous widescreen compositions set against the desolate environment’s endless snowbound winter, this is one to see in a theater—in the dark amidst the gasps of an awestruck audience.   

Tickets: $17.50 / $12 senior and students / $10 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership. 

Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission.