In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot (Kurt Russell) and the camp doctor (Richard Dysart) lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.

Reviews:

"Every October, I revisit John Carpenter's "The Thing" to celebrate the month of Halloween, and every year I arrive at the same conclusion: it's one of the most effective horror films ever made." - Wael Khairy, RogerEbert.com

"... an alien invasion horror masterpiece, a kind of survivalist chamber drama set in a remote research station in the icy Arctic where a small group men without women are confronted by an insidious takeover." - Sean Axmaker, Stream on Demand