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In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1982-06-25
- video_camera_front Companies Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company
- timer Runtime: 109 Mins
- star Rating: 8.1 / 10
- favorite Likes: 6951 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0084787
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smart_display Cast
Kurt Russell
MacReady
Keith David
Childs
Wilford Brimley
Blair
T.K. Carter
Nauls
David Clennon
Palmer
Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan
Norris
Peter Maloney
Bennings
Richard Masur
Clark
Donald Moffat
Garry
Joel Polis
Fuchs
Thomas G. Waites
Windows
Norbert Weisser
Norwegian
Larry Franco
Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
Nate Irwin
Helicopter Pilot
William Zeman
Pilot
Adrienne Barbeau
Computer (voice) (uncredited)
John Carpenter
Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
groups Crew
John J. Lloyd
Production Design
Henry Larrecq
Art Direction
John Carpenter
Director
David Foster
Producer
Wilbur Stark
Executive Producer
John M. Dwyer
Set Decoration
Todd C. Ramsay
Editor
Anita Dann
Casting
Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Bill Lancaster
Screenplay
Albert Whitlock
Visual Effects
Henry Schoessler
Visual Effects
Rob Bottin
Makeup Effects Designer
Gilbert Loe
Costume Supervisor
Ronald I. Caplan
Costume Supervisor
Trish Keating
Costume Supervisor
David R. Anderson
Gaffer
Candy Artmont
Script Supervisor
Barton M. Susman
Leadman
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor
Raymond Stella
Camera Operator
David Lewis Yewdall
Supervising Sound Editor
Cliff Kohlweck
Music Editor
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Colin C. Mouat
Supervising Sound Editor
Charles E. Nippell
Best Boy Electric
Lawrence Turman
Producer
Stuart Cohen
Co-Producer
Larry Franco
Associate Producer
Ken Diaz
Makeup Effects
John Zemansky
Property Master
Christine Wilson
Script Supervisor
Lawrence Perry
Pilot
Dillard Brinson
Key Grip
Ken Strain
Pilot
Ronald Woodward
Key Grip
Dave Gordon
Dolly Grip
Cyrus Block
Camera Operator
Kris Krosskove
Dolly Grip
John Carpenter
Original Music Composer
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
Phyllis Newman
Makeup Artist
Ken Chase
Makeup Artist
John W. Campbell Jr.
Novel
Larry Franco
First Assistant Director
Dan Anglin
Transportation Captain
Rock A. Walker
Stunts
Mark Walthour
Gaffer
Robin Mounsey
Technical Advisor
Robert Latham Brown
Production Manager
Larry Holt
Stunts
John K. Adams
Foley Supervisor
Anthony Cecere
Stunts
Eric Mansker
Stunts
Richard A. Gonzales
Swing
Michael Steele
Second Assistant Director
Melvin Jones
Stunts
Steve Tate
Second Assistant Camera
Milton Wilson
Swing
Hans Metz
Special Effects Assistant
Graeme Murray
Set Decoration
Alois Stranan
Transportation Captain
Denver Mattson
Stunts
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects
Douglas Pruss
Second Assistant Camera
James L. Hurford
Best Boy Grip
Len Wolfe
Best Boy Electric
Kent Hays
Stunts
Ken Strain
Stunts
Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator
Clint Rowe
Stunts
Jerry Wills
Stunts
Clyde E. Bryan
First Assistant Camera
John K. Stirber
Special Effects Assistant
Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director
Kendrick Sweet
Sound Editor
Michael R. Gannon
Assistant Property Master
Rocky Corsini
Craft Service
Spencer Hyde
Craft Service
Michael Ploog
Production Illustrator
Lee Routly
Special Effects
Yervant Babasin
Craft Service
Karen Kalton
Production Secretary
Nate Irwin
Pilot
Bob Cornell
Transportation Captain
Joseph R. Savko
Swing
Ernesto Mas
Assistant Sound Editor
Ray Kinzer
Grip
James Callan
Painter
Debbie Collier
Production Secretary
Fitch Cady
Unit Production Manager
David Geddes
Second Assistant Camera
Gary Meyer
Production Illustrator
George Lawson
Driver
Michael A. Clifford
Special Effects
Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator
Paul R. Prince
First Assistant Camera
Chris Helcermanas-Benge
Still Photographer
Ron MacInnes
Production Assistant
Rob Bottin
Makeup Effects
Barrett J. Reid
Generator Operator
Thomas Marshall
Gaffer
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