Een Amerikaans onderzoek op Antarctica wordt verstoord doordat er door een langsvliegende Noor op een husky wordt geschoten. De hond wordt bij de andere in de kooi neergelegd, maar 's nachts muteert de hond en vermoordt alle andere honden.
Nee, helaas is The Thing nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | John Carpenter | Director |
| Writing | Bill Lancaster | Screenplay |
| Production | David Foster | Producer |
| Production | Wilbur Stark | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Dean Cundey | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Todd C. Ramsay | Editor |
| Production | Anita Dann | Casting |
| Art | John J. Lloyd | Production Design |
| Art | Henry Larrecq | Art Direction |
| Art | John M. Dwyer | Set Decoration |
| Visual Effects | Albert Whitlock | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Henry Schoessler | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rob Bottin | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ronald I. Caplan | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gilbert Loe | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Trish Keating | Costume Supervisor |
| Lighting | David R. Anderson | Gaffer |
| Art | Barton M. Susman | Leadman |
| Sound | David Lewis Yewdall | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Colin C. Mouat | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Warren Hamilton Jr. | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Lighting | Charles E. Nippell | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Raymond Stella | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Cliff Kohlweck | Music Editor |
| Directing | Candy Artmont | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Stuart Cohen | Co-Producer |
| Production | Lawrence Turman | Producer |
| Production | Larry Franco | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Ken Diaz | Makeup Effects |
| Art | John Zemansky | Property Master |
| Directing | Christine Wilson | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Lawrence Perry | Pilot |
| Crew | Ken Strain | Pilot |
| Camera | Cyrus Block | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Dave Gordon | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Kris Krosskove | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Dillard Brinson | Key Grip |
| Camera | Ronald Woodward | Key Grip |
| Sound | John Carpenter | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Alan Howarth | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Phyllis Newman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ken Chase | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | John W. Campbell Jr. | Novel |
| Crew | Anthony Cecere | Stunts |
| Crew | Kent Hays | Stunts |
| Crew | Larry Holt | Stunts |
| Crew | Melvin Jones | Stunts |
| Crew | Eric Mansker | Stunts |
| Crew | Denver Mattson | Stunts |
| Crew | Clint Rowe | Stunts |
| Crew | Ken Strain | Stunts |
| Crew | Rock A. Walker | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Wills | Stunts |
| Production | Robert Latham Brown | Production Manager |
| Directing | Larry Franco | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jeffrey Chernov | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Roy Arbogast | Special Effects |
| Camera | Clyde E. Bryan | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Steve Tate | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Kendrick Sweet | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ernesto Mas | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | John K. Adams | Foley Supervisor |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Dan Anglin | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Bob Cornell | Transportation Captain |
| Lighting | Mark Walthour | Gaffer |
| Art | Richard A. Gonzales | Swing |
| Art | Joseph R. Savko | Swing |
| Art | Milton Wilson | Swing |
| Crew | Hans Metz | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | John K. Stirber | Special Effects Assistant |
| Camera | Ray Kinzer | Grip |
| Art | Michael R. Gannon | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Rocky Corsini | Craft Service |
| Art | James Callan | Painter |
| Art | Michael Ploog | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Mentor Huebner | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Gary Meyer | Production Illustrator |
| Production | Ron MacInnes | Production Assistant |
| Production | Debbie Collier | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Yervant Babasin | Craft Service |
| Crew | George Lawson | Driver |
| Art | Graeme Murray | Set Decoration |
| Production | Fitch Cady | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Michael Steele | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Karen Kalton | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Robin Mounsey | Technical Advisor |
| Camera | Paul R. Prince | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | David Geddes | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Douglas Pruss | Second Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Lee Routly | Special Effects |
| Crew | Michael A. Clifford | Special Effects |
| Crew | Alois Stranan | Transportation Captain |
| Camera | Chris Helcermanas-Benge | Still Photographer |
| Camera | James L. Hurford | Best Boy Grip |
| Lighting | Len Wolfe | Best Boy Electric |
| Crew | Spencer Hyde | Craft Service |
| Crew | Nate Irwin | Pilot |
| Crew | Rob Bottin | Makeup Effects |
| Crew | Barrett J. Reid | Generator Operator |
| Lighting | Thomas Marshall | Gaffer |
| Art | Drew Struzan | Art Designer |
