Looking to watch 'The Thing' on your TV or mobile device at home? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.
Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Thing' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'The Thing' right now, here are some particulars about the Universal Pictures, Morgan Creek Entertainment, Strike Entertainment horror flick.
Released October 14th, 2011, 'The Thing' stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a user score of 62 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 2,945 top users.
Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller."
'The Thing' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video, and Apple TV .
'The Thing' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on October 14th, 2011
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
January 31st, 2012
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The Thing Collection
‘The Thing’ is an American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter. It is a remake of the 1951 movie ‘The Thing from Another World’, in turn based on the 1938 John W. Campbell novella ‘Who Goes There?’ A "remake with a twist" to the 1982 film with the same name was released in 2011.
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