The Thing from Another World
Leaving July 31
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1h 26m
Directed by Christian Nyby • 1951 • United States
Starring Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite
Reputedly directed in large part by Howard Hawks (officially credited as the film’s producer), this chilling touchstone of 1950s sci-fi horror unleashes otherworldly terror in an isolated setting—a remote Arctic military base—and keeps the tension escalating. When a UFO crashes near the North Pole, a team of Air Force personnel and scientists recover a frozen, humanoid alien from the site. As they debate whether to study, communicate with, or destroy the being, it awakens. Now, trapped in a frozen wasteland, the group faces an unknown, seemingly indestructible creature that sees them as prey.
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