The Thing from another world Wiki

Man is The Warmest Place to Hide
The Thing is an alien lifeform which can imitate other life forms perfectly. In the Winter of 1982, the creature was dug up in the Arctic circle and caused havoc in both a Norwegian and American base.

Luckily it never reached the outside world, for if it did, this would mean the end of the human race forever.

1982's not so Friendly Visitor!
In the same year that E.T came to Earth, cinemas were visted by a not so friendly alien. Based on the 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" by John Campbell and the 1951 film The Thing From Another World, horror master John Carpenter's version was not well received upon its release. In the advent of video and DVD, however, The Thing has built a cult following over the years, spawning a Dark Horse comic series and a video game.

In 2011 there will be a prequel released which shows what happened at the Norwegian camp.