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