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