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The Thing

1982John Carpenter109 min

Cinema

Graded near black
The score does the plotting

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Genre

Viewing evidence

Picture

Graded near black

Sound

The score does the plotting

Context

Needs a dark room

Technical basis

A wide image, with more letterboxing on a 16:9 screen.
Published shot timings inform the attention estimate.

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