1982 Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's The Thing

The Thing is a 1982 American science-fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell. It is a critically acclaimed cult classic renowned for its intense atmosphere of paranoia, groundbreaking practical special effects, and bleak themes of isolation and survival.
Set in a remote U.S. research station in Antarctica, a 12-man team encounters a parasitic extraterrestrial lifeform that is capable of assimilating and perfectly imitating any living organism it touches. The alien is inadvertently brought into the camp after the American crew takes in a sled dog that escaped a destroyed Norwegian research station nearby.
As the alien begins to infect members of the team, the crew is consumed by a deepening paranoia, as no one can be trusted and anyone could be "the Thing" in disguise. Helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady (Kurt Russell) leads the desperate effort to identify and destroy the creature before it escapes the outpost and infects the rest of the world.
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Dysart,
and Donald Moffat
Source Material: The film is a loose remake of the 1951 film The Thing from Another World, and is more faithful to the original 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella Who Goes There?
Special Effects: The film is famous for the revolutionary and grotesque practical creature effects created by special makeup effects designer Rob Bottin.
Initial Reception vs. Legacy: Upon its initial release, the film was a critical and commercial failure, overshadowed by the more optimistic alien film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial released around the same time. However, it gained a significant cult following on home video and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror and science-fiction films ever made.
Themes: The film explores themes of fear, mistrust, isolation, and the fragility of the human psyche when faced with an unknowable enemy.