Where to Watch The Thing Online

Looking to feast your eyes on 'The Thing' on your TV or mobile device at home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the John Carpenter-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Thing' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Thing' right now, here are some finer points about the Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company science fiction flick.

Released June 25th, 1982, 'The Thing' stars Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 49 min, and received a user score of 81 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 7,095 experienced users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them."

'The Thing' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Microsoft Store, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Google Play Movies, Apple TV, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, and Shudder Apple TV Channel .