John W. Campbell Jr. – Scripts on Screen

Year:1982

Director:John Carpenter

Written by:Bill Lancaster (Screenplay), John W. Campbell Jr. (Story)

Script Synopsis:In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot and the camp doctor lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.

The Thing Script Resources:

The Thing Script PDF at Awesome Film
The Thing Script PDF at Script Slug
The Thing Script PDF - Second Draft - 3/4/1981 at The Script Savant
The Thing Script at The Daily Script
The Thing Script - Second draft, March 4, 1981 at Screenplays For You
The Thing Script at Sci-Fi Scripts
The Thing Script - 1981-03 Draft at IMSDb
The Thing Script PDF - [missing last page(s)] at Script Fly ($)
The Thing Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
The Thing Script PDF - (1982) 7/29/81 FINAL at Script City ($)
The Thing Script PDF - (1951) (XL) 1ST DRAFT at Script City ($)
The Thing Script PDF - (1982) (EARLY) 3/4/81 *page at Script City ($)

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