Brand new factory sealed dvd of the original collector's edition that has since been repackaged with differant artwork.

Upon its release, the THING was snubbed for daring to take Howard Hawk's rapid fire sci-fi classic and present it as a dark, deadly serious, and horrifically gory vision of mankind stripped down to its most primal elements in the Antarctica. Dispensing with carrot monster, the female love interest, and the wisecracking newsman of the original, Carpenter instead returned to the original short story.

John W. Campbell, jr.'s "Who Goes There?" is used as the basis to fashion an alien story in which the shapeless menace can inhabit any living form. Thus, the male protagonists, trapped in a remote Army station, must fend off each other in an attempt to determine who is human... and who isn't. Kurt Russell makes a solid, stoic leading man, a far cry from his other collaborations with Carpenter, and Rob Bottin's eye-popping special effects have become the stuff of legend.

Universal gives their cult favorite the deluxe treatment with what is easily one of their best collector's edition. Starting off with a lustrous transfer and believe it or not they even shelled out the extra bucks to restore Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition' back into an early scene too! An 84-minute documentary with interviews of the principal players, full feature commentary, isolated soundtrack, and the extras keep coming.

Exclusive work in progress and never-before-seen footage, drawings, photos, storyboards, and unused footage that was made for the television broadcast's only.