The main cast includes:
* Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady
* Keith David as Childs
* Wilford Brimley as Blair
* T.K. Carter as Copper
* Richard Dysart as Dr. Garry
* A. Wilford Brimley as Blair
* Charles Hallahan as Norris
* Joel Polis as Fuchs
* Peter Maloney as Clark
* David Clennon as Palmer
* Richard Masur as Bennings
This film is a remake of the 1951 classic "The Thing From Another World". It's a suspenseful and terrifying story of survival in a remote Antarctic research station as a shape-shifting alien infiltrates the team.