The Thing Expanded (2026)

★ 8.5 5h 12m 4 votes IMDb
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The ultimate companion to John Carpenter’s "The Thing", digging deep into the proverbial iceberg to enhance your viewing experience with new insights, stories, and revelations.

The Thing Expanded

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Cast

John Carpenter
John Carpenter as Self Age 78 · Carthage, New York, USA An American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly a...
Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell as Self Age 75 · Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. At 12, he began acting in the Western TV series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year con...
Keith David
Keith David as Self Age 70 · Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media. He ha...
Richard Masur
Richard Masur as Self Age 77 · New York City, New York, USA Richard Masur (born November 20, 1948) is an American actor who has appeared in more than 80 movies during his career. From 1995-1999, he served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG)...
David Clennon
David Clennon as Self Age 83 · Waukegan, Illinois, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Clennon (born May 10, 1943) is an American actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of Miles Drentel in the ABC series Thirtysomething, a role he repris...
Thomas G. Waites
Thomas G. Waites as Self Age 71 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA An American actor and acting instructor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Waites runs an acting studio in New York City which is named for him. He has been a member of the Actor's Studio since 1984.
Director Ian Nathan
Cast John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Keith David, Richard Masur, David Clennon, Thomas G. Waites, Joel Polis, Peter Maloney, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Guillermo del Toro

Audience Reviews

Gordon 10/10 Jun 14, 2026
The BEST 5 hours of my life.
I had so many questions going into this documentary and half of them were answered while replaced by other questions.
There were details brought to my attention that I had NEVER noticed and therories that I had never considered.

If you are a fan of the film I highly recommend watching this documentary. Insight after insight from cast and crew make you reconsider the theories you had and will perhaps reaffirm them...or totally crush them.

10/10

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