
The Thing(1982)
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.


“They did the unthinkable. They brought it back.”
A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

Penelope Ann Miller
Dr. Margo Green

Tom Sizemore
Lt. Vincent D'Agosta

Linda Hunt
Dr. Ann Cuthbert

James Whitmore
Dr. Albert Frock

Clayton Rohner
Det. Hollingsworth

Chi Muoi Lo
Dr. Greg Lee
Thomas Ryan
Tom Parkinson

Robert Lesser
Mayor Robert Owen

Diane Robin
The Mayor's Wife

Lewis van Bergen
John Whitney
The Relic is a horror, mystery, thriller, science fiction film released in 1997 exploring themes of chicago, illinois, monster, based on novel or book, museum, amazon rainforest, pile of dead bodies. Directed by Peter Hyams, it stars Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt. A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.
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