Parents Guide for
The Thing (1982)

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A man shot in the face.

Scene with a burned and near-melted "thing" being dissected

A dog morphs into a "thing" and killed some other dogs.

A man's head splits into a mouth or changes into a "thing" head.

A mans chest bites off another mans hands.

A man has his head eaten by a "thing" head.

A man is shot in the forehead, his body is shown afterwards and his eyes are open.

A man's head turns into a "thing" head; it comes off of the body, grows spider legs, and walks off.

5 F-bombs

brief alcohol ingestion and marijuana smoking

dog turning itself into the thing, several men being torched throughout the movie, a mans head pulls itself off, sprouts legs and eyes and begins to crawl away, a mans head begins to pulse and bubble, splits into a mouth, and eats another mans head, a giant "thing" bursts through the floor.