A prelude to John Carpenter's cult classic film, The Thing (1982).

Film based on the story Who goes there? by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Originally releasea as a motion picture in 2011.

Special features of this DVD: deleted and extended scenes ; the Thing evolves ; Fire & ice ; feature commentary with director Mattijs van Heijningen and producer Eric Newman ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital ; scene selection.

Music, Marco Beltrami ; editors, Julian Clarke, Peter Boyle ; director of photography, Michel Abramowicz.

Eric Christian Olsen, Joel Edgerton, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ulrich Thomsen.

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.

MPAA rating: R ; for strong creature violence and gore, disturbing images, and language.

DVD.

Audio tracks in English, dubbed Spanish and dubbed French ; subtitled in French and Spanish ; subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing ; audio description for the hearing impaired.