Release Info
Release Dates
| USA | 25 June 1982 | |
| Soviet Union | 28 June 1982 | |
| Australia | 20 August 1982 | |
| Argentina | 26 August 1982 | |
| UK | 26 August 1982 | |
| Hong Kong | 30 September 1982 | |
| Spain | October 1982 | (Sitges Film Festival) |
| Spain | 10 October 1982 | |
| West Germany | 22 October 1982 | |
| Sweden | 29 October 1982 | |
| France | 3 November 1982 | |
| Denmark | 5 November 1982 | |
| Portugal | 11 November 1982 | |
| Japan | 13 November 1982 | |
| Italy | 25 November 1982 | |
| Ireland | 28 November 1982 | |
| India | 10 December 1982 | |
| Mexico | 10 December 1982 | |
| Finland | 17 December 1982 | |
| Norway | 21 January 1983 | |
| Brazil | 3 February 1983 | |
| Egypt | 10 December 1983 | |
| South Korea | 25 December 1983 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 20 November 1986 | |
| UK | April 1995 | (Dead by Dawn Horror Film Festival) |
| France | January 1999 | (Travelling Festival de Cinema de Rennes) |
| Italy | November 1999 | (Turin Film Festival) |
| Canada | 27 October 2005 | (Cinemuerte International Horror Film Festival) |
| UK | 15 September 2009 | (re-release) |
| Canada | 6 February 2010 | (Digital Film Festival) |
| Finland | 12 November 2011 | (Iik!! Horror Film Festival) |
Also Known As (AKA)
| La cosa | Argentina (imdb display title), Spain (imdb display title), Italy (imdb display title), Peru (imdb display title) |
| Stvor | Croatia (imdb display title), Serbia, Slovenia (imdb display title) |
| Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt | Austria, West Germany (imdb display title) |
| La cosa del otro mundo | Argentina (video title), Mexico (imdb display title) |
| The Thing | Finland (imdb display title) (Swedish title), France |
| A dolog | Hungary (imdb display title) |
| A valami | Hungary (TV title) |
| Cos | Poland |
| Creatura | Romania (imdb display title) |
| Det grusomme udefra | Denmark (imdb display title) |
| Graha eksa se videsi | India (Hindi title) (reissue title) |
| I apeili | Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title) |
| John Carpenter's The Thing | USA (complete title) |
| L'effroyable chose | Canada (French title) |
| La chose | France (DVD title) |
| La cosa (El enigma del otro mundo) | Spain (complete title) |
| La cosa: El enigma de otro mundo | Argentina (video title) |
| Mashhav | Israel (imdb display title) (Hebrew title) |
| Nechto | Soviet Union (Russian title) (dubbed version) |
| O Enigma de Outro Mundo | Brazil |
| Sey | Turkey (DVD title) (Turkish title) |
| The Thing - 'se' jostakin | Finland (imdb display title) |
| Ti eksa bata yaha | India (Hindi title) (dubbed version) |
| Ti jinisa-X | India (Bengali title) (dubbed version) |
| Vec | Czechoslovakia |
| Veio do Outro Mundo | Portugal |
| X de shi | Hong Kong (Cantonese title) (dubbed version) |
| Yûsei kara no buttai X | Japan (imdb display title) |
| Η Απειλή | Greece |
| Нещото | Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) |
