RELEASE DATE:  13 Oct 2011
RATING: NC 16 – Violence
RUNTIME: 102mins
DIRECTED BY:  Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
STARRING:  Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton

Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty.  It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when a creature is unearthed by a crew of international scientists.  In the thriller The Thing, paranoia spreads among a group of researchers as they encounter something inhuman that has the ability to turn itself into an exact replica of any living being.

Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime.  Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across a ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago.  But it is about to wake up.

When a simple experiment frees the thing from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew’s pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time.  And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.

The Thing serves as a prelude to John Carpenter’s classic 1982 film of the same name.  Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen, the thriller is produced by Strike Entertainment’s Marc Abraham and Eric Newman (Dawn of the Dead).

Stand a chance to win a pair of preview tickets to The Thing! (There are 5 pairs to be won.)

Question: 

This Thing attacks its prey, _____ it perfectly and then ______ inside.

  1. Copies, Hides
  2. Kills, Crawl

Watch the trailer to retrieve the answer to the contest question.

Email your answer together with your name, IC and contact details to contests@hypesingapore.com.

Date: 12th October 2011, Wednesday
Time: From 7:00 PM onwards
Venue: THE CATHAY @ 2 Handy Road, L6 of The Cathay
Redemption: Starts from 6:30 PM onwards at UIP’s table located at Level 5 of The Cathay

Contest closes on 9 October. Prizes proudly sponsored by United International Pictures. Winners will be notified by email.