Where was The Thing (1982) filmed?
1982 film directed by John Carpenter
The Thing (1982) was filmed in Juneau, Stewart, Universal Studios Lot and Portland Canal, 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, in the United States, Canada. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as British Columbia. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
Part of the Apocalypse Trilogy · the Thing franchise
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Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 4 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🎬 Studios & sets
Universal Studios Lot
🇺🇸 United States
television and film studio complex in Universal City, California
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🏙 Towns & cities
Stewart
🇨🇦 Canada
district municipality in British Columbia, Canada
“The exterior shots from John Carpenter's science fiction classic The Thing were filmed within Salmon Glacier.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Portland Canal
🇨🇦 Canada
fjord on the Canada–United States border between Alaska and British Columbia
“Some of the crew stayed in the small mining town during filming, while others lived on residential barges on the Portland Canal.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Juneau
🇺🇸 United States
consolidated city-borough and capital of the U.S. state of Alaska
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in British Columbia, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: Canada
Also shot in these places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Thing have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Bruce Almighty (2003) and American Song Contest (2022), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.