One Sheet - (27 x 41 Rolled Artist Drew Struzan)

Sold Stock #191179 | Sold Oct 18 2025

THING, THE (1982)

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One Sheet - (27" x 41" / Rolled / Artist: Drew Struzan)

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One Sheet (27" x 41"); NSS Style ;
Very Fine+ Rolled; Artwork by Drew Struzan
Universal, 1982

This poster from director John Carpenter's truly frightening remake of the classic 1951 thriller produced by Howard Hawks is rolled in immaculate, unrestored condition.

Master of horror John Carpenter's finest hour, splicing a frosty atmosphere of paranoiac dread with spectacularly gory creature effects (courtesy of Rob Bottin) as a group of researchers in Antarctica must contend with a parasitic alien life-form that's infiltrated their base. Artist Drew Struzan was unexpectedly tasked at the last minute to design the film's movie poster and recalled receiving an initial phone call from Universal, during which he was asked, "Do you remember the movie, "The Thing," from the 1950s?" with little additional guidance provided. "That was it - that's all I had to create with," Struzan said in the 2013 documentary, "Drew: The Man Behind The Poster. "I couldn't show an actor or a location or anything. I couldn't show a monster. So I had to find a way of making nothing into something." By nine o'clock the next morning, a delivery driver from the studio arrived to collect the artwork and was told to wait while Struzan spent an extra hour adding the final touches. Once finished, Struzan handed the art to the driver with a cautionary remark: "Be careful - don't get anything on it." The painting was so fresh that, after making the 100-mile journey from Struzan's home in Lake Arrowhead to Los Angeles, Struzan received a call from the studio saying, "The painting's still wet."
Size

Item size: 41" × 4" × 4" (104.14cm × 10.16cm × 10.16cm)

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