Release Date: Dec 1, 2009 Wide
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A team of ecology students led by a famous environmental advocate discovers that some secrets are better left buried when they unearth the perfectly preserved remains of a frozen wooly mammoth and discover that an ancient parasite has been incubating inside the beast for centuries. Dr. David Krupien (Val Kilmer) is examining a melting ice cap in the Arctic when he unearths a prehistoric specimen the likes of which researchers have never seen. Elated by the possibilities of such a remarkable
R, 1 hr. 34 min.
Dec 1, 2009 Wide
Oct 6, 2009
Lionsgate
All Critics (1) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)
The Thaw appears to borrow a tremendous amount of its plot from The X-Files. There was a good movie here that lost its way.
If you ignore all the boring ecological crap about global warming that seems to get spouted at length every ten minutes, "The Thaw" isn't a bad little horror film about parasitic bugs at all.Basically, the action takes place at a remote Arctic research station without much snow to be seen anywhere (possibly due to this
September 22, 2011Super Reviewer
One of the great movies from Ghost House Underground Series. This one is as good as they get. A research team in the Artic discover a Woolly Mammoth, but what they don't know is that they discovered much more, a prehistoric parasite that feeds on its victims. Excellent special effects and some terror sights but not
October 26, 2010Super Reviewer
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