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The Thaw

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At a remote Arctic research station, four ecology students discover the real horror of global warming is not the melting ice, but what's frozen within it. A prehistoric parasite is released from the carcass of a Woolly Mammoth upon the unsuspecting students who are forced to quarantine and make necessary sacrifices, or risk infecting the rest of the world.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2009-08-30

Runtime: 94 mins

Director: Mark A. Lewis

Writer: Mark A. Lewis, Michael W. Lewis

Spoken language: English

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction

Original title: The Thaw

Production Companies: Brightlight Pictures, Anagram Pictures, Etch Media, Artifact Films, Corus Entertainment, Téléfilm Canada, Voltage Pictures

Production Countries: Canada, United States of America

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portnoyz
Formula flick + a bit preachy at times,
2019-05-15

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