The Thaw

The Thaw

Extinction will find you.

2009 · 94 min · ★ 5.7 · Horror, Science Fiction

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.

Directed by Mark A. Lewis · Written by Mark A. Lewis

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Val Kilmer Dr. David Kruipen
Martha MacIsaac Evelyn Kruipen
Aaron Ashmore Atom Galen
Kyle Schmid Federico Fulce
Viv Leacock Bart
Steph Song Ling Chen
Anne Marie DeLuise Dr. Jane Sanders
John Callander Edward
Lamech Kadloo Nuti
Evan Adams Professor Anderson
Sebastian Stewart Chad
William B. Davis Ted

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