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The Thaw(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-08-30
57%
349 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
Extinction will find you.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Etch Media
Artifact Films
Movie: The Thaw
Top 10 Billed Cast
Val Kilmer
Dr. David Kruipen
Martha MacIsaac
Evelyn Kruipen
Aaron Ashmore
Atom Galen
Kyle Schmid
Federico Fulce
Viv Leacock
Bart
Evan Adams
Professor Anderson
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