The Thaw

The Thaw

Extinction will find you.

2009•1h 34m•5.7/10

HorrorScience Fiction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.7/10(342)

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.

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Production

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

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer

Dr. David Kruipen

Martha MacIsaac

Martha MacIsaac

Evelyn Kruipen

Aaron Ashmore

Aaron Ashmore

Atom Galen

Kyle Schmid

Kyle Schmid

Federico Fulce

Viv Leacock

Viv Leacock

Bart

Steph Song

Ling Chen

Anne Marie DeLuise

Anne Marie DeLuise

Dr. Jane Sanders

John Callander

Edward

Lamech Kadloo

Nuti

Evan Adams

Evan Adams

Professor Anderson

Sebastian Stewart

Sebastian Stewart

Chad

William B. Davis

William B. Davis

Ted

Alejandro Rae

Alejandro Rae

Rob

Alexandra Staseson

Infected Girl

Brad Dryborough

Brad Dryborough

Man with Needle

Greg Rogers

Greg Rogers

Webcam voice

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