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The Thaw

2009 ·1h 34m · ★ 5.7 (347)

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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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
43
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
33
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
29
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
73
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
67
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
14
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
100
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Content Warnings

Body HorrorDehumanization
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TMDB Keywords

quarantine

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