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26/08/1982 (GB)
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
1h 49m
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Man is the warmest place to hide.
Overview
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
- John CarpenterDirector
- Bill LancasterScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$19,629,760
Keywords
- spacecraft
- helicopter
- space marine
- based on novel or book
- isolation
- mutation
- paranoia
- grave
- snowstorm
- research station
- alien life-form
- alien
- remake
- survival
- creature
- helicopter pilot
- antarctica
- shape shifting alien
- alien infection
- survival horror
- sled dogs
- alien monster
- calm
- alien parasites
- isolated place
- uncertainty
- blood test
- body horror
- ambiguity
- provocative
- critical
- disgusted
- antarctic
Top Billed Cast
Kurt Russell
MacReady
Keith David
Childs
Wilford Brimley
Blair
T.K. Carter
Nauls
David Clennon
Palmer
Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan
Norris
Peter Maloney
Bennings
Richard Masur
Clark
Donald Moffat
Garry
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