The Thaw

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Ghost House Underground: Hand-picked horror from Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, the minds behind Drag Me To Hell and The Evil Dead.
  • Starring: Martha MacIsaac, Val Kilmer
  • Directed by: Mark A. Lewis
  • Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
  • Release year: 2009
  • Studio: Lionsgate
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Synopsis: Ghost House Underground: Hand-picked horror from Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, the minds behind Drag Me To Hell and The Evil Dead.
Starring: Martha MacIsaac, Val Kilmer
Supporting actors: Aaron Ashmore, Kyle Schmid, Steph Song, Viv Leacock, Anne Marie DeLuise, Brad Dryborough, Sebastian Gacki, Alejandro Rae, Lisa Marie Blair, John Callander
Directed by: Mark A. Lewis
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
Release year: 2009
Studio: Lionsgate
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, disturbing images, language and brief sexuality
ASIN: B002L2Q266 (Rental) and B002L284NU (Purchase)
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The Thaw DVD ~ Val Kilmer

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Theatrical Release Information
  • US Theatrical Release Date: January 01, 2009
  • MPAA: Rated R for violence, disturbing images, language and brief sexuality
  • Production Company: Anagram Pictures Inc., Etch Media, Artifact Films, Brightlight Pictures, Téléfilm Canada, Corus Entertainment, Harold Greenberg Fund, The, Thaw Productions
  • Filming Locations: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | Langley, British Columbia, Canada | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars VERY ENTERTAINING! A DECENT MIDNIGHT MOVIE!, October 10, 2009
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This review is from: The Thaw (DVD)
This movie was quite a satisfying 'isolation / paranoia / suspense / gore' movie! It's not a classic but it is very well done and should meet (and in some cases exceed) viewers' expectations. Inevitable comparisons to John Carpenter's 'The Thing' will arise (and indeed the initial setup is similar to 'The Thing'), but hopefully people won't attack this film because of that, as that wouldn't be entirely fair. The movie plays out differently than 'The Thing' and some of the sequences are truly unnerving in their own right. There is a major 'squirm' factor that permeates the movie with the parasites really 'getting under your skin' during some of the more disturbing infestation shots. It remains sufficiently suspenseful and unpredictable all the way to the satisfying conclusion. Val Kilmer is great as the obsessed scientist but he isn't in the movie very much, however this isn't a hinderance to the movie because the rest of the cast are quite capable themselves. The 'making of' documentary is entertaining and reveals many scenes that were apparently more difficult to shoot than they appeared in the film. Overall it was exactly the kind of movie I was expecting. Not a classic but very good and entertaining.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Creepy, crawly eco-horror, October 6, 2009
This review is from: The Thaw [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
The Ghost House Underground line of direct-to-DVD releases continues for a second year, only this time around we only get four films compared to last year's eight. The most notable of which is The Thaw, which boasts some pretty decent production values and some chilling scares as well. Martha MacIsaac (Superbad and The Last House on the Left) stars as the daughter of an environmental scientist (Val Kilmer) who accompanies a small group of students to a remote location where her father has discovered a well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth, and the parasitic bugs that lay dormant inside it as well. Naturally, it isn't long before said bugs are on the loose and spreading. Packed with gross-out moments and some brief shots of gorgeous cinematography, The Thaw is surprisingly good and definitely creepy. It doesn't offer anything you haven't seen before in any random horror flick, but for what it's worth, The Thaw is worth a look.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars CREEPY, November 2, 2009
This review is from: The Thaw (DVD)
This is one creepy movie! Set in a desolate Canadian landscape, THE THAW is a warning about global warming and how it might just affect mankind. An eco-research team led by a dauntless Val Kilmer uncover a thawed mammoth that is host to a virulent vertebral parasite that quickly devours its hosts. Enter three students and Kilmer's daughter and let the "fun" begin. The bugs which look like big earwigs soon start their attack and it's relentlessly disturbing.
This is a pretty dark movie featuring tight direction and good performances. A good horror flick.
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