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The Thaw (2009)

Starring: Val Kilmer, Kyle Schmid Director: Mark A. Lewis Rating: R (Restricted) Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Val Kilmer, Kyle Schmid, Aaron Ashmore, Martha MacIsaac, Anne Marie De Luise
  • Directors: Mark A. Lewis
  • Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Lions Gate
  • DVD Release Date: October 6, 2009
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B002I41KN2
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,924 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 10/06/2009 Run time: 94 minutes Rating: R

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Creepy, crawly eco-horror, October 6, 2009
By N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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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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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars VERY ENTERTAINING! A DECENT MIDNIGHT MOVIE!, October 10, 2009
By Explorator (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars CREEPY, November 2, 2009
By Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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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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4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good horror movie of the isolated-polar research station sub-genre
I was I have to admit a little doubtful at first about _The Thaw_. I knew it was a straight to DVD release and I worried that it would have bad acting, awful dialogue, or just... Read more
Published 2 days ago by Tim F. Martin

3.0 out of 5 stars It's worth a watch
I like it. I like plague movies. The gore was good also. I recommend it if my opinion means anything.
Published 1 month ago by Ronald Stith

2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars for the Bugs, only
Let me get this straight: Global warming is responsible for weird bugs that lay eggs in a defrosted 20,000 year old Mastodon and then burrow into anyone who gets near them. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jay B. Rusovich

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad!!!
This movie was a little bit better than I expected. It kind of reminded me of 'Cabin Fever' except it was parasites, instead of tainted water. Dr. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Pumpkin Man

3.0 out of 5 stars Better than most
Based on past GHOSTHOUSE releases...I didn't expect much. But the premise was such, I was willing to take a chance. Read more
Published 2 months ago by MCola

4.0 out of 5 stars Kyle Schmid is versatile
Although this movie is slow in certain parts, it still has a good amount of suspense. Val Kilmer plays his role very well. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Shiloh Kremer

4.0 out of 5 stars Why the hate?
I've reviewed this movie everywhere else so I'll keep it short. If you liked John Carpenter's The Thing, you will like this movie...at least chances are good. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Matthew Kunka

3.0 out of 5 stars Digging in the sandbox of time
Digging up things in the artic sometimes yields unexpected results. The mammoths we find, for example, show us exactly what the past might have looked like, just as the bodies of... Read more
Published 3 months ago by TastyBabySyndrome

2.0 out of 5 stars Should have been more and bigger but with get almost nothing..
When you hear the words Global Warming so many times at the beginning...i
thing that a special group paid for this film. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Andre Villemaire

3.0 out of 5 stars Warming Warning!
Hey these "horror films with a message" are getting quite good! The Thaw is sort of an environmental horror film mixed with rampaging bug cinema so, trust me on this, it's... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Brian Lueth

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