• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1982-06-25
  • Runtime109 minutes
  • TaglineMan is the warmest place to hide.
  • Revenue19,629,760$
  • GenreHorror, Mystery, Science Fiction
  • Production
    CompaniesUniversal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company
  • Budget15,000,000$

Movie 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.

Casts

Kurt Russell

Keith David

Wilford Brimley

T.K. Carter

David Clennon

Richard Dysart

Charles Hallahan

Peter Maloney

Richard Masur

Donald Moffat

Joel Polis

Thomas G. Waites

Norbert Weisser

Larry Franco