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Today I'll show you a horror film: "The Thaw"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins with random clips
First, doctor David films himself making a philosophical statement about sacrifice
Suddenly, His statement is cut short
Then, we see a woman consulting for help from her father about her forehead
Her forehead seems to have blisters and an opening
Her boyfriend explains that there might be a parasite inside her forehead
So they try to lure it out
As her boyfriend pricks her forehead with a needle, a strange parasite appears
Before they take it out, it goes back inside her forehead
As they all panic, the scene switches to an interview,
regarding the issue of global warming and its threats
After the topic of global warming,
breaking news is shown regarding a pandemic and eco-terrorism spreading across the world
The origin of the pandemic is believed to be
from the thawing of permafrost as an effect of global warming
The world recognizes that after the global warming incident,
nature has become the terrorist of the world
back to the past, before the pandemic; We see a vast open field with a frozen river and a polar bear
Then we see a crow eating a carcass
A group of researchers is seen observing the polar bear and its behavior
One of the researchers shoots at a bear to sedate it with a tranquilizer gun
But unfortunately, it fails to instantly knock the polar bear out
The polar bear chases after them then,
the tranquilizer dart eventually works and knocks out the polar bear
Then the researchers head over to take a closer look at the polar bear
The group realizes that it was eating the carcass of a wooly mammoth stuck in the ice,
that thawed due to global warming
The scene then switches to a university class that is playing a video of David,
talking about the impact of global warming
After the presentation,
the professor announces that three students will have a chance to join his research team
Then three lucky students are chosen
Meanwhile, David contacts his daughter about their group's discovery
Then we see the daughter and her friends stuck in traffic as her father calls
Then the daughter argues with her father about his pointless discovery
The daughter shows that her anger towards her father stems from him
being unable to visit her mom's funeral
She refuses to join her father at the research center at his request
David manages to convince his daughter,
by giving her all her mother's money and property once she arrives there
As they end the call, David's co-worker gives him a pep talk about his daughter's anger at him
Suddenly, a researcher interrupts their talk,
and informs them that the polar bear mysteriously died
Fast forward two days later, we see a guy, nicknamed Guy, having a conversation with his colleague
They both talk about the trip with the students going to the research center
As they finish their conversation, the phone rings, and Guy answers it
David is at the other end of the call,
and requests Guy to make sure that David's daughter does not go to the research center
And instead, David will just hand over the money and property of his late wife
to Guy on their return trip
As the call ends, we see David contemplating with the mammoth's head
His co-worker enters, and asks if David made the distress call
She also asks if the students won't be coming, and hints that something went wrong two days ago
David lies to her, and tells her that help will be coming; and the students won't arrive
His co-worker informs him she is not feeling well, and the other researcher feels worse
Meanwhile, Guy is preparing for the flight towards the research center,
and gets acquainted with the lucky students
The female student, nicknamed Beauty,
arrives as well and is offered help by a male student Handsome;
but she refuses his offer, revealing their sour relationship
As they prepare to set off, David's daughter, Eve, arrives and joins the group
Guy first tries to stop her from joining at doctor David's request;
but Eve stubbornly insists on going to the center
The new group then heads over to the research center
The students ask about Eve's father, and tell her that they're amazed by his achievement
Meanwhile, at the research center's field base, David's co-worker hears their dog being euthanized
His co-worker is shocked by this,and hears David and the other researcher mention quarantine,
hinting that there is an infection happening
Then the co-worker suddenly vomits, showing that she is also at the worst stages of the infection
As the new group nears the research center, they notice the impact global warming has on the ice
Then two of the students have a debate on how global warming should be solved
The student Handsome points out Dr David's efforts to change people's minds about nature
While the other student, Atom, sides with the aggressive eco-terrorists
The students ask for Eve's insight; but she only gives a remark that they should just give up
The new group arrives, and sees that the research center looks abandoned
Eventually, they head inside to find the others; but they are greeted with a decaying smell
Guy tries to bring power back to the base camp, while the others split up to look around
Beauty and Handsome are left in the room, and make up for their past relationship issues
Atom looks around the darkness of the base camp, and meets Eve
Atom asks Eve if she is seriously giving up,
and tries to change her opinion to be like her father's
Meanwhile, Eve continues to look for the paperwork
for her mother's stuff dismissing his impression of her
Eve ends their conversation, and heads to the lab to find flashlights
Meanwhile, Guy continues fixing the generator; and a sudden gunshot alerts him
As Atom and Eve are inside the lab, the decaying smell gets stronger
Eve takes a closer look to find the source of the smell
As power returns at the base, Eve is startled by the body of the decaying polar bear,
and headbutts Atom's face
Guy meets up with both of them, and sees the corpse of the polar bear
Atom and Guy then fool around with the bear's corpse by taking a picture
As Guy leans on the polar bear, he suddenly gets bitten by a bug
Atom thinks that it's only a flea, and tells them they should get out because of the smell
Before leaving, Guy informs Eve about the gunshot he heard,
when he was returning the power to the generator
We then see David do his speech from the beginning of the movie
His statement is then again cut short;
and we see a researcher burying his colleague and the dog's corpse
Meanwhile, Eve calls out with the radio to the field camp, where the mammoth is located
A co-worker answers the radio, and asks why Eve and the students are here
Eve gets annoyed by David's co-worker's question,
and keeps insisting to put his father on the radio
Then, a co-worker calls David, so that he can talk with his daughter
David tells Eve to stay put while his group goes to them
Then, the co-worker asks David to explain what is happening;
but David tells her to lie down and rest for now
David then approaches the other researcher,
and talks about a plan that their co-worker wouldn't agree on, so David needs to silence her
As David approaches his co-worker's tent, the co-worker shoots him with a rifle
The other researcher then rushes to the co-worker with a knife, but is also shot down
Meanwhile, Guy asks Eve if she got in contact with them
She tells him that her dad's group will come back to the base camp
Eve also gets mad at her father's behavior, for bringing her here only to push her away
Guy tries to convince Eve that her father tried his best to meet her at the funeral
but unfortunately, he was trapped in the base because it was blocked by snow
Eve tries to understand Guy's concern, and heads out of the room to sleep for the night
The following evening, Atom and Eve wake up to the sounds of loud humans having a wild hormone game
Suddenly, their game is interrupted,
when a big bug crawls towards them
Handsome reveals that he has a phobia for bugs, and leaves Beauty to sleep in the other room
At the same time, Eve hears a vehicle approaching their base camp;
and she goes outside to investigate
Atom notices Eve and wakes up to follow her
As Atom gets dressed, Guy is seen scratching the area, where he got bit by the bug
His arm shows signs of bleeding as he continues to scratch it
Meanwhile, Eve's investigation leads to the vehicle, but only to find the rider is missing
She then hears a sound from the helicopter,
and opens the door to see her dad's co-worker there weakened
Eve calls for help as they rush the co-worker inside to treat her
As the others head outside, Handsome sees Beauty with a lot of spots on her body
We can assume that the bug bit her more than once
Eve panics after seeing the co-worker in her current state,
and continues to reach out to her father and his other team members
However, there is no response on the other end of the radio; but it manages to wake up her father
The group then tries to find David's team,
but sees that the helicopter is sabotaged by the co-worker
Eve tries to find her father with the ATV,
but is interrupted when the co-worker's condition gets worse
The co-worker starts convulsing as she vomits strange bile from her mouth
Eve tries her best to save her father's co-worker, but fails
Eventually, Eve becomes more worried, and continues the search for her father
Atom joins her search while Handsome argues that they should stick together
Atom and Eve ignore Handsome, and set out to the field camp
At the field camp, Atom and Eve search around the tents, and come across the carcass of the mammoth
They notice a large number of eggs, that are well-preserved inside the mammoth
Eve continues searching the camp, and spots a researcher's corpse
She also notices a burial site and freaks out, thinking that her father is dead
Meanwhile, at the base camp, Handsome's urine in the toilet turns bloody,
indicating that he might also be infected by Beauty
Handsome thinks that Beauty has hormone diseases and confronts her
He tries to get angry at Beauty; but he still loves her
Beauty is also at the worst stages of the infection, so she won't last long
Atom and Eve return to the base camp to inform them that the co-worker shot her team members;
but they don't know why
Meanwhile, Handsome transmits a distress call, requesting a helicopter to rescue them
Eve tries to calm herself and goes to the toilet
She spots Beauty having a hard time using the toilet and offers to help; but she is rejected
Eve wants to find out what happened to the infected,
so she inspects the co-worker's body,
only to find that the co-worker is covered in blisters and sores,
similar to the ones seen on the mammoth
They bring the co-worker's body inside the lab to quarantine her corpse
Eve thinks that whatever on the mammoth is some sort of parasite that bit Beauty and Guy
She is able to confirm it by looking at the polar bear,
which was infected by the mammoth when it ate its carcass
Handsome panics, thinking that he was infected by Beauty's hormone bugs last night
Eve tries to quarantine the group by stopping the rescue team from coming
However, Handsome doesn't want to die and panics
He shoots the radio to stop Eve from isolating the group; and Eve gets a wound on her side
After calming down, the group head over to Beauty, who is in her worst condition
They lay her down to rest and inspect her
They see that Beauty is almost the same as the co-worker's condition, and may die soon
Atom calls the rest of the group to inform them that the lab is swarming with parasites
They proceed to seal the lab; and Guy attempts to stop the parasite in his arm
Guy suggests that cutting his arm off is the best option
As Atom and Eve prepare to chop off his arm,
Handsome sees that his crotch is also starting to bleed
When Atom and Eve chop off Guy's arm,
the parasite inside the arm tries to escape, but is killed by Atom
Atom and Eve then discover that David's group knew what about the parasites
They try to learn more by getting the research camera from the co-worker's body
Eve gets back inside the lab and heads over to the co-worker's body
As Eve removes the cover on the co-worker, its body is partially devoured
Eve manages to get the camera; but the parasite tries to get on her
She manages to escape from the lab; but there is one parasite inside her clothes
Atom saves her from the parasite, before it can enter her wound
Handsome is paranoid and tells Eve to fully strip to check her dirty body for more infections
Atom inspects Eve's dirty body, and says that she is clean
Atom apologizes to her for the mistake; and they look through the camera's recording
They see Eve's father's statement,
but are cut short when Handsome alarms them of an escaped parasite
They then try to find out how it got out, and check back at the lab
They're shocked to see that the polar bear's corpse hatched a lot of parasites
They plan to head outside to be safe, but get shocked by Beauty
Beauty is being bitten by the parasites that escaped through the vents
Guy arrives and tries to help Beauty by sedating her
Beauty begs Handsome to release her and her hormone bugs, but almost exposes him to being infected
Handsome becomes desperate and shoots Beauty through the door
He fails to kill Beauty; instead, it makes her suffer more
Guy sacrifices himself to sedate Beauty and joins her in the room
Guy says goodbye and heads inside, accepting his death
The rest of the group proceed to escape; but they all have to inspect each other for infection
Handsome panics and leaves the base camp to head to the helicopter
Eve then confirms that Handsome is infected
Handsome gets more desperate to survive, and threatens to shoot Atom and Eve
Before he can shoot them both, David kills Handsome just in time to save them
Eve is relieved to see her father is alive
She asks if her father is infected, which the father confirms he is not
Eve plans to burn the base camp down to prevent a pandemic from happening
As Atom joins her with her plan, they douse the base in gas
Eve then realizes that her father actually has a plan for the parasite
She then watches the full footage of the camera,
revealing that her father's statement is an eco-terrorism plot
David then suddenly arrives to retrieve the camera footage
Eve then argues with her father about his extreme plan
David replies that this is the only way to wake people up from the reality,
that they're gonna die from global warming if they don't help to stop it
As the rescue helicopter arrives,
David leaves them inside with the parasites, and gets on the chopper
Right after that, David warns the rescue team about the infection, and he convinces them to leave
Atom and Eve manage to escape the base through the window
Atom desperately tries to stop the helicopter from leaving
However, he falls to the ground, and the chopper starts to leave
Eve then gets Handsome's gun and manages to shoot the chopper down,
destroying the camp along with it
She then rushes over to Atom to help him; but unfortunately, he dies
As a result, Eve is now alone;
she is stranded for several days, until a new rescue team manages to find her
As she contemplates the word "sacrifice", the scene fades to black
Meanwhile, in another part of the world,
we see the man with the needle in the first clip along with his dog
The dog seems to be eating something it found by the water
It is revealed to be a crow that is also infected by the parasite
The movie ends when the man returns home, leading to the start of the pandemic
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