Key Details
Release StatusReleased
Release Date1982-06-25
Languageen
Runtime1h 49m
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue$19,629,760
Production
Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company
Overview
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Principal Cast
19 credited
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