Isolated Arctic camp is terrorized by an alien parasite that can take over and mimic any living thing. It's up to Kurt Russell to try and stop it.

Good effects are the only redeeming factor in this lame, plodding and dull remake of the 1951 original. A weakly written bore.

Directed By: John Carpenter.
Written By: Bill Lancaster.

Starring: Kurt Russell, A. Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur.