
The Thing(1982)
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.


“Autumn 1982: Mankind has been wiped out except 863 persons on Antarctica. Who will inherit the earth?”
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.

Glenn Ford
President Richardson

Robert Vaughn
Senator Barkley

Masao Kusakari
Doctor Shûzô Yoshizumi

Yumi Takigawa
Asami Noriko

Henry Silva
General Garland

Bo Svenson
Major Carter
Stephanie Faulkner
Sarah Baker

Stuart Gillard
Doctor Ed Meyer

Cec Linder
Doctor Latour

Chuck Connors
Captain McCloud - HMS Nereid
Virus is a horror, science fiction, drama film released in 1980 exploring themes of apocalypse, lethal virus, antarctica, struggle for survival, mass extinction, disaster movie. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, it stars Glenn Ford, Robert Vaughn, Masao Kusakari. Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
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