Deep in the Arctic permafrost, a climate research team makes a discovery that should have stayed buried for eternity: a perfectly preserved, prehistoric humanoid corpse. As a historic heatwave rapidly melts the ice around their station, they celebrate a scientific breakthrough. But their celebration is short-lived.<br /><br />The corpse is not dead. It is dormant. And as it thaws, it does not wake alone. It releases a primordial, symbiotic entity—an intelligence that spreads like a virus through the cold, seeping into the station, the equipment, and the minds of the researchers themselves. Paranoia becomes their new climate. To survive, they must stop the contagion before the last of the ice melts, and the ancient horror within them completes its millennia-long metamorphosis.<br /><br />ALTER presents the exclusive online premiere of a chilling eco-horror where the greatest threat isn't the changing climate, but what the climate change has set free.<br /><br />Content Warning: This film contains intense body horror, psychological terror, themes of contagion, and claustrophobic dread.<br /><br />#ALTER #HorrorShortFilm #TheThaw #OnlinePremiere #EcoHorror #BodyHorror #SciFiHorror #ArcticHorror #CreatureFeature #IsolationHorror
