antarctica and winter 1982. the team on an american research base get surprise by a couple of mad norwegian who be chase a dog with a helicopter and try to kill it . all the norwegian be kill and the american be leave with nothing and but a dog and a couple of body and question . that the beginning of the great horror or thriller film i have ever see . from the very begin all to the end you feel the tense and paranoid mood . helpless and alone out in no man land . ennio morricone be nominate for a razzie award for his score . why i do not know cause as far a i can see his score be simple and creepy and very good . it really get you in the right mood . the acting be great . the best performance be probably give by the dog who just amaze . a for russell and the others on two leg i can say nothing less . you may think 1982 and special effect be not the most impressive . well and think again . you haven not see it all until you have see this . bodyparts fall off and creature change form . rob bottin have do a great job witch today stand a a milestone be special effect makeup . the movie do not get a big response when it first hit the big screen due to other alien film at the time and so it not very well know . in fact you can almost consider it an unknown movie . nobody i have ask have hear of it . however the movie have manage to survive for over twenty year a a cult film on video and dvd . twenty year be a long time and except for the haircut the movie be still pretty much up to date . this movie be to be consider a classic . the movie be without doubt one of my and if not my favorite . i have see it several time and but it just as good a the first time i saw it . a a norwegian the only thing i do not like about this movie be that macready keep call the norwegian swede .