A team of archaeologists heads toward a 'hot zone' in Antarctica and finds an underground pyramid. They wake up the Alien queen and chaos follows. Includes both the original theatrical version and the unrated extended version of the film.

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish...

"When the entire nation of Emperor Penguins is threatened, trapped by an enormous iceberg, Antarctic creatures big and small must work together to rescue them"--Container.

In the midst of a snowfield in Antarctica, the scientists and workers of a small American research base are shocked when a helicopter begins to circle their camp, chasing and shooting at a dog. The helicopter is destroyed and the passenger's aboard are killed. The dog is let into the base. The helicopter is Norwegian made and probably linked with the base that is close by. J.R. MacReady travels to the Norwegian base and finds the place destroyed....