A lot ofThe X-Files classic standalone Monster-of-the-Week episodeswere influenced by iconic horror films.
The episode even looks likeThe Thing, because it shares the same production designer, Graeme Murray.
“Ice” first aired on the Fox web link on November 5, 1993.
Its possible that the character of Campbell in Ice was named after the author.
In that sense, its more like the virus from George A. RomerosThe Craziesthan the entity fromThe Thing.
The alien buried in ice is actually alive and has the ability to imitate human form.
The group must find a way to distinguish who the real person is from The Thing and stay alive.
The X-files takes the police procedural formula and applies it to sci-fi mysteries. Conspiracy theorist Fox Mulder and skeptic Dana Scully team up to solve cases surrounding alien invasions and other unexplained, paranormal phenomena.
A team of researchers set out to study an alien spacecraft found in Antarctica, where they also discover an alien body on the site. The alien buried in ice is actually alive and has the ability to imitate human form. The group must find a way to distinguish who the real person is from The Thing and stay alive. John Carpenter’s 1982 film is a remake of 1951’s The Thing from Another World and stars Kurt Russel as the hero RJ MacReady.
