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Black Mountain Side (2016)

Black Mountain Side (2016)

NR 99 minutes EN Thriller , Horror , Mystery
There is something under the ice
A group of archaeologists uncover a strange structure in Northern Canada, dating over ten thousand years before the present. The team finds themselves isolated when their communication systems fail and it's not long before they begin to feel the effects of the solitude.
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