Is that a low budget The Thing?
Ok, it is even better, considering where it goes...(I love 1980's film, by the way.. a friggin' classic!)...but this TV film probably has the better intellectual payoff. IMHO, anyway.
But.. YES, the 1950's and 1980's The Thing definitely connect to certain themes in...
A
Cold
Winter
Night's
Death
(I actually can't remember the actual title, so there is an extra word in there).
I even bought the novella based on this TV movie, but I haven't read it yet.
I gotta dig it out of one of my bookshelves...