| Threshold | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles Bowman |
| Produced by | Derek Rappaport |
| Starring | Nicholas Lea Jamie Luner Steve Bacic |
| Music by | Richard John Baker |
| Cinematography | Richard Wincenty |
| Editing by | Tanya Swerling |
| Distributed by | Sci Fi Channel |
| Release date(s) | April 19, 2003 |
| Language | English |
Threshold is a 2003 Sci Fi Pictures original film adaptation of the 1958 black and white science fiction film It! The Terror from Beyond Space (directed by Edward L. Cahn). The film stars Nicholas Lea (The X Files' Krycek), Jamie Luner (Melrose Place's Lexi Sterling), and Steve Bacic (Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda). Other notable cast members include Teryl Rothery, television mogul Stephen J. Cannell (as Pacheco Laval), and Gloria Slade.
The crew of the space shuttle Oklahoma comes back to Earth, one of its crew members having been struck in the arm by a tiny meteor, which evidently contains alien life forms. This alien life parasitizes its human hosts to evolve into rapidly proliferating insect-like creatures. The Oklahoma's chief medical officer (Lea) works to stop the spread of the infestation before it reaches the "threshold" population, at which humanity will be effectively unable to contain it and the alien life will take over.