Matialth
Good concept, poorly executed.
Livestonth
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Sanjeev Waters
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Fleur
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
soulexpress
SNOWBEAST has a good-looking cast and majestic scenery, but is nothing more than a JAWS retread. Instead of the ocean, we're in the Colorado mountains. Instead of beach season, it's Winter Carnival. Instead of a shark, there's a homicidal Yeti. Instead of Roy Scheider, there's Clint Walker. Instead of a boat, they're gonna need a bigger snowmobile.The cast includes Bo Svensson as a retired Olympic skier who's afraid to return to the slopes, Yvette Mimieux as his estranged wife, Robert Logan as a family friend who's also in love with Mimieux's character (the sub-plot goes nowhere), Clint Walker as the beleaguered sheriff, and Sylvia Sidney as a ski-resort owner who doesn't want the slopes shut down just because a monster is tearing people to shreds with its big-ass claws. The only decent performance is Mimieux's, though Svensson at least appeared to enjoy playing his role.Since this was a TV movie, the killings are implied rather than seen. (Remember, this was the age of the Family Hour.) In fact, we barely see the creature at all. SNOWBEAST primarily consists of endless scenes of skiing, snowmobiling, and the uninteresting cast of characters baring their souls between Yeti murders.Life hack: if a snowbeast is charging at you and you're out of bullets, stab the monster with your ski pole. This will knock it backward into a conveniently located gully, where the creature will drop to the bottom and passively wait to die. At least, that's what happens here.
arfdawg-1
In this made for TV film, an enormous and angry bigfoot creature begins to terrorize a Colorado Ski Resort during a winter carnival, by eating several skiers. At first everyone insists it is just a bear.Until ski patrolman Tony Rill sees a white shadowy beastly shape disappearing into the woods. Although Tony's grandmother Mrs. Carrie Rill, who owns the Ski Resort and the town sheriff, Sheriff Paraday disagree, it soon becomes clear when the creature finally attacks the town. This is a tedious slow moving TV film.Not worth the watch at all.
Uriah43
A ski lodge somewhere in the Colorado mountains is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary when a report comes in to the owner, "Tony Rill" (Robert Logan) that a girl has been attacked by a vicious beast of some kind. Not wanting to alarm the public he keeps the information low-key while he and 3 other men go to investigate. He finds the jacket of the missing girl and thinks he sees something big and fast moving in the trees. Not long afterward the local sheriff, "Sheriff Paraday" (Clint Walker) gets a disturbing report that a body of a girl has been found viciously mauled to death in a barn. Meanwhile, a gold-medal winning skier named "Gar Seberg" (Bo Svenson) and his wife "Ellen Seberg" (Yvette Mimieux) have arrived at the ski lodge and they join the sheriff and Tony in the hunt for "Bigfoot". At any rate, for a made-for-television movie this particular film wasn't too bad. I liked the performances of both Clint Walker and Yvette Mimieux along with the way the director (Herb Wallerstein) captured the cold winter climate. Unfortunately, the action was rather weak and the special effects left much to be desired. Additionally, there were several parts of the film that were just plain boring. All things considered, I rate it as slightly below average.
Evil Carrot
Skiing. Yetis. Obviously this is a video game movie of SkiFree. And like most video game movies, it sucks. I also got this in a Mill Creek "Chiller" pack.Some have described it as "Jaws with snow," which isn't far off. First person Yeti-cam, main character wants to close down the park after a gruesome death. Higher authority says no in the name of profit, and wont cave after more deaths until they see it first hand. i can see the resemblance. Just replace "it wasn't a shark, it was a boat rudder" with "it wasn't a yeti, it was an avalanche." It's low-budget, made for TV B-Grade horror. And although I tend to enjoy a good laugh at a goofy B-Film, this wasn't even all that laughable. I can see why this was included in a $5 set of 20 Films no one had the rights to. Because no one would want the rights to this.Much like the mutilated body of a Yeti victim, there's not much to salvage here.