did anybody like this film
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Windows1982 — 19 years ago(June 24, 2006 04:18 PM)
I really enjoy Snowbeast. I was really happy to find it today for $1 coupled with another movie released by eastwestDVD (email eastwestdvd.com) The film maintained an atmosphere of suspense throughout and has aged really well. Great stuff.
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AlbertTheFlasher — 19 years ago(July 01, 2006 09:40 AM)
"I must say the ending scene was lacking!You would think the producer of the movie would have shown the snowbeast at the bottom of the hill!!!"
Yeah, that's the one thing that always annoyed me about Snowbeast, the fact that you never really get a good look at the monster. There are only glimpes of it. It's too bad the producers didn't hire Rick Baker to work on the make-up effects, but I'm guessing there was a lack of a decent budget for that.
In spite of this, I also really enjoyed Snowbeast. I like the fact that it takes itself seriously instead of being campy. You know, sometimes when a movie with a silly premise such as this is done in a serious fashion, it can actually work in its favour. -
AlbertTheFlasher — 19 years ago(August 28, 2006 05:48 PM)
Because this is the type of thing that would have been up Baker's alley, and he would have done a far superior job using his magic. But like I said, there seems to have been a lack of budget with this production, so all we have here is some guy wearing a furry parka.
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BuddyLove63 — 14 years ago(June 16, 2011 05:55 AM)
It's too bad the producers didn't hire Rick Baker to work on the make-up effects,
Why? His Harry Bigfoot suit in 1987 (face apart) was just as crap. Baker was never 'great' at full bipedal ape men/bipedal apes/bigfoot suits. Look at King Kong 1976. The full Kong 1976 suit isn't great either and Baker had a big hand in that.
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Bezenby — 19 years ago(September 14, 2006 09:01 AM)
Did anyone else think there was far too much footage of skiing? Watched this last night with a few beers in me - thought it was pretty dull, but not without charm. Loved the old lady thinking that beeping the jeep's horn would somehow scare off the yeti.
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jellied_eels — 19 years ago(October 20, 2006 12:57 AM)
Yeah, I watched this when I was very young, it was shown on TV in the mid-80s. It has a special place in my heart, alongside such dross as Killdozer. They were scary back then, but as I now have the Vipco version on DVD and seen reruns on the Horror channel, it's not even remotely frightening but as I said it brings back fond childhood memories!!!
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charlenelv — 19 years ago(February 16, 2007 09:49 PM)
As a Robert Logan fan, I thought it was pretty OK. I've seen some far worse ski/monster movies. And, like the other poster, I got mine in a 6 disc set called Blood Chillers. I don't think I would have purchased it individually for $5.99 at Walmart though.
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nosnojsirhc — 19 years ago(March 22, 2007 10:22 AM)
It was junk, but there were three things that stood out for me as worth the time spent watching endless ski scenes:
- 70s TV music score
- curvy ski outfits from a non-PC era - the women aren't even particularly attractive, but the skiwear is
- the hilarious 'attack' at the high school gym, with the crone's boozey 'The crown! The crown!' in all its Shakespearean Richard III glory.
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ringhawk2000 — 17 years ago(September 20, 2008 08:19 PM)
I was suprised at its 4.1 rating here right now. I would expect at least 5 or 5.5 and higher. I watched it so far with 12 other movies from the 100 tales of horror pack on mill creek, and it was one of the better ones so far. The acting was decent and characters had some depth, the gore and horror was not overdone and blended well with psychological moments. The cinematography was not bad. I agree with the user that said the skiing scenes were long and overdone a little. The only other thing was the movie ended to abruptly and I didn't really like the ending of the ski in the tree killing the monster.
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Woodyanders — 17 years ago(April 03, 2009 07:32 PM)
I thought this film was strictly so-so. The cast was solid, but the movie overall was way too slow and lacking in tension to amount to anything more than a mediocre timewaster.
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