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This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Kaydan Christian
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Deanna
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
slayrrr666
"Ice Queen" is an enjoyable and entertaining entry without much wrong with it.**SPOILERS**Attacking a military transport, Dr. Goddard, (Daniel Hall Kuhn) manages to recover the Ice Queen, (Ami Chorlton) a specially-preserved woman from the Ice Age. Working at the nearby Snowshed Lodge Ski Resort, Johnny, (Harmon Walsh) and his friends Devlin, (Peter Wyndorf) and Jessie, (Demone Gore) manage to spot the creature's transport plane crash-landing nearby while finishing work for the resort, and it soon traps them together with his fiancée Tori, (Noelle Reno) Audrey, (Tara Walden) and Elaine, (Jennifer Hill) other workers at the resort. With most of the area destroyed in the resulting avalanche, they try to find a way out of the situation, only to realize the reanimated creature is loose on the property and killing them off one-by-one, forcing them into a race for survival against the deadly creature.The Good News: This was a fairly enjoyable and entertaining entry. One of the better features is that the film is far more accomplished with it's big action scenes. This one has several of them in here, and all of them are very good and really fun. The start of it, with the attack on the military transport being quite fun. There's a lot of fantastic action, with some nice gunfights, a great crash that leads into some nice explosions, and throw in a helicopter attack as well as the mystery over what's going on, and in the end it becomes rather fun and exciting. There's also two big skiing scenes that also serve rather well. The first is a rather exciting chase from a resulting avalanche through the valley and finally getting trapped by the rush of snow out on the course, which is a pretty thrilling scene and comes in the middle of nowhere and has no real horrific parts about it, making it work even more. The biggest one, and what is perhaps the highlight of the film, is the second one, which is the crash that sets the whole thing motion. It's a simply spectacular scene, and is far better than what is normally held in these kinds of films, which is where the main impression comes from. Having a scene like this isn't in many other films, so to watch it unfold as it does is a spectacular sight. The best part of it is the length, as there's a lot of stuff in here to get excited over in a five minute extended action sequence. From the crash into the snowbank that sets off the events, to the site of the never-ending snow crashing down and forcing the witnesses into a thrilling chase down the mountain all the way to the way it crashes into the station at the bottom, causing just a ton of damage to everything and forcing it all into a realistic scene by trying to get away from the damage caused. It's exciting and incredibly fast-paced, with a lot of damage and destruction caused to the building and making it all into an exciting and perfectly-placed sequence. There's even more action in here from the multiple encounters with the creature in the hallways to the frenetic moments at the end where the creature is attacking them through the buildings. The look of the creature is pretty good as well, with the fangs, snarled look, blood-red eyes and wild hair make a lasting impression, and the behavior issues put on display do serve the film well. There's even some nice blood and gore in here, what with the wounds from the survivors, scratches across the face, a great impaling through the stomach with a clawed hand and an arm ripped off, though this is far from what should've been in the film. Add in some nice nudity from those well-off to deliver it and an effectively creepy atmosphere, this one was pretty entertaining.The Bad News: There wasn't too many flaws in this one. One of the most noticeable flaws is that the film tends to move along very steadily during it's middle portion. After the plane has crashed, it takes a long time for the film to even get over to the creature and make it out into the slash-fest it eventually becomes, leaving a lot of time to feel quite dull. It never really feels quite as dull or boring as it should've been, because it does stay interesting, but it just doesn't have any big action scenes during that time to keep the momentum going after the incredibly exciting sequences that came before it. The other flaw is the film's rather bland and mostly-bloodless kills. The low body-count notwithstanding, the very few kills here aren't that bloody when initially done and feel more like it's aftermath is the main thing that makes it feel graphic, but when it actually transpires and plays out at the time, it really doesn't have much and really could've used some more, as that would've made it feel a little more complete. These here are what's wrong with the film.The Final Verdict: While not featuring much of anything too wrong, the few minor flaws don't diminish how outright entertaining this one is. Recommended to those who enjoy these B-level kind of movies or who find this one interesting, while those who aren't fans of the style should heed caution.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity and a mild Sex Scene
Paul Andrews
Ice Queen starts as a military convoy is attacked by someone or other, the film doesn't think such details are important so why should we, & a unique prehistoric humanoid shaped female Ice Queen (Ami Chorlton) creature recently discovered is stolen. Scientist Dr. Goddard (Daniel Hall Kuhn) decides to transport the Ice Quen to somewhere not far from the Snowshed Ski Resort Lodge by plane, unfortunately the cold temperature outside revives the Ice Queen & she kills the pilot, the plane crashes, causes an avalanche which buries the ski lodge trapping Johnny (Harmon Walsh) & his buddies. Besides having to survive the avalanche Johnny & his buddies also have to contend with the Ice Queen who kills on sight...Co-edited, co-written & directed by Neil Kinsella this is yet another brainless straight-to-video/DVD low budget piece of crap horror film with lots of unintentional comedic moments. The script by Kinsella, producer Peter Beckwith & David Williams is boring, dull, clichéd & full of plot holes. The whole Ice Queen thing is wrong, no explanation is given as to what she is, when the equipment in the back of the plane stops working there would have been all sorts of alarms going off as is the case with medical equipment, if Ed phoned the emergency services to report an avalanche they couldn't just say 'we don't believe you' & not bother to investigate, the emergency services are obliged by law to respond to a call for help & that's a basic fact. I could go on but you get the idea, the script is dumb & had little thought put into it. The character's are awful, they do stupid things, they split up, no-one seems that bothered about being trapped under an avalanche of snow or that some of their mates have been killed & are dead & they are just plain annoying. The film seems to go on for ages, it's boring, it's predictable, it's stupid & it's not a film I enjoyed.Director Kinsella doesn't do much to liven things up, the direction is poor & the film has pacing problems. The Ice Queen herself is awful, she has these spastic looking exaggerated movements, she stares, sneers & wiggles her tongue at the camera & she just looks retarded. It's not scary, there's no excitement, tension or atmosphere. There's no gore either, someone has their hand pulled off, there are several scenes of the Ice Queen sticking her hand into people's chests & that's it. I will admit though that the avalanche scene is quite well done even though it steals footage from the film Avalanche (1999) so I can't give it that much credit since the best sequence in the film was at least in part stolen from another film. Also, when Johnny & his mates crawl out of that air vent at the end there's no snow anywhere & the ground is dry, where did the snow that covered the building go all of a sudden? Also, why didn't the avalanche destroy the jacuzzi & who left it on?Technically the film is alright, it's nothing special but it's reasonably well made. Apparently shot in Vermont. The special effects are OK & better than a lot of low budget horror films of recent times. The acting is poor by no-one you've ever heard of.Ice Queen is one of those dumb low budget shot on a camcorder type horror flicks the kind everyone seems to think they can make. I didn't like it & I doubt many will.
dgreatgnazzini
Watched the movie through my free pay-per-view cable subscription. I would have definitely not purchased this movie. I needed to kill about 1 1/2 have hours but was only was able to stomach about 3/4 of the movie. Special effects were like 1950's Godzilla. The movie viewers were intoduced to the monster during a sequence where a poor copy of a Cobra Gun Ship helicopter, attacked a military convoy carrying the monster in a 55 gallon drum. Why was the military transporting an archaeological find? Why Am I so concerned by this? The acting in this movie was similar to low budget B movies. Got a big laugh when my son compared the ICE QUEEN Monster to BeetleJuice. The monster, to me, looked like a combination of BeetleJuice and the Monster from SPECIES. There was a little entertaining T&A but not worthy of the lousy dialog, lack of plot and cheesy special effects. Stay away. Please Stay away.
Claudio Carvalho
While transporting a unique female species from the Pleistocene Age, a.k.a. Ice Age, a military convoy is attacked and the sample is abducted. The creature called "Ice Queen" should be conserved in cryogenic state, otherwise she would wake-up very aggressively, but the apparatus in the plane where Dr. Goddard (Daniel Hall Kuhn) airborne the species has a problem, the creature is warmed, awakes and kills the mercenary pilot. The airplane crashes and slides with the snow avalanche that was provoked in the mountains, falling over and burying a resort, trapping a group of survivors with the Ice Queen inside. The species kills some of them, while Johnny (Harmon Walsh), his girlfriend Tori (Noelle Reno) and Elaine (Jennifer Hill) have to find a means of escape to save their lives."Ice Queen" is so bad that becomes hilarious, an involuntary comedy. First of all, the screenplay and the dialogs do not help the group of actors and actresses so absurd and silly they are. The direction is terrible, and most of the cast seems to be quite amateurish. The unknown Daniel Hall Kuhn has an awful performance in one of the lead roles. The "silicone queen" Jennifer Hill gives some of the most funny moments of the story, and the body movements of the Ice Queen are comical. I agree that this movie is bad, but in the end I liked it since I laughed a lot. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Terror no Gelo" ("Terror in the Ice")
