FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

vintagegeek If it wasn't for Yvette Mimieux the movie would be zero stars. Half the film is watching them ski with the person filming also on skis. They never actually show you the snow beast. Face and hands only. You go in knowing it's a low budget yeti type film. But you'd at least expect see the "monster" holding its kill at least once.

Platypuschow 1977 is one of my lowest rated years so I went in expecting more of the same but immediatly found myself pleasantly surprised.This 70's b-movie is set around a Colorado ski resort that comes under attack from a big yeti like creature. Nothing original, but it was done competently enough to be entertaining.Two things set this apart from others, for one it's PG! So you don't see any deaths, no violence, nothing. That for one was a weird choice but didn't seem to damage the film.Second you never actually see the monster in its entirety, in fact you barely see it at all. A shot of it's paws, a quick shot of it's face and that's literally it! You'd think this would kill a movie like this off immediatly but it actually works in the films favour. I've always said if you don't have the budget to pull something off then don't try, they didn't have the budget so were just selective as to how/where & when you see the monster. For that I tip my hat.Nothing spectacular but certainly a decent enough big foot movie.The Good:Cast do a great jobLooks greatThe Bad:Cheating antagonists....again!Fade to reds are stupidThings I Learnt From This Movie:A monster movie without a monster works better than you'd expect

Leofwine_draca This pretty typical made-for-television thriller plays as you would expect it to and never deviates from that clichéd 'monster movie' plot line : small, isolated attacks lead to a remote locale being attacked by unstoppable monster. Heroes hunt the best while young females scream and die. Hold your fingers up while we tick off the plot points: we've got the authorities who will do anything to cover the story up (check), we've got the nosy female reporter who risks her neck (check), we've got stupid people going off on their own to investigate and getting butchered (check), we've got an attack in a popular place leading to screaming crowds and general chaos (check), we've got stilted acting, unnecessary padding, and lots and lots of B-movie atmosphere.In the thirty years of similar television movies which followed this, nothing much really changed. You can guarantee that there will be no sex, violence, or profanity; and you just know that for the "horror" effect we'll get to see some brief glimpses of brutalised corpses to whet the appetite. These come and go with little effect. Where the film does succeed is the splendid location - we're in the snowy mountains here, and at every opportunity we get location shots of forests, slopes, mountain tops, and endless masses of snow. Having been in similar locations myself (except without the snow, this is Britain we're talking about) I can vouch for the silent, menacing atmosphere in these sort of places and you can almost feel something lurking in the bushes, just out of sight, ready to pounce.Okay, so it's atmospheric. What else does this anaemic thriller have to offer us, besides the endless shots of people skiing, that is? How about the hilariously cheesy acting of the three leads. Bo Svenson "stars" and sleepwalks his way through a career in oblivion as a past-it skiing champion who hasn't been on the slopes in ten years - yet predictably finds himself confronting his inner demons and biting the bullet when the time comes for him to. Let's face it, you can't get much more wooden than this, folks. What about the local lawman, a butch guy known only as "Tony", who appears to have been picked for his male model looks rather than any acting skill whatsoever (there were lots of '70s actors around like this). For the female lead, who better than than middle-aged Yvette Mimieux (so alluring in THE TIME MACHINE). These B-movie types are fun to watch and there's even a not-bad Clint Walker on hand as a tough sheriff.Elsewhere we get plenty of poor actresses screaming loudly as they get attacked, far too brief shots of the yeti's ugly mug as he jumps out of the darkness, and a really tacky gimmick which has just about every scene fading into a blood-red colour (trust me, this gets old very quickly). And check out that cheesy dialogue: "I'll be able to identify her when I see her face", "She ain't got one!". The "thrilling" ending has the wounded yeti (shot several times) being stabbed to death with a ski pole - not exactly a glamorous way to go. In all, SNOWBEAST is good fun, and when all is said and done, you can sit back and watch all the JAWS rip-offs to enjoy yourself. Not bad at all.

Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki Mediocre Jaws variant has a Yeti terrorising a ski resort in midwinter during its anniversary celebrations. No one on the resort staff, nor police, want to believe anything is wrong and close the place down and lose all of the money coming in, so skiers line up to be Saqsuatch-bait in this watchable but forgettable TV-movie of the week.A couple of semi-grisly deaths, beautiful scenery on the snow-covered mountains, are all in the film's favour, but too much soap opera background noise brings it down considerably. The creature is rarely seen, always obscured by snow drifts or darkness, or through the use of lurking POV shots, which, on one hand is effective handling of it, but after a while becomes most disappointing, especially when we don't even get a look at the creature after it is killed.