Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon

2008 "It kills in cold blood"
3.3| 1h25m| NR| en
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Surviving the plane crash was only the beginning ... After their plane crashes into uncharted territory in the Himalayas, the survivors set out to find help in the freezing cold. As the days pass and with no sign of a rescue, tensions begin to mount. The survivors wrestle with their consciences as they realise that in order to survive, they must use the bodies of the dead as food. But when it appears that something else is already feeding upon the dead, the survivors realise that their biggest danger is not hunger but something infinitely more sinister: a legendary Yeti is stalking them and is moving in for the kill. Can they outsmart the beast or will they die trying?

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Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.
Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
highwaytourist How quickly was this grinded out? Here, a bunch of college athletes on a plane crash into the Himalayas. While waiting for a rescue party, they get stalked by a very unconvincing Yeti with bad teeth. Why can't they outrun it? Because it can jump long distances like a grasshopper. In the meantime, the crash survivors mostly behave in the stupid, irritating way one expects from impending horror movie victims. It includes one obnoxious character named Ravin, whose sole purpose is to have us cheer for his demise. There is a Donnor Party subplot about whether to eat the bodies of those who didn't survive the plane crash, but that's just filler material. It stars a bunch of non-stars, but has an appearance by Peter DeLuise as one of the rescue party, who's clearly just here to collect an easy paycheck. I hope he enjoyed spending it. If so, he's the only person who got any enjoyment from this lame, no-budget flick.
loomis78-815-989034 A plane whose occupants are an American Football team crash lands in the Himalayas and the few survivors must band together in the wreckage of the plane and try to survive. They stack the dead bodies of their friends in the ice, and it doesn't take long for before thoughts of cannibalism enter their minds. That is until one of them spots a large snow beast dragging one of the dead bodies away. The group's real terror begins once they realize that a Yeti standing about 12 feet tall is planning on using them as a food source. Taking cues from plenty of sources, mostly the "Alive" true story and film, this Sci-Fi Channel movie comes up short on too many levels to speak of. The biggest sin is the Yeti itself is a digitally created mess that hops through the snow looking like a kangaroo more than anything someone would be scared of. And speaking of scares, there are none. Sure the red stuff hits the white snow and some severed limbs are left lying on the ice, but the monster is so stupid and unbelievable nothing else in this movie has a chance to work. The actors try hard but the script doesn't give them much to work with.
Ben Larson I've seen Canadian actress Crystal Lowe in a few films: Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, Black Christmas, Snakes on a Plane. She is the only actor of note in this film.There is plenty of eye candy on a plane that crashes in the mountains with the football team. Why so many women on the plane is a mystery not addressed. I just hope they brought something warm.I am glad there is eye candy, as this is one ugly monster. The few scenes where he managed to get someone were also pretty gory.Naturally, the team resorts to cannibalism after surviving a few days in the mountains, but one member puts an end to that. Unfortunately, she also destroyed the Yeti's food supply. And, just when you think it's over, it finally gets good.
TheUnknown837-1 The most interesting thing about an incredibly flat and uninspiring made-for-television creature feature called "Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon" is when one of our supporting characters gives an inept, all-too-obvious homage to the movie "Predator." Remember that classic moment from that wonderful 1987 movie where Sonny Landham mutters: "There's something out there waiting for us. And it ain't no man." Well, just swap the word "man" with "bear" and you've got the only noteworthy thing in the picture "Yeti." It's not noteworthy because it's humorous or nostalgic, but because it's the most pathetic.The setup is a rehash. A plane crashes in the Himalayan mountains. The survivors scramble out and try to survive in the wilderness. Then one day, they are starting to get picked off by an (initially) unseen creature. They suspect it's a bear. Then they come to realize that "it ain't no bear," but that it's the legendary abominable snowman.This time our cast is not a group of ordinary Joes and Janes, but a college football team. A bunch of airheaded jocks and flimsy-minded dames. That means they're obnoxious and exasperating, right? They're even more flat and twice as irritating than the shrieking teens who by themselves destroyed the second half of "Jaws 2." And of course, we've got to have the quarterback - the star vehicle of the team - be this goodhearted, noble-minded gent whose madly in love with a female passenger with a past and who must give a big speech every time he has a point to make and yet somehow, despite the lack of sense or clever wording, everybody ends up nodding in the end. And of course, opposing him, you've got to have this nasty, self-content jerk who wants everything to go his way and will gripe whenever they do not.Clichés, clichés, clichés.Seriously, if you are involved in the motion picture business - even if you are involved in only low-budget stuff for the weekend - and you are paid to be creative (and must like being creative) why not have some fun and not just tread over the same old stuff before. Whenever I write a science-fiction short story, even if the plot is familiar, I always try in the few whimsical moments I have beforehand to instill something unique. Nobody's paying me to be imaginative? So why can't these folks who write these teleplays put at least half an hour of effort? That's all it takes.What's more amazing is the lack of thought put into the creature. Or rather, creatures. There's more than one abominable snowman. And actually, they are more like a cross between an orangutan and a cricket, for despite their size and lack of powerful leg muscles, are capable of (in their CGI form) bound incredible lengths and heights in a fraction of a second. Sometimes their legs don't even move and they go flying, like they're on springs buried beneath the snow. These creatures are cut-outs and only exist because the plot says they must. I think the writers put even less effort into creating them...and they're the stars of the show. It's exceeding rare in monster pictures, especially low-budget ones, where the humans are more interesting than the beasties.To its credit, "Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon" is not as bad as some of its kin. There are some flicks like "Python" that obviously try and fail harder. Maybe the key to making a cheap flick mediocre when there is a lack of talent or ambition aboard is to just not care. Mediocre is better than terrible. Forgettable is better than memorable when it comes to bad movies. And "Yeti" is forgettable.