Snowbeast
1977 Directed by Herb Wallerstein
Synopsis
The legendary creature is half man... half animal... and a cold blooded killer!
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.
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Not even a good bad movie. Boring lengthy dialogue about shit I don't care about. Uninteresting characters. Idiotic pace and an overused first person shaky cam. That being said, there were a few very funny parts that elevated Snowbeast to 'slightly watchable.' The ending sucked.
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Snowbeast begins in the snow covered mountains of Colorado. Jennifer (Kathy Christopher) and Heidi (Anne McEnroe) are out skiing when they come across some strange looking tracks in the snow. Seconds after this discovery, Jennifer is killed by some sort of large humanoid creature. In fear for her life, Heidi ski’s off and finds safety with the ski patrol at the Rill Lodge ski patrol shack. Next we’re introduced to Tony Rill (Robert Logan) and Mrs. Carrie Rill (Sylvia Sidney) whom are both preparing for the Rill Lodge 50th Anniversary Winter Carnival. It’s here we learn that the Rill Lodge Ski Resort is family owned and Tony is in line to inherit the lodge after his aging grandmother, Carrie, retires.…
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Jaws on mountain with a yeti and 1/1000th of the budget. What's not to like?
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Not even a good bad movie. Boring lengthy dialogue about shit I don't care about. Uninteresting characters. Idiotic pace and an overused first person shaky cam. That being said, there were a few very funny parts that elevated Snowbeast to 'slightly watchable.' The ending sucked.
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A fun 70s horror very much of this time(Jaws being a blockbuster of the time) a beast roaming a ski resort and how they need those tourist dollars, 2 men believe it to be BigFoot or something similer and track it down, it plays well, has its limitations but works well, silly, bad acting(at times) but perfectly watchable 70s monster film.
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One of the many movies to be "inspired" by Jaws. This was made for TV, so don't expect too much from it. Not terribly acted, has some moments, but mostly it feels like a 70s made for TV movie.
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Snowbeast begins in the snow covered mountains of Colorado. Jennifer (Kathy Christopher) and Heidi (Anne McEnroe) are out skiing when they come across some strange looking tracks in the snow. Seconds after this discovery, Jennifer is killed by some sort of large humanoid creature. In fear for her life, Heidi ski’s off and finds safety with the ski patrol at the Rill Lodge ski patrol shack. Next we’re introduced to Tony Rill (Robert Logan) and Mrs. Carrie Rill (Sylvia Sidney) whom are both preparing for the Rill Lodge 50th Anniversary Winter Carnival. It’s here we learn that the Rill Lodge Ski Resort is family owned and Tony is in line to inherit the lodge after his aging grandmother, Carrie, retires.…