SyFy's movies are often terrible, though there are some tolerable ones out there. Abominable Snowman(aka Deadly Descent) is down there with their bad movies. The good news is that it is a long way from SyFy's worst, and it is certainly better than last year's Bigfoot. And there are a few decent things. Nicholas Boulton's performance is dramatically stern and intense which is in good keep with this type of genre. The reveal of the second creature was very effective also, and Zara Dimitrova is smoking hot. Sadly, that's pretty much it. The acting has been much worse with SyFy, but there is still the mix of blandness and over-compensating. If you're looking for Atanas Srebrev to elevate it, you'll be disappointed, he's only in one scene and that one scene completely wastes him. It is not the actors' fault though that their performances generally don't register. They also have to work with characters that do little more than bore and irritate you and dialogue that just doesn't flow and that is unintentionally funny. The story doesn't engage either, while it picks up a tad in the latter half it is slow-moving and has very little atmosphere. Any comedy is awkward and out of place, the scary elements are diluted by the lack of suspense and that we don't see a lot of the deaths(which weren't that inventive in the first place) and the drama is soppy and lacks any kind of passion. Visually, there's been worse, but the creatures look blurry and quite weird-looking and the editing lacks any kind of fluidity. In conclusion, poorly done but there's worse out there. 3/10 Bethany Cox
22 Reviews
Abominable!
wes-connors3 February 2014
This begins as two mountain climbing men chat happily. They are about to become very, very sad. One appears to be killed by the "Abominable Snowman" of the title. The thing varies in size and looks more like a well-fed wolf than a snowman. It would be interesting to assume the "Abominable Snowman" eats people, but it isn't clear what happens. Next, solo skier Chuck Campbell (as Brian Tanner) hires helicopter pilot Adrian Paul (as Mark Haggerty) to take him to the top of the mountain. It seems strange that Mr. Campbell is left all alone to ski and we're assuming he's really there to find out what happened to the other man, or men. Campbell is followed up the mountain by his distraught sister Lauren O'Neil (as Nina Tanner) and leader-type Nicholas Boulton (as Rick McCabe). He organizes a team of younger actors to go up the mountain in Mr. Paul's helicopter and find the missing people...
Paul, the handsome "Highlander" star, smartly soaks himself in the local bar with a notably busty barmaid...
Those tagging along are frantic Elizabeth Croft (as Stacey), stressed Sean Teale (as Erlander) and cute Sam Cassidy (as Jon). They all have dramatic moments, with Mr. Cassidy sporting the best hairstyle. At one point, Ms. Croft is angry because Mr. Teale did not try to hit the "Abominable Snowman" with a snowball. The story is difficult to follow and the plot is confusing. Most of the cast has apparently fought together in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Like the Wars, the mountain has been claiming victims for years, and this must stop. If not, we could have an "Abominable Snowman II". Since so much of the story makes no sense, you should forget trying to figure out what has previously happened. One strength is the broadcast of this movie in color. When the main team is assembled, the colorfully styled uniforms help characterization. Best of all is Paul's helicopter, which stays dependably red.
*** Abominable Snowman (1/26/13) Marko Makilaakso ~ Chuck Campbell, Adrian Paul, Lauren O'Neil, Nicholas Boulton
Paul, the handsome "Highlander" star, smartly soaks himself in the local bar with a notably busty barmaid...
Those tagging along are frantic Elizabeth Croft (as Stacey), stressed Sean Teale (as Erlander) and cute Sam Cassidy (as Jon). They all have dramatic moments, with Mr. Cassidy sporting the best hairstyle. At one point, Ms. Croft is angry because Mr. Teale did not try to hit the "Abominable Snowman" with a snowball. The story is difficult to follow and the plot is confusing. Most of the cast has apparently fought together in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Like the Wars, the mountain has been claiming victims for years, and this must stop. If not, we could have an "Abominable Snowman II". Since so much of the story makes no sense, you should forget trying to figure out what has previously happened. One strength is the broadcast of this movie in color. When the main team is assembled, the colorfully styled uniforms help characterization. Best of all is Paul's helicopter, which stays dependably red.
*** Abominable Snowman (1/26/13) Marko Makilaakso ~ Chuck Campbell, Adrian Paul, Lauren O'Neil, Nicholas Boulton
Confused Title
Theo Robertson2 August 2013
The opening sequence of this SyFy production confused me . With a title involving both Abominable and Snowman in the title I was fully expecting the action to take place somewhere in the Himalayas only to notice that the location didn't really look like the Himalayas . Not necessarily a criticism because how many science fiction films have you seen supposedly set on another planet often resemble Earth , especially a strip of land in California if it's a Hollywood movie or a sand pit in Surrey if it's a British television show . As it transpires the setting is indeed North America which leads me to think why is it known by another title when DEADLY DESCENT would be the more fitting name for the film ?
Being a Syfy production you know what to expect and just to drive the point home it stars Adrian Paul so you really know what to expect - not much . It does contain all the flaws of the Syfy channel , one of Hollywood blockbuster standards and the budget of a TVM . This probably explains the oft quoted criticism on this page that the monsters are achieved via some very poor CGI that never convinces and one wonders if the producers could have just gone for men dressed up as monsters
The story plays out as you'd probably expect with a team of people trekking out to a remote wilderness miles away from any potential help then suddenly realising they are being stalked by a danger that is not human . That said DEADLY DESCENT tries to stop being entirely predictable and is slightly more bleak and nihilistic than you'd probably expect and if it wasn't for the poor CGI might have been held in better regard on this page
Being a Syfy production you know what to expect and just to drive the point home it stars Adrian Paul so you really know what to expect - not much . It does contain all the flaws of the Syfy channel , one of Hollywood blockbuster standards and the budget of a TVM . This probably explains the oft quoted criticism on this page that the monsters are achieved via some very poor CGI that never convinces and one wonders if the producers could have just gone for men dressed up as monsters
The story plays out as you'd probably expect with a team of people trekking out to a remote wilderness miles away from any potential help then suddenly realising they are being stalked by a danger that is not human . That said DEADLY DESCENT tries to stop being entirely predictable and is slightly more bleak and nihilistic than you'd probably expect and if it wasn't for the poor CGI might have been held in better regard on this page
Really lame and terrible effort on most fronts
kannibalcorpsegrinder28 January 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Attempting to track down a long-lost friend, a group of skiers head off into the wilderness to find him only to find the cause of the disappearance to be a group of giant abominable snowmen in the area and must find a way to get away alive.
This here was actually a pretty big disappointment as this had the potential to be one of the better efforts in the style. There's a sense of fun that comes from the attacks inside the abandoned ski resort in the later half, the discovery of the second creature is quite nice and there's a few rather inventive attacks and confrontations with the creatures throughout, but unfortunately this one is plagued by it's flaws. The main factor here is just like every other Sci-Fi Channel outings in truly abysmal CGI that is utterly blurry and impossible to determine what's going on, and the fact that it's set in the snow seems to make the impression that it's supposed to look like that totally moot when the same look is employed on the interior scenes. As well, the dearth of attack scenes in the first half is incredibly noticeable since hardly anything happens with the creatures who aren't even glimpsed at all, and that also happens to lower the body count and by extension the blood and gore. The attacks are also edited in such a manner as to be quite hard to determine what's going on, and that makes it hard to get into it even more. These problems outshine all the good stuff this one has.
Rated R: Language and Violence.
This here was actually a pretty big disappointment as this had the potential to be one of the better efforts in the style. There's a sense of fun that comes from the attacks inside the abandoned ski resort in the later half, the discovery of the second creature is quite nice and there's a few rather inventive attacks and confrontations with the creatures throughout, but unfortunately this one is plagued by it's flaws. The main factor here is just like every other Sci-Fi Channel outings in truly abysmal CGI that is utterly blurry and impossible to determine what's going on, and the fact that it's set in the snow seems to make the impression that it's supposed to look like that totally moot when the same look is employed on the interior scenes. As well, the dearth of attack scenes in the first half is incredibly noticeable since hardly anything happens with the creatures who aren't even glimpsed at all, and that also happens to lower the body count and by extension the blood and gore. The attacks are also edited in such a manner as to be quite hard to determine what's going on, and that makes it hard to get into it even more. These problems outshine all the good stuff this one has.
Rated R: Language and Violence.
A total joke - any skier worth their salt would be insulted by this movie
mgerardy11 March 2014
Worse than the stuck-on-a-chairlift movie "Frozen" and only slightly better than the movie "Avalanche Sharks".
Fourth-rate acting, ridiculous script on so many different levels and completely unrealistic from a lifelong skier's point of view. Everything from the set, the premise, plot, storyline, dialog, acting, avalanche scene and assumptions and everything is as utterly-stupid as "Wild Hogs" is for motorcyclists.
Clearly the folks who wrote the script never skied a single day in their lives. No scene would play out in real life like it did in the movie, all scenes were contrived, cheesy and completely manufactured by amateurs from a bunny-slope cartoonish perspective. Even if you took away the snow monster piece, which is in a class by itself - everything about this movie is wrong, irreverent and unrealistic on every known level. You don't try to "outrun" and avalanche - you ski a 45 degree angle traverse! Duh! And if a party is caught in an avalanche - there are not these neatly-piled little mounds covering skiers who magically stick their arms upwards through the snow. If you are buried in an avalanche, there is not light in there - it is pitch black.
Skiers do not interact on any mountain like this - this is a movie for people who have never skied a day in their life and do not know any better. I could pretend to know a lot about Arctic Fishing and write a story about offshore fisherman who bought their equipment at the local Wal-mart too. Or who went fishing from jet skis in near the Aleutian Islands. But anyone who knows fishing more than me (which is almost anyone) would be insulted if I made a movie about fishing.
That is what I am talking about. If you do not know the subject matter and cannot appreciate the sport of skiing and boarding - then do not pretend to and try to make a movie about it. Go back to your ski park with your photo ops on your 5-day yuppie vacation at Vail where you belong - but it certainly is not in the backcountry - because you have no business being there or making a movie about it either. Go home and play video games, but stay out of the snow unless you actually have something that resembles a clue.
If you are going to make a movie about skiing, then consult people who really ski next time. I am not talking about yuppies wanna-bees who ski blue groomers on their "Griswold family ski vacation". I am talking about backcountry skiers, people who heli-ski or serve as a heli-guide, people who know how to use a beacon, probe and shovel and ski 50+ days per year - like me.
Do not waste five minutes on this movie - because you will never get those five minutes that you wasted ever back in you life. This movie portrays an artificial alternate reality about skiing - which has no basis in real life but only makes a mockery of the sport.
Fourth-rate acting, ridiculous script on so many different levels and completely unrealistic from a lifelong skier's point of view. Everything from the set, the premise, plot, storyline, dialog, acting, avalanche scene and assumptions and everything is as utterly-stupid as "Wild Hogs" is for motorcyclists.
Clearly the folks who wrote the script never skied a single day in their lives. No scene would play out in real life like it did in the movie, all scenes were contrived, cheesy and completely manufactured by amateurs from a bunny-slope cartoonish perspective. Even if you took away the snow monster piece, which is in a class by itself - everything about this movie is wrong, irreverent and unrealistic on every known level. You don't try to "outrun" and avalanche - you ski a 45 degree angle traverse! Duh! And if a party is caught in an avalanche - there are not these neatly-piled little mounds covering skiers who magically stick their arms upwards through the snow. If you are buried in an avalanche, there is not light in there - it is pitch black.
Skiers do not interact on any mountain like this - this is a movie for people who have never skied a day in their life and do not know any better. I could pretend to know a lot about Arctic Fishing and write a story about offshore fisherman who bought their equipment at the local Wal-mart too. Or who went fishing from jet skis in near the Aleutian Islands. But anyone who knows fishing more than me (which is almost anyone) would be insulted if I made a movie about fishing.
That is what I am talking about. If you do not know the subject matter and cannot appreciate the sport of skiing and boarding - then do not pretend to and try to make a movie about it. Go back to your ski park with your photo ops on your 5-day yuppie vacation at Vail where you belong - but it certainly is not in the backcountry - because you have no business being there or making a movie about it either. Go home and play video games, but stay out of the snow unless you actually have something that resembles a clue.
If you are going to make a movie about skiing, then consult people who really ski next time. I am not talking about yuppies wanna-bees who ski blue groomers on their "Griswold family ski vacation". I am talking about backcountry skiers, people who heli-ski or serve as a heli-guide, people who know how to use a beacon, probe and shovel and ski 50+ days per year - like me.
Do not waste five minutes on this movie - because you will never get those five minutes that you wasted ever back in you life. This movie portrays an artificial alternate reality about skiing - which has no basis in real life but only makes a mockery of the sport.
Was an Adrian Paul fan,
Scott69926 December 2019
That's how I found this garbage. I was a huge Highlander fan, the 1st movie and the TV show that is. Then it was canceled because Adrian Paul wanted to move on, do other things, damn did he aim low or what? That said, I'm also a Bigfoot fan, since the 70's with Legend of Boggy creek, campy, low budget movie, but a great film. That is why I sat through this movie. Dread man, dread. Dialog written by third graders, CGI by some teen on his laptop, and what was that creature supposed to be? I watched this so you, dear reader, won't have to.
Bottom of the barrel in every respect
Leofwine_draca26 February 2015
Bottom-of-the-barrel entertainment, brought to us by the SyFy Channel. I sometimes wonder whether they churn these films out on autopilot as I could have sworn I'd seen this before, even though I hadn't. The IMDb trivia page announces that this was shot in Bulgaria in 13 days, so you get an idea of the kind of quality on offer here.
I'll briefly list what to expect, anyway: sloppily written characters you don't care about, going-through-the-motions acting, a distinct lack of imagination on the part of both director and scriptwriter. My favourite scene was where once character announced that she had suddenly remembered that the location she was in was the same place her father died all those years ago...bad memory, huh? Inevitably, what makes DEADLY DESCENT a laughing stock of a film is the excruciatingly awful CGI used to animate the Abominable Snowmen. It's worse than an old PC game I used to play in the 1990s called NIGHTMARE CREATURES! There are also way too many silly skiing sequences to pad out the running time, hardly any gore, and one of the most rubbishy-looking explosions I've seen in a while. Another SyFy howler, then.
I'll briefly list what to expect, anyway: sloppily written characters you don't care about, going-through-the-motions acting, a distinct lack of imagination on the part of both director and scriptwriter. My favourite scene was where once character announced that she had suddenly remembered that the location she was in was the same place her father died all those years ago...bad memory, huh? Inevitably, what makes DEADLY DESCENT a laughing stock of a film is the excruciatingly awful CGI used to animate the Abominable Snowmen. It's worse than an old PC game I used to play in the 1990s called NIGHTMARE CREATURES! There are also way too many silly skiing sequences to pad out the running time, hardly any gore, and one of the most rubbishy-looking explosions I've seen in a while. Another SyFy howler, then.
Syfy stuck in the snow.
amesmonde26 February 2015
A sister sets out to rescue her missing brother with the help of a group of her solider friends on leave.
Yes, the world needs serious Yeti creature features and one about a rescue for a brother who revenge on a beast which killed his dad is a good idea on paper but the CGI let it down from the outset.
Directed by Marko Mäkilaakso and written by Nathan Atkins Abominable Snowman, a.k.a Yeti and Deadly Decscent is a good concept but underdeveloped and poorly executed. There is a budget but Syfy producers and editors appear to rarely, if ever deliver.
Abominable Snowman does benefit from Atkins serious story and tone but sadly it never breaks the made for TV production value or script which makes it unintentionally comedic at times.
Out of the snow there is hope as the design of the creature works, the scenery is breath taking, there's also some nice skiing, snowboarding and Elizabeth Croft as Stacey is notable.
This is one of the passable better ones but how many good made for television Yeti films are there?
Yes, the world needs serious Yeti creature features and one about a rescue for a brother who revenge on a beast which killed his dad is a good idea on paper but the CGI let it down from the outset.
Directed by Marko Mäkilaakso and written by Nathan Atkins Abominable Snowman, a.k.a Yeti and Deadly Decscent is a good concept but underdeveloped and poorly executed. There is a budget but Syfy producers and editors appear to rarely, if ever deliver.
Abominable Snowman does benefit from Atkins serious story and tone but sadly it never breaks the made for TV production value or script which makes it unintentionally comedic at times.
Out of the snow there is hope as the design of the creature works, the scenery is breath taking, there's also some nice skiing, snowboarding and Elizabeth Croft as Stacey is notable.
This is one of the passable better ones but how many good made for television Yeti films are there?
What the hell????????????????
wnourallah3 December 2013
This film should never have been released to the public as it is so bad that someone could end up committing suicide from boredom. Actually I must get this film for my mother in law to watch with her daughter!!!!!!!!! Just kidding I love them both. The acting was soooooooooooooooo bad and the dialogue one hell of a lot worse if that is remotely possible. Why does anyone want to direst such crap? If the voting had -10 I would've chosen that score. Even the monsters were sooooooo bad that you can only see them in small bits or totally blurred. In fact the film should have a health warning attached to it. Don't waste your time on this crap. The only thing that was worth watching this crap is the fact that you see Zara Dimitrova's gorgeous and delicious lips. She really is one sexy foxy lady. Ummmmmmmmm.
Abominable special effects....
s327616930 April 2020
In spite of what some say I don't think the core premise behind this film is a bad one.
Acting wise its not awful either and the story whilst basic, holds up well enough, setting the scene for big foot scares and action.
Where is falls down badly and really undermines everything else it tries to achieve, is in the special effects department. CGI is just bad. From the cheesy, poorly rendered big foot, that looks like a giant, rabid, hamster, to the awful, shiny plastic, helicopter effects.
If some extra thought and cash had been invested into how the creature's look and act plus other special effects, this could have worked quite well as an entertaining B-grader.
Sadly that's not the case, with the only "Deadly Descent", being one of farce.
3/10.
Acting wise its not awful either and the story whilst basic, holds up well enough, setting the scene for big foot scares and action.
Where is falls down badly and really undermines everything else it tries to achieve, is in the special effects department. CGI is just bad. From the cheesy, poorly rendered big foot, that looks like a giant, rabid, hamster, to the awful, shiny plastic, helicopter effects.
If some extra thought and cash had been invested into how the creature's look and act plus other special effects, this could have worked quite well as an entertaining B-grader.
Sadly that's not the case, with the only "Deadly Descent", being one of farce.
3/10.
Horror on the Cascade heights
Wuchakk26 November 2017
RELEASED TO TV IN 2013 and directed by Marko Mäkilaakso, "Deadly Descent: The Abominable Snowman" (aka "Abominable Snowman") details events in the Washington Cascades after someone goes missing on Mount Glacier (Chuck Campbell) and his concerned sister (Lauren O'Neil) amasses a team to rescue him, utilizing the services of an alcoholic helicopter pilot (Adrian Paul). Unfortunately, their rescue effort is hindered by a couple of hulking, hairy beasts.
Being a TV movie that debuted on Syfy, you can expect cartoony CGI, not just for the ferocious creatures but other things as well (e.g. the helicopter and explosions). If you can handle that, this is a decent entry in the Big Foot/Yeti genre. The tone is serious, akin to "Sasquatch Hunters" (2005) and "Sasquatch Mountain" (2006), albeit taking place almost entirely on the peaks during winter. While it's not quite as good as those two, it's not far off.
The notable score has a reverent quality and Lauren O'Neil shines as the female protagonist. The director doesn't fail to respectfully highlight her beauty. The mountain scenery is magnificent and there's quite a bit of thrilling ski & snowboarding sequences. The second act has the protagonists held up in an abandoned ski lodge on the heights.
The creatures, by the way, are never referred to as Yeti or the Abominable Snowman in the movie. The original title of the flick was "Deadly Descent" and the whole Yeti/Abominable Snowman element was added simply to market the movie. I'm sharing this for anyone who might complain that Yetis only dwell in the Himalayas, not the Cascades in the Pacific Northwest.
THE FILM RUNS 85 minutes and was shot in Bulgaria. WRITER: Nathan Atkins.
GRADE: C+/B-
Being a TV movie that debuted on Syfy, you can expect cartoony CGI, not just for the ferocious creatures but other things as well (e.g. the helicopter and explosions). If you can handle that, this is a decent entry in the Big Foot/Yeti genre. The tone is serious, akin to "Sasquatch Hunters" (2005) and "Sasquatch Mountain" (2006), albeit taking place almost entirely on the peaks during winter. While it's not quite as good as those two, it's not far off.
The notable score has a reverent quality and Lauren O'Neil shines as the female protagonist. The director doesn't fail to respectfully highlight her beauty. The mountain scenery is magnificent and there's quite a bit of thrilling ski & snowboarding sequences. The second act has the protagonists held up in an abandoned ski lodge on the heights.
The creatures, by the way, are never referred to as Yeti or the Abominable Snowman in the movie. The original title of the flick was "Deadly Descent" and the whole Yeti/Abominable Snowman element was added simply to market the movie. I'm sharing this for anyone who might complain that Yetis only dwell in the Himalayas, not the Cascades in the Pacific Northwest.
THE FILM RUNS 85 minutes and was shot in Bulgaria. WRITER: Nathan Atkins.
GRADE: C+/B-
Okay
SanteeFats25 December 2014
Warning: Spoilers
This is an okay movie for the SyFy channel. Most of their movies are not all that good in my opinion. This one is about a team of mismatched people who go after a missing brother/friend up on an Alaskan mountain. Two trekkers have disappeared on the high peaks. Guess why? Killed by a snowman, brown and huge no less. Now the question arises where does something so big not only get enough to eat but how would they maintain a viable population base? I know digression from the movie theme. Not so bad a film as some of the movies on this channel. Anyway several friends and spouses decide to go on a rescue mission after Search and Rescue can't find the missing brother/husband. Of course this leads to incidences that can not be figured out. One of the rescuers doesn't find the same track as the others and ends up falling in a crevasse (?). He now has a broken leg plus is spitting blood (sign of a punctured lung). So now the rest have to find a way to get the cripple out of the hole and transport him to safety. I guess they didn't bring any pain meds since the hurt guy just keeps screaming from time to time. The creature attacks the group on their way to safety and carries off one of he team. Now I don't know about you but if this were to happen in real life don't you think there would be not only sightings but if it killed like it does in this film hunters from the government trying to track it down and kill it? Returning to a semi-haven bar/resort where they find the missing guy. The entire group is now trapped in the building. So of course the animal attacks and injures one of the group. Trying to escape they run into another creature and retreat into the building. Now they are under attack and there is the typical panicked person. He is controlled and they now wait for the attack. The creatures break in and drive the humans back. Shooting at them drives them back momentarily but they return on the attack and drives the people back into another room. From this room the remaining people descend into the basement. The creatures leave with one of the guys. The remaining humans do what we do best, improvise a defense. They find three grenades and set up some traps which leads to them blowing up the building and the one yeti but some how the other one survives and chases them down the mountain. One by one the whole group has perished and it is now down to three. One falls and breaks his leg so the remaining two leave him with a grenade. Using it starts an avalanche but the big foot comes through it. They get picked up in a chopper and one of them throws a grenade down its throat which of course kills it. So-so movie in my opinion.
Predictable yet still fun
Mikel327 January 2013
Warning: Spoilers
We watched a new SyFy Channel movie last night called 'Abominable Snowman'. It had the usual predictable formula about a small isolated group of young people battling a relentless blood thirsty creature. Whether they take place on a spaceship, under the sea, or in the snowy mountains these films are much the same. This one did have above average writing, photography and acting by all involved. The CGI monsters looked much more realistic than most on the SyFy channel. There was also plenty of action and well developed characters who you actually cared about. Basically the creatures looked like giant bears with strange jaws. Too bad they weren't at least white. They looked more like Abominable brown bears than Snowmen. I like my snowmen to be white or at least gray, abominable or not :wink:. I guess the film makers may have figured dark brown was a better contrast for the white snow scenes, and they're right at that. There were some memorable scenes of the relentless brown creature in the distance bounding down the snowy mountain after it's prey. I Had to laugh a little at the 'Aliens VS Ripley' like finale. I give this a 5 or 6 out of 10 rating anyway, that's high praise from me. It was pretty good if you like these sort like I often do. I've seen much worse released to theaters. My wife liked it even better than I did. Watch this one on a snowy winters night and you won't be disappointed.
Not good to be realistic
dy384933 April 2022
abominable
continuumx14 April 2023
I'm not going to bother with the synopsis. The poster tells you everything you need to know. There are some people. They're on a mountain. There's a monster. The monster is chasing the people. That's it. That's the movie. The characters are chased by a terrible CGI abominable snow mutant hamster yeti thing. As for the cast, it's pretty much what you would expect. When your recognizable actors are that guy from that Highlander TV show and Chuck the Technician from Stargate: Atlantis, you know you are going to be in for a time. It has all the usual cliches of movies like this. There's a storm and, of course, they are trapped on the mountain. There's an avalanche because of course there is. There's always an avalanche in these movies. It's so cliche it's not even a spoiler. I stopped watching it about 2/3rds of the way through so I don't know how it ends. I don't care either.
Much worse than I anticipated...
Barebower25 March 2023
For 2013... this plays like a bad post-teen ski movie meets a bad creature flick made by the worst CGI and green screen crew ever!
The lack of quality of the script is only surpassed by the lack of quality of the acting.
Stupid me for expecting this to be a movie of reasonable quality. The writers have successfully created a bunch of characters that make no sense and are actually boring to watch (in a horror film).
The CGI creatures and the green screen helicopter flying are laugh-out-loud bad.
This movie should be un-made and the script shredded and recycled as toilet paper.
It is a must-NOT-watch...
The lack of quality of the script is only surpassed by the lack of quality of the acting.
Stupid me for expecting this to be a movie of reasonable quality. The writers have successfully created a bunch of characters that make no sense and are actually boring to watch (in a horror film).
The CGI creatures and the green screen helicopter flying are laugh-out-loud bad.
This movie should be un-made and the script shredded and recycled as toilet paper.
It is a must-NOT-watch...
It's a predator
nogodnomasters22 January 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Pete gets killed in the first scene by a CG Abominable Snowman (AS). Brian (Chuck Campbell) who was out with him vows revenge as the AS also killed his father 25 years ago. Brian goes back up the mountain and never contacts anyone. His sister Nina (Lauren O'Neil) forms a rescue party of friends who are all either ex-military, current military who have a lot of time on their hands, and wannabe military. Mark (Adrian Paul) the finest drunk CG helicopter pilot, takes them on top of the mountain so we watch them ski and snow board where they need to go...over pristine mountain that already has tracks, go figure.
In wouldn't be much of a film if they didn't encounter a mess-o-Yeti.
This production takes place in Washington State, but filmed in Bulgaria. This SyFy production is well a SyFy production, so our monster lacks some credibility. The soundtrack is TV lame. One for the kids.
Fun Fact: They have done DNA testing on what people claim is Yeti hair from two separate sources. The DNA is that of a bear of an unknown species that could be a hybrid of the Grizzly and Polar Bear, or perhaps an ancient common ancestor not yet discovered.
In wouldn't be much of a film if they didn't encounter a mess-o-Yeti.
This production takes place in Washington State, but filmed in Bulgaria. This SyFy production is well a SyFy production, so our monster lacks some credibility. The soundtrack is TV lame. One for the kids.
Fun Fact: They have done DNA testing on what people claim is Yeti hair from two separate sources. The DNA is that of a bear of an unknown species that could be a hybrid of the Grizzly and Polar Bear, or perhaps an ancient common ancestor not yet discovered.
If you like snow, skiing, and thin "monster" plots......
ksdilauri12 July 2023
.....then maybe you'll want to watch this through. As noted in the other reviews, the occasional brief appearances of the CGI monster are as unconvincing as the dialogue. But logic has never been a major ingredient in movies about skiers playing hide-and-seek with carnivorous snow-beasts, and there's a fair number of slick ski sequences scattered throughout--so if this is your thing, then you can root for the plucky team of ex-soldiers (with the possible exception of "Brian", who bears a vague resemblance to Jim Jordan) as they try to escape what is purported to be a snowman, but looks more like a giant, ill-tempered, killer badger. Yoicks.
Interesting premise and then the movie begins...
song_of_rainbow18 September 2022
Dumbest group of people, who supposedly went to war as a group and came back missing a few brains. Yep, men and women enrolled together, survived together and ended up together in the same town. (Get real, I was born and raised in the military, never saw a crowd that together.) One of them says to the others "that's an order", what? They are in a ski resort. (Not a spoiler ahead since you can see the huge heary arm in the titles.) The not quite Big Foot or Abominable Snowman, is way more intelligent than the whole bunch. Soldier woman is histerical because older brother did not tell her where he was going. Lol Plus for some reason most of the movie was a double exposure. You could see the poster of the movie, over the movie. Okay, I know SyFy had all those funny monster movies but this one had too many angry former soldiers that took away the fun. I could not finish it, I hope the big guy won.
Don't waste your time
swedish_lioness12 December 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I didn't have high hopes for this movie to begin with, and unfortunately it proved me right. The script was bad and the acting was horrible.
The movie is basically about a young woman who drags her friends with her to go look for her brother who's gone missing in the mountains. But it turns out he's not missing, he's trying to set a trap fot Bigfoot, using himself as bait. It works, and Bigfoot kills almost everyone. So, pretty much what you'd expect from this kind of movie.
What really annoyed me with this movie though was that most of the people helping the young woman search for her brother have been in the military. And they still waste all their ammo shooting at nothing! Nobody with any kind of firearms training would do that. If you know you have 8 bullets left, you're not going to waste a single one shooting at something you can't see! Nobody with half a braincell would do that!
The movie is basically about a young woman who drags her friends with her to go look for her brother who's gone missing in the mountains. But it turns out he's not missing, he's trying to set a trap fot Bigfoot, using himself as bait. It works, and Bigfoot kills almost everyone. So, pretty much what you'd expect from this kind of movie.
What really annoyed me with this movie though was that most of the people helping the young woman search for her brother have been in the military. And they still waste all their ammo shooting at nothing! Nobody with any kind of firearms training would do that. If you know you have 8 bullets left, you're not going to waste a single one shooting at something you can't see! Nobody with half a braincell would do that!
Look What the Cat Puked Up
Michael_Elliott27 January 2013
Abominable Snowman (2012)
* (out of 4)
If you're expecting SyFy to make good on last year's horrible BIGFOOT then you're sadly going to be disappointed. A group of professional snowboarders and skiers take to the mountains to look for a couple missing friends but soon they run into the title characters. ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN is yet another horrid bigfoot/yeti/snowman movie and it's a real shame. I love the actually myth of the creature but it's just mind-blowing that so many of the films have been downright awful. I'll start with the good right up front. The performances here were actually much better than you typically see in a film like this. Now for the bad stuff. We'll start with the actual monsters, which are among the worst you're ever going to see. Last year's BIGFOOT turned the creature into an awful looking Godzilla-sized monster. This film here makes them look like something a cat would cough up in the middle of the night. The actual look of the creatures are perhaps the worst I've ever seen. We can start with the fact that they're never the same size as in one scene they'll be the size of a car and then the next scene they're bigger than a large tree. Their size changes throughout but their hairy look and design make them look like a bear. In fact, my three-year-old son came out of his room while I was watching this and called them a bear. Even worse is that the awful CGI has a blurry look to them and it's just so bad that you have to wonder who signed off on them saying they'd be okay for a movie. The story is all rather predictable but with the lack of comedy, scares or drama, the thing just feels slow and boring. Lets all hope that one day the genre gets these monsters right but at this point lets hope no more turn up on SyFy.
* (out of 4)
If you're expecting SyFy to make good on last year's horrible BIGFOOT then you're sadly going to be disappointed. A group of professional snowboarders and skiers take to the mountains to look for a couple missing friends but soon they run into the title characters. ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN is yet another horrid bigfoot/yeti/snowman movie and it's a real shame. I love the actually myth of the creature but it's just mind-blowing that so many of the films have been downright awful. I'll start with the good right up front. The performances here were actually much better than you typically see in a film like this. Now for the bad stuff. We'll start with the actual monsters, which are among the worst you're ever going to see. Last year's BIGFOOT turned the creature into an awful looking Godzilla-sized monster. This film here makes them look like something a cat would cough up in the middle of the night. The actual look of the creatures are perhaps the worst I've ever seen. We can start with the fact that they're never the same size as in one scene they'll be the size of a car and then the next scene they're bigger than a large tree. Their size changes throughout but their hairy look and design make them look like a bear. In fact, my three-year-old son came out of his room while I was watching this and called them a bear. Even worse is that the awful CGI has a blurry look to them and it's just so bad that you have to wonder who signed off on them saying they'd be okay for a movie. The story is all rather predictable but with the lack of comedy, scares or drama, the thing just feels slow and boring. Lets all hope that one day the genre gets these monsters right but at this point lets hope no more turn up on SyFy.
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