Snowbeast
by Herb Wallerstein
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Actor: Bo Svenson, Clint Walker, Robert Logan, Sylvia Sidney, Yvette MimieuxDirector: Herb Wallerstein
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Legacy Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Snowbeast
Movie Review: ... The Crown!!! The Crown!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Admittedly an acquired taste, Snowbeast is nonetheless a fun and scary film. I was a huge fan of this film as a child when it used to scare the Hell out of me, and I still frequently revisit this Bigfoot masterpiece to this day. Ok, as an adult most of the scares are conceptual, and probably only fully appreciated by Bigfoot film afficianados, but it's still a great film and to my knowledge alone in it's use of a white "Bigfoot," unless you count Man Beast (1956) which boasts similar looking creatures though they are distinctly Yeti.
The film is an almost exact re-telling of Jaws (Widescreen Anniversary Collector's Edition) with a vicious Bigfoot at the helm ... Small town, upcoming winter carnival, disappearing guests, questions, Conspiracy and cover-up to save the winter carnival, Grizzly Bear blamed, Grizzly killed, attacks continue, mutilated body, Bigfoot theory put forth, initial disbelief, crazed Bigfoot attacks gymnasium full of screaming kids, the hunt is on ... The parallels are uncanny.
Truth be told, though you are lead to believe that it is a malevolent Bigfoot that has wandered out of the wilderness and into the resort area, the creature is in fact more closely akin to the "weather beaten old mountain hunter, named Bauman"'s decription of the creature which stalked him and murdered his trapping partner in the lonely mountain pass with the evil reputation, "something either half human or half devil, some great goblin-beast," as told to Theodore Roosevelt and recounted in his 1892 classic The Wilderness Hunter...Hunting Trips of a Ranchman & The Wilderness Hunter.
Snowbeast is fun and effective on many levels. The plot and story line being blatantly lifted from Jaws it makes for simple and effective storytelling, and it's especially fun if, like myself, you'd have preferred if Jaws were a pernicious Sasquatch.
The film is well cast, and the acting is solid considering it's subject matter. Robert Logan as Tony Rill is perfectly cast. His cool demeanor, tight ski suit and big hair speak for his inherent abilities in dealing with a rampaging Sasquatch. And Bo Svenson as Gar the has-been ski champion has some classic cuckhold moments as Tony casually seduces his very sexy and equally disillusioned wife Ellen (Yvette Mimieux). I am at a loss as to why they didn't include her in the hot tub scene with Logan and Svenson which was kind of gay otherwise.
SPOILER ALERT: The only real problem I have with the film is what I like to call the Snowbeast "Magic Logs" theory. During the creature's attack on the motor home it rolls a huge pile of logs down an embankment crashing broadside into the motor home knocking it over, but these "Magic Logs" (in full defiance of the laws of physics) inexplicably manage to end up INSIDE the motor home, thereby trapping Sheriff Paraday (Clint Walker) and literally securing his demise.
If your a fan of any of the original style non CGI Bigfoot/Sasquatch/swamp creature films like Curse of Bigfoot, Night of the Demon, Creature from Black Lake, Legend of Boggy Creek, Sasquatch: Legend of Bigfoot, Capture of Bigfoot, Boggy Creek 2, Terror in the Swamp, Man Beast, etc, then Snowbeast is definitely for you, and will most assuredly take it's place as a cherished part of your collection.
... The Crown!!! The Crown!!!
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