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Good looking actors like Mimieux and Svenson and pretty scenery can only do so much to save a poorly written story. Snow Beast is a typical 1970s monster horror film and plays out like an over-long ancestral episode of the X-Files without any of the subplots that made that show tolerable. Of course it's about a yeti terrorizing a ski resort. But since the yeti itself (also a pretty good looking creature) only appears in the film for about 2 minutes scattered over the entire 86 minutes of the film, the resort is mostly inhabited by bad actors. Frankly, only Mimieux gives a performance worthy of recording, though Svenson seemed to at least be enjoying himself.

Svenson and Mimieux's characters are married, though seemingly becoming estranged because of Svenson deepening depression. Bob Logan plays a good friend of the couple who appears to be interested in Mimieux for reasons that go beyond friendship. Svenson's problem is that he regrets having given up skiing after winning five gold medals and becoming a champion. This sets up a subplot which is used to justify about 30 minutes of Corman-esquire scenes of people skiing. Svenson is a pretty poor skier for an ex-champion. The hunt for the yeti, which really couldn't justify more skiing scenes, instead explains why most of the last 15 minutes of the film consists of the principle cast riding around on snow mobiles. And lest I forget, Clint Walker shows up, playing himself in a County Sheriff's uniform and leads the snow-mobile brigade.

Like many "shockers" of the 70s, Snow Beast avoids an adequate special effects budget and an R rating (it's a TV movie) by not allowing the audience to see the beast itself or really, any of the horror scenes. You only see the beast when the actors do. And when they see it, they die, while you are only likely to experience narcolepsy.

It took me four nights to get through this one. I have read through some of the more enthusiastic reviews, and all I can say about them is that I am glad that diversity thrives here on IMDb.

"Snowbeast" was yet another Dollar Store DVD pickup for me (on a double feature disc with David Janssen in "Moon of the Wolf," which I have yet to watch) and it is a serviceable, though far from great, late 70s creature feature. Several other IMDb posters have referred to it as "Jaws on a Ski Slope" and I'd have to say that's a pretty accurate description. Like the zillions of other 70s monster movies that were obviously inspired by the success of "Jaws," "Snowbeast" duplicates virtually every plot point of the shark classic and transfers them to a dry land location (a Colorado ski resort, to be exact)... the opening scene where the creature attacks a lone girl, the hero with a dark past, the authorities who want to keep the attacks secret for fear of losing business, the eventual hunt for the beast by a small group of people on their own, yadda yadda yadda. Since "Snowbeast" was made for TV you don't get much in the way of blood and guts, therefore the gorehound crowd can skip this one right off the bat. You also don't get to see much of the titular Snowbeast (a Bigfoot-style mountain creature) due to obvious budgetary constraints. The filmmakers try to hide this by shooting most of the Snowbeast-attack scenes from the monster's point of view, which means all you get to see most of the time is a hairy arm and claw shooting out from the edge of the screen to grasp a screaming ski bunny. We do get a two second look at the critter's face when it peers through a window during the resort's Winter Carnival, causing predictable chaos, and I swear that it looks enough like the "Abominable" from "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" that I half expected one of the characters to announce "Didn't I ever tell you about Bumbles? Bumbles BOUNCE!"

Despite the high cheese factor, I had fun watching "Snowbeast." It's not scary in the slightest but was a decent way to kill 90 minutes on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Bo Svenson (as the troubled ski instructor who's honor-bound to kill the beast) puts in a decent performance, as does Yvette ("The Black Hole") Mimieux as his long suffering wife. Everyone else in the cast is basically there to provide cannon fodder/Snowbeast chow and aren't terribly interesting. But the snowy Colorado scenery is nice to look at (though the constant shots of the characters skiing and snowmobiling around the resort while hunting for the monster get a little tiresome after a while; they're obviously only there to pad out the run time) and unlike most movies of this genre, the ending does not set up for a possible sequel (thank God). If this sounds like your bag, you can find "Snowbeast" on DVD at a dollar store near you. Ya can't beat the price and you can do a hell of a lot worse for your buck.

Too mediocre to rate a 1... this movie had such promise but failed to deliver the furry package of Yeti fun that we all hoped for (like so many other Yeti movies).

Focusing primarily on characters skiing from place to place or snowmobiling from place to place, this becomes one of those "follow the characters as they move around" movies instead of the tightly strung suspense film it might have been. The scenes of dull conversations where vague motives and character points feebly attempt to establish themselves are interspersed with "I am a Yeti looking through branches at prospective victims" shots and the occasional vicious Yeti attack. However, the ratio is disappointingly low on the Yeti side of the equation.

Perhaps a good movie to watch in the middle of the summer when you are wishing you had air conditioning.

The Yeti himself, finally showing more than a claw towards the end of the movie, is pretty terrifying, sending a gymnasium full of teenage girls screaming. RARRRRRR!!!! So brace yourself, okay?

Personally, if I redid this movie myself, I would try something new and interesting. Perhaps some footage cutting back and forth between the skiing/snowmobiling and conversations to portions of footage showing us what the Yeti is up to.

What does he do in his spare time? Housekeeping? Or is he a highly tactical attacker who plots out where his victims will be at certain times? Does he engage in lengthy surveillance, or just wander out randomly when he's finished napping to see what he can find for a lunch nibble? Does he eat a bite or two of his victims, or just leave them to scare the other vapid humans, because he's actually trying to protect what he perceives as his personal territory?

These and other questions mock me from my brain as I watch yet another movie lacking in Yeti insights.

I loved Snowbeast when I first saw it. It could never be accused of being a great film but it is very good.

Some Sasquatch type creature is butchering people staying at a ski resort and no-one seems to be able to locate it or kill it. Throughout the movie it kills people and causes some carnage.

You don't actually get many glimpses of the monster. You will see a claw here or there but if memory serves me right, you actually only get split second glimpses of it's face at the end when it is cornered by the good guys. Of course, this doesn't spoil the movie; on the contrary, I think it helps that you don't see the monster every five minutes, it makes the whole thing more authentic. It's much better to hear a few growls here and there and to see the victims reactions.

I recommend Snowbeast to anyone. If you notice it on the TV, make sure you record it.

If you love cheap and chessy movies, this little beauty is for you. I love these kinds of films, and this one has a fond spot in my heart. I remember it from 1977. Snuggled up on the soffa with my teenie girl squeeze. This was a cool night for a 14 year old dude. This film is fun with some pretty good moments. This beast did get hit with the ugly stick, big and bad. Maybe that's why it's so ticked off. I found this film as part of a triple feature DVD for under $10.00. And it's well worth the time to look back at a cheap and chessy 70's monster flick. I won't give anything away. I do recommend that you check it out. Plus it's kinda cool to see all the old tv actors from yesterday's gone by. Clint Walker and Bo Svenson are fun to watch. Take care and ENJOY!!

I really want find out where this ski resort is. For an entire movie we saw people skiing and snowmobiling during a supposed celebration and NO ONE was on the course other than the person the camera was focused on and the shadow of the camera man. But then again this is a film about skiing, and snow-mobiling, and more skiing, and more mobiling, and more skiing and more skiing and zzzzzzz. Oh yeah they threw a monster in to break up the skiing. The sad thing is that this movie does have some close to brilliant points, but then they had to put me asleep with either a morality lesson from Gar or, gasp, more skiing. Best actor nomination for this movie was the kid that found the body, nobody else came in even a distant second. And even in snow pants Yvette was worth looking act, but that about sums up the high points. I am thankful this came in a 20 movie set I got for $8 or I really overpaid.

For a low budget, made-for-TV movie from 1977, this one packs quite a wallop. Sure, we never really get to see the monster and there is an abundance of non-professional extras on hand, but the lead performances (Bo Svenson, Yvette Mimieux and Clint Walker) are just fine. There are two very strong qualities which take this film into the recommendable range. One is the excellent location photography. Sure, the Colorado mountains are gorgeous, but the stedicam work around the slopes really add to the tension. Second is the musical score. It is just excellent, so far about the norm for a TV movie of the era. I don't have the composer credit at hand, but it's my guess that there was a connection between him and Joseph Stefano, who wrote the film and was a veteran of Outer Limits, also noted for its engaging musical score. Anyway, between the music and the swooping camera work, this film is often genuinely creepy, almost from the first few minutes. And bless her sweet soul, isn't Yvette gorgeous? She sure grew from the Time Machine into a beautiful woman. Final word: it's hard not to notice the plot similarity between this feature and Jaws. Made two years after the Spielberg classic, we're still dealing with a monster on the loose and a town that doesn't want to admit it for fear of losing tourist dollars. Maybe Jaws on the Slopes would be a good subtitle here.

Rating- 3 stars*** out of 5

What else could you ask for a man dressed in a bigfoot-yeti-sasqutach like costume. I have never seen a film about that ledgenary creature but here it is Snowbeast. Not a great title but still okay. It's about that Bigfoot like creature killing skiers at a ski resort in Colorado. Bo Svenson, Vvitte Mineux, Clint Walker and Robert Logan leap into pursuit to stop it. Silva Syndey co-stars. Although the films looks rather like Jaws in some ways. I once had to think Joseph Stefano did great on Psycho why would he try to copy Jaws? Also it's failing of Direction leads to not so great suspense. But it's music by Robert Prince was okay. So if you hav'nt seen a movie about the legendary creature go out and rent it it's not all that bad. Filmed in 1977. Mostly played on T.V but was released to theaters in small quanties.

As you have read Snowbeast is an awful yet endearing "Yeti" film with an all-(ex)star cast. The shockingly familiar "JAWSesque" plotline is quite at home on the slopes of Crested Butte complete with a washed-up Biathlete (that's the ski and shoot type not...you know), a doubting sheriff, a nervous ski-lodge operator, and the usual cadre of hapless and nameless victims... Oh, and a big guy in a fur suit with scary hands to play Bigfoot.

Other reviewers have mentioned the unintentional humor which abounds here. The script was written by Outer Limits' Joseph Stephano with Roger Patterson as consultant. Patterson is eminently qualified as he was responsible for that now famous shaky film of Sasquatch marching through the woods we've all seen too many times. Since Patterson's Bigfoot looks a lot more convincing than the one in Snowbeast he maybe should have been consulting with the make-up department. He seems to know a thing or two about dressing actors up as manbeasts. Stephano is a great TV writer in most cases. He pulled this off in a couple of days I would think.

While some B-movies are for the aficionados only this one is for everybody. Anyone of any age watching this will appreciate it's lack of merit and it's almost purposeful lack of sophistication. It's silly but fun and might make your next trip to a lonely ski slope a little tingly, if you could find a lonely ski slope anywhere in the country. If you want to see what they used to look like check out "Snowbeast."

It may seem hard for younger people to believe this now but back in the 1970's a lot of people believed in the existence of Bigfoot, so much so that there were even documentaries made on the subject that seem quaintly ridiculous now, such as The Legend of Bigfoot (1976). For this reason it's hardly surprising that creature features of the day were also sometimes about the legendary Sasquatch. Snowbeast is a TV movie of this ilk that plays upon the fact that a lot of folks still thought these creatures could be out there.

Its writer is Joseph Stefano the man responsible for the screenplay of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Psycho (1960). With this movie Stefano's writing skills are somewhat more derivative in that the plot-line to Snowbeast is essentially a copy Jaws (1975), a film that had been released a couple of years earlier and one that had been astronomically successful at the box office. There are various ways this flick mimics that Spielberg classic - it opens with an unseen beast killing an unsuspecting young woman, there is a carnival that is so commercially important to the community that the town leader insists on ignoring the grim warning signs, there is an everyman who alerts the authorities of the danger but is ignored until more unnecessary deaths occur, a small group eventually get the go ahead to go out to seek and kill the creature in a vehicle that the monster easily destroys. Also like Jaws the monster here is only seen sporadically, mainly it's powerful arm and a couple of flashes of the head but hardly anything really. It would probably have been better if we were to have seen more but it's not really a deal breaker for me. I actually though the most effective moment when the snowbeast is seen was when it's glimpsed from afar half hidden by trees way up a hill. It's quite a nicely creepy moment.

I've got to be honest and say I kind of like this movie and think it gets a bit of an unfair wrap. Admittedly I have a soft spot immediately for any film set in the snow. And the Colorado ski resort is a great location for me. The snowy expanses are kind of nice and I enjoy watching folks ski. So for this reason I am immediately on board with this one. But not only this, I also think it works pretty effectively as a creature feature. The story and characters are solid enough; while there are some effective enough tense scenes involving the Bigfoot. Overall, this one is a little under-rated I reckon; you could do a lot worse.

Is the mere presence of Bo Svenson in a made for t.v. movie carry enough entertainment value to keep viewers hooked on a story? Snowbeast sure thinks so. A Colorado ski lodge is plagued with mysterious attacks that threaten to ruin the winter snowqueen banquet. Bo Svenson plays Gar Seberg a former olympic gold-medal winner skier that hasn't gotten on the skis since. This is supposed to significantly factor into the storyline which features more snowmobiling than skiing. Along for the ride is Gar's wife Ellen (Yvette Mimieux) who at one time had a relationship with ski lodge manager Tony Rill played by Robert Logan. Sylvia Sydney who's been acting since the late jurassic period is lumped into this snowturd as Tony's mother.

The snowbeast is given very little exposure in this movie and by the time the climax arrives the movie resorts to Gar attacking a growling camera from the perspective of the beast. LAME! If you can't afford an entire monster suit then why make a monster movie? All that is afforded the viewer is two arm shots, a window face shot, a foot kicking a log, and a quick head shot for the "finale". The acting in this is straight out of a seventies soap opera. One particular ludicrous scene has Tony asking Gar to help him kill the beast all the while they are soaking in a pool. Gar fiercely defends the rights of the beast as if he works for the crytozoology department of the ACLU. In disgust Gar gets out of the pool and all of the sudden both men are lounging side by side in absurdly cushioned bathrobes where Gar continues his defense of the snowbeast. The scene is just so bizarre. Another annoying feature is the use of the blood-red fade outs and fade ins that were for the commercial breaks. I expected any second to see a clip of the donny and marie show along with who was guest starring on Fantasy Island tonight. At least Yvette Mimieux looks adorable in snow boots. Avoid this movie and pray for spring.

This was filmed partially in Crested Butte, Colorado for the ski slope shots, and 30 miles away in Gunnison, Colorado for fill shots. They shot the 'Winter Wonderland' High School dance sequence in the gym at the high school. This was a pretty big deal for all of the students. A real "Hollywood" movie! I remember Yvette being very petite and very quiet during her on-camera parts. One of the shots has Bo sitting in the middle of a bunch of students in the bleachers. Look close (and quick) and you'll see a geeky guy in glasses behind him. I remember wearing a bright shirt that day. We all had to sign the waivers and promise to be polite and quiet. The director would lay out what was going on in that particular shot and how we were supposed to act. They replaced the glass in one of the gym doors so the Beast could stick his arm through it. They seemed to be careful to not let us see the whole beast. Only parts of it. Bo was a large guy, as I remember. And nice. I was a freshman or sophomore at the time so this was being filmed in the 1976-77 time frame. My friends dad was principal at the time. I remember him being very stressed about all the diversions. Not education friendly I guess. But it was a neat learning experience in another way. And I get to say I was in a movie with Yvette and Bo. Thanks.

I watched this on DVD after acquiring a 10 pack called "Vault of Horror". I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. The acting ranges from competent to embarrassing, you never really see the monster, the storyline apes Jaws from scene to scene, but somehow it works if you watch it in the right frame of mind. Most of all it brought back memories of my childhood of watching those low-budget 72 minute TV movies they used to show from 8:30 to 10:00.

******SPOILERS****** "Snowbeast" is another BigFoot/Yeti movie that takes place in and around a snowy Colorado Rocky Mountain ski-resort which is celebrating it's 50th anniversary.

Owner and former Lodge Snow Queen Carrie Rill, Sylvia Sidney, wants everything to go all right to attract more skiers to her Nill Lodge. The last thing she or her manager and grandson Tony, Robert Logan, want is what is about to happen on the snowy ski slopes around the lodge; A monster on the loose killing and mutilating the lodges costumers.

Jennifer, Kathy Christopher, is lost in the woods after she and her friend Heidi, Annie McEnroe, were attacked by some wild beast. Looking for Jennifer Buster, Thomas Babson, one of the members of the Nill Lodges ski petrol is also missing. When Jennifer is later found in a shack dead and savagely mutilated. It's becomes obvious to Lodge manager Tony that a wild beast is on the loose in the woods and mountain slopes and that the the Nill Lodge 50th Winter festival may well have to be canceled and with it all the desperately needed revenue to keep the lodge opened for the rest of the skiing season.

In the middle of all this a friend and former Olympic Skiing Gold Medal winner Gar Seberg, Bo Sevenson, and his TV reporter wife Ellen, Yette Mimieux, arrive at the lodge. Gar is is there looking for Tony to give his a job at the lodge; little did Gar know that he couldn't have come at a better time.

A few days later the Snowbeast stuck right in the heart of lodge itself killing and wounding a number of people and putting everyone at the lodge in a state of panic. With nothing left to keep the people at the lodge from knowing about the dangerous Snowbeast Tony and his friend and new employee Gar go up into the woods and mountain slopes to put an end to what's responsible for all this death and destruction. O.K movie about a not-too-friendly Bigfoot on the rampage with some very good ski and outdoor photography. There's also a nice sub-plot about Gar's fears and anxieties about being another washed-up Olympic Gold Medal winner. With nothing to look forward to in the future and of course, to those of us watching and rooting for Gar to come through in the movie, more then making up for his unfounded fears in the end.

It was also good to see Clint Walker, Sheriff Paraday, the epitome of the "Strong & Silent Type" who really didn't have that much to do, or say, in the movie in that he was killed off before the big final ending scene. But when Walker did say something the movie cast, as well as the audience, would stop look and listen.

There were also good performances by Yvette Mimieux as Gar's TV reporter wife and Silvia Sidney as Tony's grandmother and owner of the Nill Lodge. The Snowbeast was given very little screen time but was always on everyones mind which made it more dangerous and effective then having it over-exposed until he became an eyesore to watch. Hard sliding ending put the Snowbeast on the skids for good and saved the day for everyone still alive in the movie.

This was an excellent movie. There's something about the older scary movies as compared to today's, possibly the sound effects were more convincing then. Sorry, but, hard rock theme music just doesn't mesh with horror as we see in some of today's cheesy thrillers. If you want to enhance the scariness of this film, you must be fair. You must keep all noise and distractions out of the room, turn the phone off, then make it pitch black, preferably view alone, and begin your movie with buttered popcorn and a soda! I did this and I became so frozen with fear, that when my kittens were playing in another room(they don't watch movies), I was sure the noise was bigfoot breaking in! I was so paralyzed with fear, I couldn't get up to use the restroom, I thought bigfoot was hiding behind the wall, and would reach around and grab me. This would not have been so suuccessful, had it not been for SNOWBEAST. I watch this from time to time on the B-MANIA cable channel and can never get enough. The sound effects are great, the suspense , the anticipation surrounding the unknown inside those vast unending dark woods. Don't miss this film, it's a must see for those who enjoyed being scared, see for yourself.

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 job

Looks great

The Bad:

Cheating antagonists....again!

Fade to reds are stupid

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

A monster movie without a monster works better than you'd expect

I remember seeing this made for TV movie many years ago when I was a kid and thought it was a great little B Movie. I have looked for it on video over the years and was really pleased when it was finally released on DVD here in the UK. The production values and photography are great for this kind of low budget movie and the director keeps the tension going without showing to much of the actual "snowbeast" which actually looks like a man in a cheap snow creature costume. The cast of well known TV actors do a good job and Sylvia Sydney is great as the owner of the ski resort who wants to dismiss the killings for fear of losing holiday makers (very similar to JAWS. The actual killings are handled routinely and actual on screen violence is virtually unseen. Overall -a good addition to the string of "creatures run amok" films of the 1970's.

I wonder about the ages of some of the reviewers here who pan "Snowbeast". Are they cynical, teen-aged movie-goers, raised on the "Saw" movies and "Van Helsing"-style monster effects? Have you got no shred of sentimentality in you, man!? I was 9 when this was made, and as I've gotten older, and my nostalgia for 70's TV and movies has grown intense, a film like "Snowbeast" hits all the right notes for a warm and fuzzy viewing. The 70's fashions and mellow pacing are soothing to my mind, and it even has the occasional 'fade to black' where the commercials would have been, to transport you back to those Friday night 'movie of the week' viewings, sitting on the floor Indian-style, in front of the console TV, with a just-made Jiffy Pop. With that in mind, I'll admit that my rating IS inflated for the pure nostalgia. That aside, it is STILL a better Bigfoot film than so many of it's contemporaries, such as "Capture of Bigfoot" or the excremental "Shriek of the Mutilated". So please, those of you who aren't 40 - 50 years old, try to approach "Snowbeast" through the filter of that soft and squishy decade that was the 70's, a time that now looks so simple and uncomplicated. I'm a fan of cheesy monster movies overall, but not many of them appeal to me for multiple viewings...."Snowbeast" is one of the few I can watch over and over. Seek this movie out, if any of my above rant resonates with you.

Forgetting whether or not you are a movie monster buff, if you are an avid skier, then you should enjoy this film. It is so well filmed, you would think that you are right there on the mountain. Beautiful shots of the mountain, skiing, and outdoors makes it a worthwhile film. The way the monster is portrayed gives one a constant feeling of foreboding, and the monster is convincing. The acting is also convincing. As like spaghetti westerns, this is a relaxing film that I could watch over and over again. The only let down was the way the monster died, but it was thrilling right up to the end, and Bo Svenson was convincing! I fail to understand why some others gave it a less rating.

"Jaws" was a huge hit in '75, so it comes as no surprise that at least one mid-70's Sasquatch cinema outing was specifically made to capitalize on the meteoric success of the Spielberg smash. The only startling thing about this strictly ho-hum made-for-TV terror picture is that it not only blatantly copies "Jaws," but also William Girdler's equally derivative "Jaws"-with-claws offering "Grisly" as well! A huge, hulking, growling murderous yeti terrorizes a Colorado ski resort during an annual winter carnival. The resort's snippy old lady owner (a severely wasted Sylvia Sidney) dismisses any possibility that an albino Bigfoot is on the attack and keep things quiet so business won't be negatively affected. But the owner's concerned grandson (blandly played by "Wilderness Family" film series star Robert Logan) decides to investigate the disappearance of a luckless skier and discovers that the creature is both very real and a grave threat to the resort's guests. So Logan treks into the woods along with a has-been ski champion (a sleepwalking Bo Svenson) and the stalwart sheriff (a stolid Clint Walker) to hunt the pesky critter down.

Original "Psycho" scribe Joseph Stefano's by-the-numbers cookie cutter script flatly recycles the standard "Jaws" formula: a killing occurs, there's a cover-up, another killing happens, mass panic ensues, and a motley assortment of gutsy guys join forces to take on the offending beastie. The shopworn premise isn't helped any by pedestrian direction, draggy pacing, a debilitating dearth of tension, soap opera-like characters and situations, a slushy score, infrequent glimpses of the monster, tacky red-tinted freeze frames, and a predictable ending. On the plus side both Annie ("Warlords of the 21st Century") McEnroe and Yvette ("Devil Dog: The Hound from Hell") Mimieux make for highly fair damsels in distress, the wintry mountainside scenery looks gorgeous, and Frank ("Corvette Summer") Stanley's cinematography rises well above the sub-par material with its expert use of extremely effective hand-held monster-on-the-prowl POV shots. Unfortunately, the flick's pervasive sense of boob tube banality ensures that things never come to life and start seriously cooking the way they should, thereby dooming this damp squid to outright mediocrity.

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Snowbeast is an excellent Bigfoot film. The scenery of the snow is beautiful. I was amazed to see Bo Svenson, Robert Logan, and Clint Walker stood together as all three are very large men. Yvette Mimieux looked great! This is one of the very few Bigfoort films that are good. My other favorite is Harry and the Hendersons but Snowbeast is a different story. This Bigfoot or Yeti or what ever you want to call him is very mean. You do get to see the huge monster. I think this is a very good film and it very hard to find on video and on T.V. but this film is worth having! I recommend other Bigfoot films Harry and the Hendersons and Boggy Creek II!

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Do I believe in Bigfoot, the Yeti, Sasquatch, and the Boggy Creek Creature? Yes I do, I believe in all of the legendary creatures such as the Moth Man, the Lock Ness Monster, and the Jersey Devil. I believe they are out there!

JAWS, a monumental horror movie brought to us by none other than Steven Spielberg himself. It taught everybody to fear what lurks beneath the ocean. I put it to you, mention the JAWS theme song and at least one person will start singing "duh-duh, duh-duh, duh-duh!" In its wake, rip-offs were inevitable. In '77, along came this made-for-TV movie called SNOWBEAST. Just substitute the beaches off Amity for the ski lifts of Colorado, and the shark for a yeti, and it's the same basic story. Good solid acting by a cast of veteran character actors, however, can't make up for a lack of oomph! Most of the violence happens off-screen (understandable for a made-for-TV movie) but perhaps this film would've fared better as a theater movie where violence could be shown. It's talked about the yeti ripping people apart, but we don't even get to see a severed hand! Even JAWS, which is rated PG, allowed us that! Plus, most of the movie, we get the Yeti's point-of-view shots. Only once do we actually see the creature, and when we do, it looks like a man in a white gorilla suit. As is usual in monster flicks like this, the monster eventually attacks at a local event. But even then, all we see are a group of people running around, screaming. The lack of seeing the creature actually hurts the movie in this case. At least in JAWS, we're given glimpses of the shark. So that when we finally see the shark in full, it works. And that's what is so sad with this film, you can see where it could've been a great monster film instead of a mediocre made-for-TV movie! However, not all is lost, get some friends together and enjoy mocking it. That, you can raise your beer bottles to!

In Snowbeast, a town is preparing for its annual Winter Carnival only to find it threatened by some sort of killer snow monster. You don't have to look too hard to find the similarities between Snowbeast and Jaws. They're everywhere - from canceling the Winter Carnival vs. the 4th of July celebration in Jaws to the cover-up on the part of the mayor / sheriff, the comparisons are endless. It should go without saying that Snowbeast is in no way near as good as Jaws, but it does have its moments. Chief among the positives are some incredibly creepy and effective scenes when the titular Snowbeast is stalking its intended prey. An isolated, snow-covered mountainside can become a very ominous place when the quiet is broken by the blood curdling roar of the Snowbeast. Freaky stuff! Unfortunately, this being a made-for-TV movie, the film cuts out a lot of the actual attack scenes and we're left with a bloody snow aftermath.

As you might expect from my rating, however, I did find a lot to fault in Snowbeast. First, this being a made-for-TV movie, there's far too much unnecessary and forced sentimentality. There are several seemingly endless scenes between the movie's hero, Gar Seberg (played by the unmemorable Bo Svenson), and his wife about some meaningless back-story that had no bearing on anything in the movie. Ugh! Second, the Snowbeast wouldn't have killed near as many people if they had just kept going down the mountain. One of the funniest moments involved a ski rescuer who had searched the mountain for hours without incident. However, the moment he got near the Snowbeast happened to be the precise moment he decides to do a face-plant in the snow. Could this clumsy oaf have made it any easier on the Snowbeast? It's because of these negatives that I can only rate this movie a 5/10.

This is more of a warning than a review. I have seen what is probably millions of movies. I am an avid collector. I am telling you this so your realize I have merrit here. Out of all the movies I own, this is the second worst EVER!! (the first being Skydivers) Basically, it's the camera man walking around taking blank snow shots. In between these scenes is some bland dialog, and boring people. Note: virtually nothing happens in this movie.

One of my favorite types of movies is the bad one. The kind that makes you laugh with the badness, and how hard the makers tried. That's the good bad. Then there's "Frunch". These are the movies that literally waist your time. The bad bad. Stay away. You will be frustrated and angry that somebody made it. This one falls into that category. If you here "frunch", run. This one is frunch. DO NOT WATCH. I am baffled that it got a 4+ ranking on this site.

I would give this one a minus ranking if I could, but 1 was the lowest. Consider yourself warned!

I saw snowbeast about 14 years ago on holiday in tenby (Wales Uk) and i had nightmares. when i saw it again only last week i laughed my pants off. When the snowbeast is chaseing someone it looks like its ski-ing after them. acting is good however but its one of those films "You only see it for a split second at the end"