Snow Falls

I watched a really bad Argentinian horror movie yesterday which I also scored with a two (a low rating that doesn't happen often with me) so I thought this week couldn't get any worse. What was I wrong! Snow Falls was slightly better as for the quality of the images but the story, if you can call it that, was beyond dumb. It's been a while since I was so flabbergasted by a bad story. I won't spoil anything, if there's even anything to spoil here. The story is so dumb, some kids go on a trip in a luxuary chalet, with all the comfort, open fire, blankets, plenty of wood everywhere, and they still manage to talk about hypothermia whilst walking around in their tank top. You couldn't think of a dumber horror (that's what it's categorized as, you wonder why) movie. They supposedly run out of food after half a day but still have food at the end. Not to mention the blizzard, what a joke, there's more snow in frigging Spain. It looked like a nice cozy winter instead of a devastating cyclone bomb. Avoid this movie at all costs, except if you're a bit masochistic and like to be annoyed for one hour and thirteen minutes.

Snow Falls (2023) is a movie I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows a group of friends snowed in at a winter cabin with no heat, electricity, or food. As their resources dwindle and hypothermia begins to set in, their mental states start to deteriorate.

Directed by Colton Tran (The Bell Keeper), the film stars Victoria Moroles (Teen Wolf), Anna Grace Barlow (Witch Hunt), Johnny Berchtold (The Passenger), and James Gaisford (Love in Tahiti).

This movie is frustrating to watch. The sense of hopelessness is poorly conveyed-while the characters complain about a lack of resources to stay warm, the cabin is filled with furniture, wooden cabinets, and railings that could easily be used for firewood. Additionally, they never consider walking to the nearest house for help, which strains believability. The majority of the film is spent watching the characters sit around and complain, which quickly grows tiresome. The acting is serviceable but doesn't stand out, likely due to the lackluster material. While the ending twist/reveal is decent, it's far too little, too late to salvage the movie.

In conclusion, Snow Falls is a weak entry in the horror genre and not worth your time. I would score it a 3/10 and recommend skipping it.

They have heat....... the entire movie is ignorant and mindless. The medical student would never make it in real life and should have been sacrificed and eaten. Whoever wrote the film should stick to basic children's books. There are multiple bedrooms throughout this big Ole cabin with thick blankets besides the fact they have gas as heat source. One of these clowns turns on stove, burns his hand and they magically forget about the gas stove and keep rambling how they are hypothermia after one day. There is a forest full of wood, house full of wood, plenty of alcohol to start fire besides fact THEY HAVE GAS FOR HEAT!

This movie starts off with beautiful drone visuals, but it quickly turns into something as if a group of film students rented an Airbnb and had the collective thought of making a movie about being stuck there in a snow storm. For being a movie filmed entirely in one setting, the occasional shots of the trees outside doesn't help the story when they're all bare. I especially love the one scene after someone dies and they go outside and it's calm, then quickly switches to harsh blowing snow that is very obviously a filter they applied post-processing.

Lastly and most importantly, this film projects a misinformed understanding of hypothermia. But perhaps it's true when you, and everyone around you, is a moron.

If you have ever wanted to watch moist garbage freeze in the winter snow you are certainly in luck.

The acting is some of the worst I have ever seen, along with the writing and directing. The characters spend an an inordinate amount of time in-doors, contemplating amateur survival skills from a character that has never spent a minute out in the wilderness, and whose sole knowledge-base of the wilderness is based off of first aid videos and vintage survival tips viewed on Youtube.

All of the actors are no-name, which is not necessarily a bad thing except for the fact that they all failed acting class.

Enjoy your C-class horror movie that will leave you with no satisfaction at all.