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For a movie about snow, there sure isn't much of it. As many other reviews have already pointed out quite well, this movie fails on so many levels while still attempting to convince you it's succeeding. The radio announcement at the beginning preshadowed the quality of the remainder of the film. Not sure if it was just my copy, but the entire movie seemed oversaturated which pretty much killed any sort of creepy vibe they were attempting to go for. There were some good moments of atmosphere (not the weather kind) for which I gave it 2 stars rather than one. But seriously, next time someone comes up with a plot full of this many holes, maybe they should think again before trying to turn it into a movie. Snow falls, more like snow fails.

When a group of college friends go to one of their parent's cottages, at a ski resort called Snow Falls, for New Year's Eve...they end up getting trapped, with no power, little food, and a supply of firewood that they are burning through quick.

However, they still have a safe house...and blankets...and each other...

So when the one girl- traumatized by the dying words of her mother- takes over, with all these rules, designed to prevent hypothermia...all logic- and any semblance of common sense- is just thrown out the window.

Because...though, it would no doubt be cold. It wouldn't be to the point where they are actually hypothermic.

So the fact that she suggests they "don't fall asleep", only acts to make matters worse...as being sleep deprived would go to adversely effect their psychological state.

Which is what the entire premise of this film is based on.

As they can't even go three damn days before they all start tripping out.

Which is just as ridiculous as not falling asleep at all during that timeframe.

Because, they are quite literally surrounded by trees...yet make no attempt to collect firewood at any point.

Which would have solved all of their nonsensical problems.

Not to mention...THERE IS BARELY EVEN ANY FRIGGING SNOW...!?!?

For anyone who lives in an area where it snows...you'll look at the rate at which the CGI (ugh) snow is coming down...and be like...hey, how pleasant.

The filmmakers make zero effort to make it seem like they are actually stuck in a blizzard (the snow doesn't even go above the soles of their boots ffs).

So it's simply laughable.

And this is before they introduce the equally absurd theme of them thinking the snowflakes are infected by some sort of virus.

Which doesn't even make any damn sense.

Their paranoid delusions are, apparently, a result of the sleep deprivation...while their sleep deprivation is all based on one chick's idiotic direction...and them collectively being too stupid to collect firewood, despite wandering around outside amongst a plethora of very accessible trees.

Literally nothing in this film makes sense.

If the writers had half a brain, they would have just made the whole thing a cannibal flick...because the only actual problem they have is a lack of food...and even that is giving them the benefit of the doubt, because they still have food at the end!!!

The entire plot here is so stupid...it's flabbergasting.

Leaving me genuinely confused about what the creators were thinking when they constructed it.

Is the whole point of this film to frustrate you, with how frustratingly dumb these characters are?

Cause if that's not it...then I just don't get it.

Hopefully this isn't foreshadowing what kind of year 2023 is going to be like for horror.

Because this move is idiotic.

Talk about a bad start to the New Year...

1 out of 10.

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.

Honestly, your viewers are not that thick that you have to keep reiterating that you are trapped at the cabin, and that there is no phone service. By the time I heard that line delivered for the god knows how many time, I was already to walk away from this train wreck.

We get it, you wish you made Cabin Fever, but you didn't.

This film is about a group of friends who travel to a cabin for the weekend that belongs to one of the friends parents, which we find out by a very cheesy phone call, with over the top acting. A sudden blizzard happens. Leaving them without sufficient fire wood or food and "trapped without phone service' they then get cabin fever and go crazy.

They seriously couldn't hold on knowing that the parents knew they were there and would come find them after a few days? Come on.. absolutely ridiculous.

The house was full of stuff they could have burned to survive.

They were trapped but I'm pretty positive uber eats could have delivered.

There is an old saying 'Just because you can, doesn't mean you should'

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!

They are literally in the wood. Surrouned by trees. They have gas stove. Tons on jackets and blankets. Cabin is made of strong wood and even a single snowflake is not inside... and they keep panicking that they will die of coldness? No other explanation except young are today completelly useless, or the director make this cause he lost some bet.

Medical student is story for herself, if there is any justice they would at least eat her first time when she suggested that they should not fall asleep so we can call this a horror.

They were for 3 days there and acted like it is end of the world.

Shame.

I thought this was a very well made psychological thriller-horror film and am disappointed by all the low scores and purely nasty "reviews." I've definitely watched plenty of horror that left me in a state of shock - shock that someone over the age of 6 wrote, directed and acted in the film and shock it was even made and released. This is definitely NOT one of those films!

The actors were terrifically casted and I enjoyed all of their performances. I recognized Em from Down a Dark Hall and some of the others as well. The story was well thought out and kept my interest all the way through. I especially enjoyed the 'little things' in this film: creepy Russian experiment story; medical aspect of film (paradoxical hypothermia - that's something new - I love feeling smarter after watching a film); the snowman; the fact that I felt cold watching it! The special effects were great- I Loved the snowman scene! It reminded me a bit of a Christmasland snowman from Joe Hill's NOS4A2, which I also loved.

I highly recommend this film, especially to fans of the horror & dark thriller genre. I can't wait to see what this filmmaker creates next!

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.

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.

Nothing about this movie was entertaining, realistic or even held any artistic value. From the very first scene, I was hoping for the quick end to every single character.

It starts off complaining that the girl in the front had her feet on the dash. "Oh. My. Gosh. That is SO dangerous." We quickly move to criticize the guy who isn't wearing his seatbelt. :GASP!: :eyeroll: Right away, we can see where this movie his heading.

From there it just goes down hill fast. When we get to the cabin in the middle of nowhere, the reaction from one of the guys when he learns that there is :GASP!: no cell signal is almost laughable. Right then and there you know that, from this moment forward, what you are going to be experiencing is life from the point of view from those born in the last twenty years.

You've got five "kids" (in mentality only - they are all adults by physical age) trying to survive in the middle of the woods during a snow storm with a power outage. Nothing out of the ordinary for most of those from my generation. We would fair just fine. You have a fireplace. You are in the woods. You have a gas stove. You're pretty much set. These "kids", though.. nah. They never once think to go out and get any wood that hasn't already been cut for them (three pieces). They can't even be bothered to burn the furniture because "mommy might be big mad." It's not even until mid movie that they think to light the gas stoves' burners... and even that thought apparently doesn't last too long.

For no reason at all, every single one of them starts to hallucinate. In the middle of a cabin. Bundled up. After only a day or two. But... yeah.. ok... I guess that generation might react this way to actual life.

The blonde girl is annoying as all get out from the very get go. This girl is portrayed as being this brilliant know it all, yet with all the book smarts that she spouts, not a single intelligent thought rooted in reality can save any of them. When the typical beta male is scared silly by a hallucinated skeletal hand, he goes and gets blonde girl to save him. From a closet. Typical modern story telling element where man needs woman to save him.

Last but not least... when the power finally does come back on... IMMEDIATELY the cops show up at that very instant.... for some inexplicable reason.

There is NOTHING... let me repeat... NOTHING about this movie that is worth watching. Right before writing this, after watching the movie, I saw in the Trivia section that it was filmed in "only six days." Yeah... like they say... you get what you pay for. The fact that this was filmed in "only six days" really and truly shows. DO NOT.. hear me well... DO NOT waste your time with this piece of ... yeah.

I don't understand all the bad reviews. This film was interesting to me. It is a psychological thriller. The movie moved at a good pace and kept me interested throughout. Trust me I've seen movies a lot worse. The plot is a group of young people spend New Years at a cabin. There is a bad winter storm. They get snowed in. Their power goes out. Their food supply is low. What happens next is they just try to survive. I won't spoil the movie. But these people are freezing and are hungry and their minds starts playing tricks on them. Snow Falls is in the horror genre but it is not a gory slasher movie. There are some creepy moments but that's all I'm going to say. I enjoyed watching it.

Some of the worst writing and acting I have ever seen.

There is literally zero attempt to make it look like there is any snow in this snow storm. Not even a single try. The ground has a thing layer, enough to make a foot print, but that is it.

Then these morons make ZERO attempt to save themselves. They have a gas stove, only use it once, and then never again. They don't go out and get branches to burn or chop down one of the many trees to burn. They refuse to burn furniture or take down any of the WOODEN HOUSE like a banister or a door or anything because the rich baby said "MuH DaDdDy WiLl KiLl Me!!!11!" dude no parent would prefer their kid freeze to death instead of ruin a door or some chairs.

Then, the "medical knowledge". NOTHING in this movie is right. That is some of the ACTUAL worst writing in history. Literally nothing was correct.

One of the worst movies ever ever sat through. It is atrocious.

Well, this movie from writers Luke Genton, Colton Tran and Laura M. Young is as bad as the IMDb rating actually indicates. Yeah, sometimes you just got to stop and take heed of the warning signs before you opt to sit down and watch something.

I hadn't heard about "Snow Falls" prior to sitting down to watch it. It was a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, so of course I opted to watch it. And yeah, I had taken notice of the 2.9 rating (in this very moment I am writing this review) on IMDb, and I was a little bit hesitant about the movie. But I opted to give director Colton Tran the benefit of the doubt.

The storyline in "Snow Falls" fell short of entertaining me, much less capturing my interest. So it was a difficult movie to sit through, as the 79 minutes felt extraordinary long given the slow paced narrative and the lack of anything overly interesting happening.

Now, I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, and that is usually something I enjoy when I watch a movie. And I will say that they had some good enough talents on the cast list here, just a real shame that they didn't have anything worthwhile working with in terms of script, characters and dialogue.

Visually then you're not in for anything spectacular, should you opt to sit down and watch "Snow Falls". There weren't any real use of special effects throughout the course of the movie, nor did it really seem like the movie would have benefitted from it.

If you enjoy horror movies, then take heed and perhaps give "Snow Falls" a wide berth. It simply isn't worth the time, money or effort. Some of us suffered through the 79 minutes of movie so you don't have to.

My rating of "Snow Falls" lands on a three out of ten stars.