Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

loveablejohn-26233 This movie was decent overall and since it was made for television in 1977 they couldn't show a lot of blood and gore but what did show was pretty good. I wish the snow beast could have been seen more often but when it was seen it was scary.looking. The acting was decent and the cinematography was excellent especially the outdoor scenes. Despite having some goofs and a script that could have been written better I gave this movie 5 stars.

Platypuschow 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 jobLooks greatThe Bad:Cheating antagonists....again!Fade to reds are stupidThings I Learnt From This Movie:A monster movie without a monster works better than you'd expect

Uriah43 A ski lodge somewhere in the Colorado mountains is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary when a report comes in to the owner, "Tony Rill" (Robert Logan) that a girl has been attacked by a vicious beast of some kind. Not wanting to alarm the public he keeps the information low-key while he and 3 other men go to investigate. He finds the jacket of the missing girl and thinks he sees something big and fast moving in the trees. Not long afterward the local sheriff, "Sheriff Paraday" (Clint Walker) gets a disturbing report that a body of a girl has been found viciously mauled to death in a barn. Meanwhile, a gold-medal winning skier named "Gar Seberg" (Bo Svenson) and his wife "Ellen Seberg" (Yvette Mimieux) have arrived at the ski lodge and they join the sheriff and Tony in the hunt for "Bigfoot". At any rate, for a made-for-television movie this particular film wasn't too bad. I liked the performances of both Clint Walker and Yvette Mimieux along with the way the director (Herb Wallerstein) captured the cold winter climate. Unfortunately, the action was rather weak and the special effects left much to be desired. Additionally, there were several parts of the film that were just plain boring. All things considered, I rate it as slightly below average.

Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki Mediocre Jaws variant has a Yeti terrorising a ski resort in midwinter during its anniversary celebrations. No one on the resort staff, nor police, want to believe anything is wrong and close the place down and lose all of the money coming in, so skiers line up to be Saqsuatch-bait in this watchable but forgettable TV-movie of the week.A couple of semi-grisly deaths, beautiful scenery on the snow-covered mountains, are all in the film's favour, but too much soap opera background noise brings it down considerably. The creature is rarely seen, always obscured by snow drifts or darkness, or through the use of lurking POV shots, which, on one hand is effective handling of it, but after a while becomes most disappointing, especially when we don't even get a look at the creature after it is killed.