Review of Snowbeast (1977) by James ( — 07 Apr 2009

#13 of 50, it's a bit hard to say anything much about this having read somewhere that it was a lot like Jaws. Because it is, it even rips off the music in the finale.

If you like seeing folk skiing for quite long periods of time, this has lots of that. And I do, so that's OK. If you like seeing lots of close ups of terrifyingly realistic killer Yeti, then maybe look elsewhere. You don't even see the snowbeast at the end, save for a few quick sweeps of his claw and snout.

I love how they leave their Sherriff for dead with narry a moment's notice towards the end. Oh, oh, oh, I almost forgot - best thing about this film is that is has the 'case worker' from Beetlejuice in it.