Here's a terrific movie called "Frozen" that's not *that* "Frozen."
As far from a merry, animated musical as a film can get, this 2010 indie is a terrifying thriller that will leave you, at times, with your heart racing.
Three 20-something skiers convince a lift operator to send them up the mountain one more time after closing. But a miscommunication on the ground leaves them stranded halfway up. And an ice storm is rolling in.
From this phobic what-if scenario, the filmmakers craft a horrifyingly realistic nightmare, as the young skiers resort to desperate measures to try to make it back to the ground before they freeze to death.
I don't think it was a conscious decision by the filmmakers, but that the three main characters are such unlikeable, entitled ninnies actually serves the movie well, I think.
They scam their way into the ski resort, then scam their way onto the deus-ex-machina ski lift, all self-satisfied and smirking at their craftiness.
If these were people I cared about, this film would be agonizing to watch. But watching a bunch of jerks try to make it through this situation makes for an enjoyably taut thriller instead of a heartbreaking tragedy.
With terrific stunts, cringingly realistic makeup effects and just the right amount of gore, "Frozen" is highly recommended. Don't let it go! (See what I did there?)
As far from a merry, animated musical as a film can get, this 2010 indie is a terrifying thriller that will leave you, at times, with your heart racing.
Three 20-something skiers convince a lift operator to send them up the mountain one more time after closing. But a miscommunication on the ground leaves them stranded halfway up. And an ice storm is rolling in.
From this phobic what-if scenario, the filmmakers craft a horrifyingly realistic nightmare, as the young skiers resort to desperate measures to try to make it back to the ground before they freeze to death.
I don't think it was a conscious decision by the filmmakers, but that the three main characters are such unlikeable, entitled ninnies actually serves the movie well, I think.
They scam their way into the ski resort, then scam their way onto the deus-ex-machina ski lift, all self-satisfied and smirking at their craftiness.
If these were people I cared about, this film would be agonizing to watch. But watching a bunch of jerks try to make it through this situation makes for an enjoyably taut thriller instead of a heartbreaking tragedy.
With terrific stunts, cringingly realistic makeup effects and just the right amount of gore, "Frozen" is highly recommended. Don't let it go! (See what I did there?)