Movie let it snow 20207/24/2023 Some utterly superb photography, sweeping quadcopter shots over mountains and lakes, luscious scenery, some good snowboarding scenes if that is your thing and competent acting (which is always a bonus in a horror film) and I have to say the director Stanislav does conjure up a rather languorous, ominous and dread filled atmosphere with what he had to work with. Like all good horror films should be, this one excels in its dark atmosphere and a pervading sense of dread throughout (not an easy thing to accomplish by any means), so if you like your horror films made in a lugubrious, understated style in the eastern European mould, then this one may be right up your horror alley but do make sure you get a proper set of subtitles as most available will not translate the Georgian language spoken in the movie to English properly! It does feel a little underdeveloped and could have been so much more but it is a lot better than a lot of the endless USA stalk and slash attempts at horror I have been watching recently and they do pretty well with the budget they had to work with in this film. It's just too bad "Snow's" fustian storyline and stock outcome fail to horrify you. He commits to every shot although purposeless and the cinematography by Yevgeny Usanov is gleaming enough to accrue at least one viewing. Helmer Kapralov is sadly, a veritable, cinematic hot dog man. Distributed by Black Sheep Films (that makes sense), harboring derivative flashbacks, and devoid of being in any way scary, Let It Snow is stylish and steely yet ho-hum. Me, well I'd be dead and frostbitten in two. Oh and yeah, the film spans five days in which almost no water or food is consumed. It's another cold weather flick in which the characters survive longer in sub-zero temperatures than any human being has a right to. So yeah, "Snow" is not The Shining nor is it The Grey nor is it 1993's Alive. The whole endeavor as rinse, repeat hypothermia, feels like a pointless exercise in aloof methodology. Said killer dressed in black ski gear and yielding an ax, spends most of the movie messing with the two lovebirds (and goading them) instead of readily getting down to business. ![]() ![]() There, they attempt to snowboard at a forbidden ridge where a revenge-minded killer is waiting for them. ![]() Anyway, a couple named Mia and Max (played decently by Ivanna Sakhno and Alex Hafner), spend Christmas time venturing to a high elevation, Georgian ski resort. Kapralov, having your protagonist yell at the top of her lungs two or three times isn't psychologically terrifying, it's just freaking annoying. I rolled my eyes and sighed when its director (Stanislav Kapralov) decided to do a pretentious, "after the credits" ending. Me, well I didn't "enjoy" 2020's Let It Snow.
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