Winterbeast

Winterbeast (1992) is a movie that I recently watched on Shudder. The storyline follows a couple of forest rangers working on a mountain with an Indian curse that has caused a history of disappearances. They start finding dead bodies all over the forest and as they dig into the root cause they start finding demons all around them.

This movie is directed by Christopher Thies in his directorial debut and stars Charles Majka (The Polka King).

This is a way out there movie. I've really never seen anything like this. I did like the opening birth scene and the mummy sequence in the woods. There's also some nice tan line boobies in here and a really weird sequence that goes with it. The claymation aspects of this movie blew me away, like who thought this was a good idea? Then there was a huge bird. The ending of this movie is awful.

This movie is one to watch if you want to watch a really, really bad horror movie. I would score this a 2/10 and recommend skipping it.

Winterbeast is a 1992 horror movie about many monsters coming alive and killing people and SOME of the monster are cool looking and not all and I feel like it should have been called Winterbeasts because there is multiple and some of the monsters and effects are cheesy and especially when they kill people and it just feels bad.

This is so horrifically low-budget that you'd swear it was made during the dark ages (aka, the 70's). The plot makes no sense whatsoever, but it's great fun to watch with a group of friends.

Winterbeast - 1992 (This Film Rates a B- ) "Winterbeast" is a campy, low-budget horror film that thrives on its exploitative charm including nudity. Two rangers, Sgt. Whitman and Forest Ranger Stillman, investigate missing persons cases on a local mountain, uncovering a mysterious Native American curse and witnessing demonic claymation murders. The stop-motion demons evoke nostalgic 1970s charm. Each one screams bargain basement budget however the gore and effects are decent enough. The sequences are at times very funny even if over the top gross but there just arent enough of those scenes. You do get several skull heads popping out of stomachs and some skin eating. The biggest overall negatives are the confusing plot with dead-end storylines, amateurish acting, a terrible script, fake sound effects and lackluster scares. This film has no real direction. The soundtrack has some peak moments though it is just sophmnoric compared to other films. "Winterbeast" embodies the spirit of low-budget exploitation horror. While technically very flawed and limited, its trashy allure and (un) intentional humor make it entertaining enough. There are no high expectations here, just pure crappy fun. Plus, the awesome mustache on Sgt Whitman.

I'm not sure how this movie is averaging just over four stars, I had to do all I could to make it through the first four minutes.

I got sucked in because of the not so terribly awful rating, but should've known after the first few minutes this movie was just terrible. No name actors, most of which this was their first and last film role, just as bad special effects and a storyline that Christopher Columbus could not navigate.

So the next time your channel surfing, trying to kill a couple of hours, do your diligence and avoid this film. There are much better alternatives out there, the first one is Wendigo that comes to mind.