Winterbeast

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.

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.

This is quite simply the most terrible film I have ever seen in my life. That being said, I have seen it several times. Winterbeast is the story of a claymation class project that someone tried to turn into a full-length movie (or at least this is how I understand it). I am not really sure what the plot was, it just seemed to be an excuse to hook together several otherwise unconnected claymation short films. The opening scene must be seen to be believed. This is not even in the "so bad it's good" category, but in a relatively unique category: "must be seen to be believed, and then told about in hushed whispers at parties until you convince other poor buggers to watch the thing."

I rented it on a lark at a video store in Maine, I was not expecting much, but what I got was something very terrible. I sat and watched the opening scene several times in awe of the terrible editing and worse special effects. I still am not entirely sure what happens in the first few minutes, but I do know that it is incredibly fun to watch your friends see it for the first time. From then on, you will simply laugh or gape in amazement at the horrible majesty that this film surrounds itself with. This is the great grandson of Ed Wood, and is possibly even worse than anything produced by the great master of schlock. Don't try to follow the plot, it may make you go insane.

All that being said, if you are a connoisseur of terrible films, you cannot rest without seeing this movie. Force yourself through it, if only be able to claim that you have done so. Then make your friends who think that they are hip enough to like "films so bad they are good" watch this film and sit back and enjoy the reactions. Alcohol is a good way to do this, because it will numb you to the disaster of the film, yet allow you to enjoy your friend's reactions even more thoroughly. This is one of the few films where it is more fun to watch the audience than it is to watch the film.

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.

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.