Deadly Descent: The Abominable Snowman is a 2013 monster movie about friends on a snowy trip who come face to face with a deadly creature. Also released as Deadly Descent: The Legend of the Abominable Snowman; Abominable Snowman, Yeti and Ice Fall.
Directed by Marko Mäkilaakso [as Mark Makilaakso] (War of the Dead) from a screenplay by Nate Atkins [as Nathan Atkins]. Produced by Jeffery Beach, John Cappilla and Phillip J. Roth. Executive produced by Cherise Honey and Thomas P. Vitale.
The BUFO-Syfy-UFO International Productions movie stars Chuck Campbell, Adrian Paul, Lauren O’Neil, Nicholas Boulton, Elizabeth Croft, Sean Teale, Sam Cassidy, Jesse Steele and Atanas Srebrev.
Plot:
In 1992, a small group of back-country skiers climbed Glacier Peak, one of the most remote mountains in the Cascade Range. Led by Jake Tanner, the group was high up on the mountain when they disappeared, never to be seen again.
Years later, Brian Tanner (Chuck Campbell) – Jake’s son – is going to find out what happened to his father, no matter the cost, eventually ending up face to face with the deadly creatures that live on the mountain…
Review:
This one’s just dumb. Two guys vanish in the Alps and then, twenty years later, one of the guy’s sons goes looking for them and then he disappears too. So, the guy’s sister recruits a bunch of friends and they go looking for him and eventually, they all end up running into two abominable snowmen. That’s good because, otherwise, the title would have just been stupid.
The abominable snowmen were kinda cute and I found it interesting to observe the way that they seemed to either shrink or grow depending on the narrative demands of the film.
The entire freakin’ film does not work. Seriously. Not only does the film feature the most unlikable group of characters ever assembled for a SyFy film (even more unlikable than the semester-at-sea students from 2-Headed Shark Attack) but it then proceeds to kill them off in the blandest 
ways possible. There was not a single scene or death that would get more than a 1.5 on the Oh No Scale.
For the record, Abominable Snowman was not produced by The Asylum. If it had been, it probably would have been a lot more fun.
Lisa Marie Bowman – check out Lisa’s regular reviews on Through the Shattered Lens
Teaser:
Trailer:
Free to watch online on YouTube [1080p HD]:
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Cast and characters:
Chuck Campbell … Brian Tanner
Adrian Paul … Mark Foster
Lauren O’Neil … Nina Tanner
Nicholas Boulton … Rick McCabe
Elizabeth Croft … Stacey
Sean Teale … Erlander
Sam Cassidy … Jon
Jesse Steele … Peter
Hristo Balabanov … Mountain Rescuer #1
Vladimir Mihaylov … Mountain Rescuer #2
Atanas Srebrev … Wayne
Zara Dimitrova … Bartender
Filming locations:
Bulgaria
Technical specs:
1 hour 25 minutes
Audio: Stereo
Aspect ratio: 1.78: 1
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