Three young couples go to a snowy cabin to enjoy a long weekend. What none of them realize is that the cabin sits on the spot where the Donner party massacre happened in 1846. Apparently the spirits of the Donner party are around and begin appearing to the group and different members of the group begin to suffer mental breakdowns. What could've been a fun low budget blood bath in the snow turns out to be an ineffective and poorly written horror film. The characters and their actions are very inconsistent from scene to scene and this, along with some poor dialogue takes a toll on the acting as well. A couple chills are provided and some blood eventually is spilled but the characters never really connect on any level with the audience making this film pretty pointless in the end.

The writers Jason Robert Stephens and Robert Michael Ryan may have had a good idea; director Stephens may have tried hard...but this project barely breathes life. Nice scenery of Big Bear and Lake Tahoe, California and a bit of eye candy in the cast; but the acting does nothing to save the movie either. Six friends plan on a romantic weekend trip to a nice mountain cabin; but no sooner than they settle in, a monstrous snowstorm traps them. Its not cabin fever they need to fear; it is the visions of frontier settlers of the storied Donner Party that will test their nerves and wits. Soon the friends start turning on each other. Are the ghosts to be blamed for the miserable weekend of bloodshed? The cast features: James Kyson, George Stults, Danielle De Luca, as well as horror veterans Mickey Jones and Michael Berryman...plus writer Ryan and former teen songstress Tiffany. Oh, well. There is some brief nudity and a great snowstorm to enjoy.

Again seeing some of the previous reviews. It does make me wonder who wrote them. This movie did have potential. In fact I would have focused on the cannibal dead, rather than the assumed alive. The acting was abysmal. I have seen more animation in a zombie video game. It's like they go through the motions without having experienced anything. Next time go pick up some 'actors' from a January sales group. They at least get excited about their discoveries.. Now the plot sounded decent enough. Group of friends go to a (may I say beautiful) cabin that looks more today than 1800's (and if its been renovated since then, well they did a lovely job. So they go to this cabin and they hear the stock story and well that was pointless wasn't it. They see bodies in the snow and do not get noticeably worried, just leave it there. They say later when the body vanishes that animals took it. yet not a bear print or dragging mark to be seen. You know, I can't even make a snow angel without affecting the place that I arise from. One of the group (of course the one with mental issues) sees creepy dead people. Now here that should have been taken to a whole new level and the director and writer should have made them attack the living, not have them as harmless ghosts. Then the Snow truly would have been Bloody. And when the killing starts, well that was another pointless exercise, no real build up, just bang! Watch Dead Snow instead, that is much better.

After seeing about 10 minutes of this movie I took out the DVD from my player. Yes, I literally threw it in the trash. Now, I understand why the first reviewers rated this so low. The poor thing about this is it's the just flat out very-very poor acting. Oh, the lines delivery is also very-very amateur like they're reading directly from the script. Yes, the movie is very disturbing to the fact that the makers wasted their money for hiring very-very less talented actors. It left me asking the same question on why I wasted my frigging money buying the DVD? The tag-line of the movie really got me COLD. Brrr, stupid movie and stupid me for falling into the trap.